Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Delta)

Position Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Delta)

Location: $Indianapolis, IN

Duration: 6 Month Duration

Rate: $55/hr

About the Role

As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Delta), you will serve as the technical leader at the intersection of Palantir Foundry''s platform capabilities and most complex, high-impact healthcare data and operational engagements. This role combines deep technical expertise in Palantir Foundry with strategic deployment leadership, driving transformational outcomes for healthcare operations.

The Delta designation reflects a commitment to driving change and transformation - you are the catalyst who bridges the gap between what the platform can do and what it should do for unique operational context. You will be expected to be hands-on and an Consultant FDE owning , architecting enterprise-grade solutions, development, deployment, mentor as needed, and shape the technical strategy for critical engagements across healthcare ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

Design, build, and deploy end-to-end data integration pipelines using Palantir Foundry, including complex transforms, incremental pipelines, and multi-source data connectors

Architect and maintain the Ontology layer - defining object types, link types, action types, and interfaces that model customer domains with precision and scalability

Develop and Eligible to workimize Python, SQL, and Java transforms across distributed (PySpark) and lightweight (Pandas, Polars, DuckDB) compute engines

Build and deploy TypeScript/Python Functions for server-side business logic, function-backed actions, and function-backed columns

Create and configure Workshop applications, OSDK-based custom applications, and custom widgets to deliver operational front-ends

Lead data governance implementation - markings, permissions, restricted views, property security groups, and role-based access controls

Design and deploy AIP-powered workflows, including AIP Logic, AIP Agents, evaluation suites, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines

Deployment Strategy & Customer Engagement

Serve as the primary technical point of contact for senior customer stakeholders, translating business problems into platform solutions

Own deployment roadmaps end-to-end: scoping, architecture design, implementation, testing, and operationalization

Drive adEligible to workion by delivering high-quality, production-grade solutions that users trust and rely on daily

Navigate complex organizational dynamics, building relationships with executives, analysts, data engineers, and end users=

Identify expansion opportunities by deeply understanding the customer''s operational landscape and surfacing new use cases for the platform

Skills:

Team Leadership & Mentorship

Lead and mentor a team of Forward Deployed Engineers, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and architecture direction

Establish engineering best practices across the deployment: branching strategies (global and local), incremental pipeline design, testing, and CI/CD

Conduct knowledge-sharing sessions and internal trainings on Foundry capabilities, new platform features, and deployment patterns

Contribute to internal engineering culture through tooling improvements, documentation, and cross-team collaboration

Platform Mastery & Innovation

Stay at the forefront of Foundry platform evolution - including Pipeline Builder, Code Workspaces, Model Studio, OSDK, Cipher, and streaming capabilities

Build and deploy machine learning models using Model Studio (no-code) and pro-code repositories for classification, regression, time series forecasting, and custom predictive modeling

Leverage the full data lifecycle: Data Connection Sync Datasets Transforms Ontology Applications Actions Writeback

Partner with Palantir product teams and internal Palantir development team to provide field feedback and shape the future direction of the platform

Education:

Required Qualifications

5+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or technical consulting - with at least 2+ years on Palantir Foundry

Strong proficiency in Python (PySpark, Pandas, Polars) and SQL; experience with TypeScript is highly valued

Deep understanding of the Foundry Ontology - object types, link types, action types, interfaces, and functions

Proven track record of designing and deploying production-grade data pipelines (batch and streaming) at enterprise scale

Experience building Workshop applications and/or OSDK-based applications (React/TypeScript)

Strong communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders

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