Forward Deployed Engineer (Palantir Foundry)

Title:        Forward Deployed Engineer

Duration:     12 months Start Date: 11/16/2026 to End Date: 11/15/2027

Location: Remote (Candidate Can be based in USA or Canada)

Number of openings: 15

Position Summary:

· We're looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to join Client's AI and optimization team to help solve real-world challenges facing society and businesses across different industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, utilities, retail, and financial services.

· As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you are passionate about solving problems that make a difference to people, business, and society. You will play a crucial role in identifying and developing innovative advanced analytics solutions & services to support business outcomes. In this position, you will be working in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment to solve customer problems through data, using best-of-breed open source and proprietary technologies.

· This position is within the Professional Services team where you will work alongside other data scientists, engineers, and software developers to build production-ready solutions. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in a flexible manner depending on the maturity of the project.

About the position

A successful candidate will perform the following:

· Collaborate with our clients and internal stakeholders to understand business processes, identify opportunities, and propose approaches to challenges in a consultative manner

· Design, develop and lead the implementation of cloud or on-premises analytics solutions

· Clearly and objectively communicate progress, results, and insights to clients

· Investigate, define, select, and promote the use of processes, tools, frameworks, and best practices for delivering data-driven analytics and AI solutions

· Share ideas and expertise with colleagues in a collaborative team environment

Basic Qualifications

We recognize that not every candidate will meet every qualification listed in our job description. However, we value diverse perspectives and experiences, and we believe in hiring individuals who bring unique strengths to our team. If you are passionate about this role and our mission, we encourage you to apply even if your qualifications do not perfectly align with the requirements. You may be the ideal candidate for this or other opportunities within our organization. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and look forward to learning more about what you can contribute.

· Master’s or PhD Degree in a quantitative field such as engineering, operations research, computer science, or data science

· Experience working with software development tools including git

· Experience working in an Agile development environment, including participation in sprints, stand-ups, and retrospectives

· Proven ability to communicate complex concepts and insights verbally and in writing to colleagues and clients with varying degrees of technical knowledge

· Ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

· Organized, articulate, team player, open to collaborative workstyles and able to manage multiple deliverables for different projects at any given time

· Familiarity and willingness to work in cross-cultural and geo-diverse teams

Required Qualifications

· Consulting or experience in a client-facing role

· Experience with Palantir Foundry or a comparable platform

· Experience in Data Science using machine learning frameworks and packages such as Scikit-learn, PyTorch, and Huggingface

· Experience building generative AI solutions leveraging large language models such as Cohere

· Experience with relational databases, SQL and data modeling

Experience in designing and building cloud-based data solutions using serverless and event-driven architectures