Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
Fayetteville, NC
Delta Full-time Hybrid
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A World-Changing Company
Palantir builds the worlds leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.
The Role
Forward Deployed Software Engineers (FDSEs) understand our customers greatest pain points and design end-to-end solutions to address them. FDSEs solicit constant feedback on their work from both customers and colleagues, improving our products over time with rapid iteration cycles.
FDSEs deploy groundbreaking technical solutions to solve our customers hardest problems. Projects often start with a nebulous question like "Why are we losing customers?" or "How can we more effectively identify instances of money laundering?" FDSEs lead the way in developing a solution from high-level system design and prototyping to application development and data integration. As an FDSE, you leverage everything around you, including Palantir products, open-source technologies, and anything you and your team can build to drive real impact.
You work with customers around the globe, gaining rare insight into the worlds most important industries and institutions. We help our customers detect insider trading, improve disaster relief, fight healthcare fraud, and more. Each mission presents different challenges, from the regulatory environment to the nature of the data to the user population. You will work to accommodate all aspects of an environment to drive real technical outcomes for our customers.
Whether you aspire to be an entrepreneur or an engineering leader, we believe Palantir is the best place - with the best colleagues - to learn how. Youll learn how to unpack a problem and understand the costs and consequences of its solution. Youll learn new technologies and languages and even develop them yourself. Youll work autonomously and make decisions independently within a community that will support and challenge you as you grow and develop.
Technologies We Use
Core Palantir products provide the foundations for our deployments. Custom applications built on top of core Palantir platforms. Postgres, Cassandra, Hadoop, and Spark for distributed data storage and parallel computing. Java and Groovy for our back-end applications and data integration tools. TypeScript, React, Leaflet, and d3 for our web technologies. Python for data processing and analysis. Palantir cloud infrastructure based on AWS EC2 and S3.
Our Principles
Impact
We take on meaningful and challenging projects that change the world for the better.
Ownership
We see projects through from beginning to end, working through any obstacles we may encounter.
Collaboration
We work internally with people from a variety of backgrounds - such as other FDSEs, product teams, and Deployment Strategists. We also work externally with our customers often on site to understand and solve their problems.
Trust
We trust each other to effectively manage time and priorities and give people the space to think for themselves.
Growth
We encourage ourselves and our peers to seek new challenges and opportunities for growth as well as find new ways to innovate and share knowledge.
Learning
We often face entirely novel problems where we need to pick up a lot of new knowledge and learn how to use it to make progress. We believe experiential learning is one of the best teachers.
What We Value
Strong engineering background preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics.
Experience with logistics, materiel sustainment, aviation, or readiness analysis is a plus.
Familiarity with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks, and other technical tools.
Understanding of how technical decisions impact the user of what youre building.
Strong coder with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, C, TypeScript, JavaScript, or similar.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in teams of technical and non-technical individuals and comfortable working in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives and iteration with users.
Demonstrated ability to continuously learn, work independently, and make decisions with minimal supervision.
Willingness and interest to travel as needed.
What We Require
Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance.
Must be located in North Carolina and willing to travel to the Liberty ecosystem and Research Triangle due to the nature and business needs of this role.
Salary
The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $135,000 - $200,000 per year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus, and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individuals relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus, the value of any benefits offered, and the potential future value of any long-term incentives.
Our Benefits
We aim to promote health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies.
Benefits
• Employees and their eligible dependents can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance. • Employees are automatically covered by Palantirs basic life AD&D and disability insurance. • Commuter benefits. • Take what you need paid time off, not accrual-based. • 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year, subject to team and business needs. • 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year. • Supportive leave of absence program, including time off for military service and medical events. • Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents. • Fertility and family building benefits, including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation. • Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child. • Employees can enroll in Palantirs 401k plan.
Life at Palantir
We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes. Thats why we celebrate individuals strengths, skills, and interests from your first interview to your long-term growth, rather than relying on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians lives is just one of the ways were investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir, and note that our offerings may vary by region.
In keeping consistent with Palantirs values and culture, we believe employees are better together. And in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options, WFH a day or two a week, allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for Remote work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.
If you want to empower the worlds most important institutions, you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all, including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities. Palantir is committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.
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