Palantir

Palantir

Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian

Washington, D.C · Exec

Work authorization required$135k-$200kDetected 75 days ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptPythonJavaC++ReactFull-Stack DevelopmentData StructuresPostgreSQLCassandraAWSCloud PlatformsSparkData EngineeringAgentic AISupply ChainLogisticsPublic HealthPatient CareCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • Palantir powers mission-critical work across federal health and civilian agencies - from improving patient care and accelerating public health responses, to helping farmers access services, modernizing tax record reviews, and improving aviation safety.
  • Projects often start with an open-ended question: "How do we respond to a foodborne illness outbreak faster?" or "Where is our medical supply chain failing patients?" Your job is to show up and solve them.
  • In Federal Health/Civil, your responsibilities look like those of a startup CTO.

Responsibilities

  • We trust each other to effectively manage time and priorities and give people the space to think for themselves.
  • You'll work autonomously, make consequential decisions, and build with some of the country's most important institutions - with colleagues who will support and challenge you along the way.
  • Trust: We trust each other to effectively manage time and priorities and give people the space to think for themselves.
  • A World-Changing Company Palantir builds the world's 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.
  • Forward Deployed Software Engineers (FDSEs) work directly with customers to rapidly understand their hardest problems and build solutions against them.

Requirements

  • Familiarity with AI agents, data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks, and other technical tools.
  • Strong coder with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar.

Nice to have

  • Strong engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics.

Skills

  • Java and Groovy for our back-end applications and data integration tools.
  • Typescript, React, Leaflet, and d3 for our web technologies.
  • Palantir cloud infrastructure based on AWS EC2 and S3.

Compensation

  • Salary The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $135,000- $200,000/year.

Benefits

  • Experience with healthcare, logistics, aviation, or readiness analysis is a plus.

Company info

  • 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.
  • 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.
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