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

Forward Deployed Software Engineers at Palantir work directly with federal health and civilian agency customers to understand complex problems and build full-stack solutions, including data pipelines, AI agents, and operational workflows. Requires strong engineering background, proficiency in languages like Python/Java/TS, ability to work autonomously in dynamic environments, and Top Secret clearance (or willingness to obtain).

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Hybrid5+ YOESolutions Architecture

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with customers to rapidly understand their hardest problems and build solutions.
  • Own end-to-end execution of high-stakes projects within small, high-ownership teams.
  • Span the full stack: whiteboarding architecture, building data pipelines and operational workflows, deploying AI agents, advising customer executives, and driving strategy.
  • Unpack ambiguous problems and reason about the cost and consequence of solutions.
  • Work autonomously and make consequential decisions.
  • Collaborate internally with FDSEs, product teams, and Deployment Strategists, and externally with customers (often on-site).
  • Continuously learn new knowledge and apply it to novel problems.

Requirements

  • Strong engineering background, preferably in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, or Physics.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Active U.S. security clearance at the Top Secret level, or willingness to obtain or upgrade to a Top Secret clearance.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with healthcare, logistics, aviation, or readiness analysis.
  • Familiarity with AI agents, data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks, and other technical tools.
  • Understanding of how technical decisions impact the user.

Technologies

  • Core Palantir products.
  • Postgres, Cassandra, Hadoop, Spark.
  • Java, Groovy.
  • TypeScript, React, Leaflet, d3.
  • Python.
  • AWS EC2, S3.

Skills

PythonJavaC++TypeScriptJavaScriptReactAWSPostgresSparkHadoopAI Agents

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