Forward Deployed Engineer - Palantir Foundry

Accenture Federal Services; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 126,300 - 243,100; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer responsible for solving critical challenges within US federal agencies. Applicants should have proficiency in programming languages such as Python and TypeScript, and experience with Palantir Foundry. Responsibilities include collaborating with teams, developing production-grade solutions, and quickly transforming organizational operations. The role offers a competitive salary range of $126,300 to $243,100, depending on location and experience. Accenture prioritizes a collaborative community and provides numerous professional growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience building production‑grade applications utilizing structured and unstructured datasets.
• Proficiency in developing and maintaining data pipelines and understanding their architecture.
• Strong foundation in machine learning and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to construct applications meeting client needs.
• Synthesize data to create actionable solutions.
• Develop production-grade software solutions.
• Quickly iterate on client operations using powerful tools.

Skills

Client Success Obsession

Analytical & Problem‑Solving Skills

Technical Proficiency

Independent Ownership

Real‑World Impact Delivery

Collaborative Skills

Willingness to Travel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Python

Java

C++

TypeScript/JavaScript

Job description

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.

Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands‑on experience, certifications, industry training and more.

Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!

As a Forward Deployed Engineer at AFS, you will be responsible for helping our clients solve their most pressing challenges, from the battlefield to supply chains, benefits programs, and broader government operations. You will work as part of a small team of engineers, domain experts, and other Deployment Strategists to turn a client’s vision into reality by deploying Palantir software and building tailored solutions that make a measurable impact on their operations.

Day‑to‑Day Responsibilities

• Collaborative Teamwork: Partner with engineers, program managers, and domain specialists to conceive, architect, build, and maintain applications that meet AFS clients’ needs.
• Data Synthesis: Understand a client’s most critical objectives and synthesize disparate information into a cohesive vision and actionable roadmap, interpreting what the data signifies and outlining an impact‑based plan to rapidly go from use case to prototype to scaled deployment.
• Rapid Iteration: Quickly iterate, build from scratch, and help transform clients' operations at uncommon speed. You won’t just deploy software—you’ll help reshape how entire organizations work by putting powerful tools in the hands of executives and real operators.
• Production‑Grade Solutions: Develop production‑grade solutions that make sense of the client’s data and process it through an actionable workflow that can help clients make better decisions.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with technical and non‑technical colleagues to define solution requirements, iterate on the solution, and ship code.

What We Look For

• Client Success Obsession: A deep commitment to helping clients succeed, even beyond the original scope. You thrive on solving hard customer problems and take pride in delivering solutions that drive real value.
• Analytical & Problem‑Solving Skills: Strong abilities in breaking down complex problems and constructing end‑to‑end solutions that work.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficiency in relevant programming languages (e.g., Python, TypeScript) and the ability to build applications that utilize large structured and unstructured datasets in production environments.
• Independent Ownership: Capability to work autonomously while owning outcomes, with support available but a desire to take the driver’s seat.
• Real‑World Impact Delivery: A proven track record of delivering meaningful outcomes through software and analytical products.
• Collaborative Skills: Strong ability to collaborate with teammates and clients of varying technical proficiency, embedding with clients and joining their teams.
• Willingness to Travel: Flexibility to travel as needed for client implementation work.

Here’s what you need

• Palantir Foundry experience
  • Practical skills to build and maintain production‑grade data pipelines, data connections, and ontologies.
  • General knowledge of platform capabilities and specific applications within the Foundry suite useful for performing the job of data engineer.
  • Data pipeline development in Foundry
    • Develop transforms on structured (tabular) and unstructured datasets.
    • Apply best practices when building data pipelines.
  • Data pipeline maintenance in Foundry
    • Effectively investigate and fix common issues in data pipelines.
    • Contribute to logic changes and performance improvements to transform pipelines feeding mission‑critical workflows.
    • Familiarity with recommended support structures.
  • Data connection and integration in Foundry
    • Familiarity with architecture and capabilities of Data Connection.
    • Set up sources and syncs ingesting tabular data or raw files from external systems to Foundry.
  • Ontology design and development in Foundry
    • Provide data engineering context during ontology design and implement pipelines backing ontology objects and links based on application requirements.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Demonstrated ability to build production‑grade code that leverages both structured and unstructured datasets.
• Strong foundation in machine learning.
• Strong programming skills with demonstrated proficiency in Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript or similar.
• Ability to travel, dependent on client and team.

Bonus points if you have

• Experience building solutions with large language models.
• Active government security clearance.

Compensation and Benefits

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is $126,300—$243,100 USD.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Accenture Federal Services is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and an affirmative action employer for veterans and individuals with disabilities. Applicants for employment must have work authorization in the United States and must not currently be employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business.

Other Employment Statements

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. The company will not discriminate based on pay inquiries. California residents living or working in Los Angeles County must review additional information available for this position.