Data Engineer (Forward Deployed)

Morela Solutions; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Visa sponsorship

Hybrid London office

Job summary

Morela Solutions in London is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer in a flexible hybrid role. You will work directly with customers to turn data, goals, and problems into live, measurable systems, with a path to learn Palantir Foundry and AIP on the job.

You do not need Foundry experience initially; the emphasis is on solid data engineering skills, strong PySpark, and the ability to learn quickly from senior FDEs and leadership. Visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of data engineering experience with production pipelines.
• All-round data engineering skills with PySpark and Python/SQL.
• Experience handling large, complex datasets in distributed environments.
• Willingness to learn Palantir Foundry and AIP on the job.
• Clear communication with stakeholders and ability to translate requirements into deliverables.
• Exposure to Palantir Foundry/AIP or similar platforms.
• Proficiency with Airflow, dbt or Databricks.
• Dashboarding tools, TypeScript or API development.
• Experience integrating ERP/CRM systems.
• Startup or consulting background is a plus.
• Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science/Engineering/Maths or related field.

Responsibilities

• Deliver for customers: take implementations from problem to live solution with measurable outcomes.
• Adapt and deploy the platform to each customer's environment and priorities.
• Build at scale: data integration using PySpark and distributed tech across large estates.
• Learn Foundry and AIP: build data pipelines and generative AI workflows.
• Collaborate with discovery sessions and stakeholders to define deliverables.
• Shape the product: feed field learnings into reusable accelerators.
• 2-5 years of data engineering experience with production pipelines.
• Strong PySpark plus Python and SQL.
• Work with large datasets and distributed processing.
• Demonstrate eagerness to learn Palantir Foundry/AIP and pick up new tech.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders and translate requirements into solutions.
• Exposure to Palantir Foundry/AIP or similar platform is a plus.
• Utilize Airflow, dbt or Databricks.
• Leverage dashboarding tools, TypeScript or API development.
• Integrate ERP/CRM systems (Oracle, SAP, etc.).
• Startup or consultancy experience.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Maths or related field.

Skills

PySpark

Python

SQL

Palantir Foundry

AIP

Airflow

dbt

Databricks

API development

TypeScript

ERP integration

CRM integration

Education

Computer Science

Engineering

Maths

Tools

Palantir Foundry

AIP

Airflow

dbt

Databricks

SQL

Job description

AI Strategy Platform | London (Hybrid) | Palantir Foundry

Morela is proud to be supporting a fast-growing AI software company in the search for a Forward Deployed Engineer. This is a permanent role based in London on a flexible hybrid basis, with a highly competitive base salary plus stock options. Visa sponsorship is available for the right person.

This is for a data engineer with 2-5 years' experience and strong PySpark who wants to step into a Forward Deployed Engineering role and learn Palantir Foundry. Foundry and FDE experience together is the most in-demand skill set in the market right now, and this role gives you both.

About the Client

Our client has built an AI-powered strategy platform that brings a company's complex internal and external data into one place, so leadership teams can plan, execute and track their long-term strategy with clear, live insight rather than static spreadsheets and slide decks.

It was founded by former business and technology executives who ran a major division of a global industrial company. They built the system to run their own business, saw that nothing like it existed on the market, and set out to create a whole new category.

Today it is a category-defining, fast-growing business trusted by global industrial leaders and Fortune 500 customers. The platform combines deep data integration, strong workflows and generative AI, from commercial AI agents to embedded intelligence that lets lean teams work at many times their usual pace.

Forward Deployed Engineering sits at the centre of how the business wins. They believe the real value of B2B software in the GenAI age is created in the implementation layer, so FDEs are not a support function here. They are the reason customers succeed.

The Role

You will be the engineer who makes the platform work inside some of the world's biggest industrial businesses. Working directly with customers, you will take their data, their goals and their toughest problems and turn them into live systems that drive measurable results.

You do not need Palantir Foundry experience already. What matters is solid data engineering, strong PySpark and the appetite to learn. You will pick up Foundry and AIP on the job, working alongside senior FDEs and an experienced leadership team, and grow quickly into a fully fledged Forward Deployed Engineer.

If you have been building pipelines behind the scenes and want to get closer to the customer, the business problem and the outcome, this is the step.

Responsibilities

• Deliver for customers. Take implementations from problem definition through to a live, working solution and measurable business outcomes.
• Solve real problems. Adapt and deploy the platform to each customer's environment, context and priorities.
• Build at scale. Deliver complex data integration using PySpark and other distributed technologies across large enterprise data estates.
• Learn Foundry and AIP. Build data pipelines and generative AI workflows on Palantir Foundry and AIP, with support from senior FDEs.
• Work with stakeholders. Join discovery sessions and workshops, understand customer goals and turn business needs into technical delivery.
• Shape the product. Feed what you learn in the field back into the platform as better capability and reusable accelerators.
• 2-5 years' experience as a data engineer, with production pipelines you have built and shipped.
• Strong PySpark, plus solid Python and SQL.
• Experience working with large, complex datasets and distributed data processing.
• Eagerness to learn Palantir Foundry and AIP, and a track record of picking up new technology quickly.
• Clear communication and the confidence to work with stakeholders and turn ambiguous requirements into working solutions.
• Any exposure to Palantir Foundry, AIP or a comparable enterprise data platform.
• Airflow, dbt or Databricks.
• Dashboarding tools, TypeScript or API development.
• Integrating ERP systems (such as Oracle or SAP) or CRM platforms.
• Startup or consultancy experience.
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Maths or a related field.

You will be based in London on a flexible hybrid basis, working from a central London office alongside an interdisciplinary team of experienced technology and business leaders. You will learn fast, with senior FDEs around you and real customer problems from day one.

The package includes a highly competitive base salary, an attractive stock options programme and visa sponsorship for the right person. The business also takes its social and environmental responsibilities seriously, with a net-zero commitment and a share of revenue given to social causes.