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 Foundrys 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 customers 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