Forward Deployed Engineer for AI-Driven Ops

Accenture; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 434,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to help clients deploy Palantir Foundry and AIP solutions across government, healthcare, energy, and more. You will work with a small team to translate a client vision into code and scalable pipelines.

Travel may be required up to 100%. You will build production-grade data pipelines, collaborate with engineers and domain experts, and communicate progress to executives.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years hands-on experience in data engineering, including ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehousing, and large-scale data integration.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience with Palantir Foundry building data pipelines, managing datasets, and deploying applications within Palantir Foundry and/or Palantir Gotham
• Minimum of 3 years experience prompt engineering and applied AI techniques within Palantir (AIP, model deployment, feature engineering)
• Minimum of 5 years working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Minimum of 8 years experience in Python OR PySpark OR Java
• Minimum of 5 years leading an engineering team
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 8 years work experience
• Professional Skill Requirements: Ability to be a personable communicator who can explain technical concepts clearly and credibly to executive stakeholders.
• Professional Skill Requirements: Ability to build rapport quickly and represented teams professionally with clients
• Professional Skill Requirements: Write clear, concise documentation for technical and non-technical audiences
• Professional Skill Requirements: Present updates, trade offs, and recommendations to executives; tailor the message to the audience
• Bonus points if you have: Full-stack and Front-end development experience
• Bonus points if you have: Palantir certifications (Foundry, Gotham, or AIP)
• Bonus points if you have: Consulting or client-facing experience
• Bonus points if you have: Experience with DevOps / CI-CD pipelines (Git, GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins)
• Bonus points if you have: Experience building solutions with large language models
• Bonus points if you have: Demonstrated proficiency in TypeScript, or JavaScript

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams: Partner with engineers, program managers, and domain specialists to design, build, and support client-facing applications.
• Translate objectives into a delivery plan: Gather requirements, analyze data and workflows, and define a roadmap from prototype to scaled deployment.
• Prototype and iterate quickly: Build from scratch when needed, validate with users, and iterate rapidly based on feedback and operational results.
• Deliver production-grade solutions: Ship reliable pipelines and applications that turn client data into operational workflows and decision support.
• Align and communicate: Write clear requirements, share progress with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and drive work to release.

Skills

Data engineering

Python

PySpark

Java

TypeScript

Cloud platforms

Team leadership

Prompt engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Palantir Gotham

Palantir AIP

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to help clients deploy Palantir Foundry and AIP solutions across government, healthcare, energy, and more. You will work with a small team to translate a client vision into code and scalable pipelines.

Travel may be required up to 100%. You will build production-grade data pipelines, collaborate with engineers and domain experts, and communicate progress to executives.