Forward Deployed Engineer – Palantir Foundry & AIP Expert

Accenture; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 434,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Palantir Business Group is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to deploy Palantir Foundry-based solutions and build data pipelines for government, healthcare, energy, and other sectors.

You will work with engineering, program managers, and domain experts to translate requirements into scalable deployments, prototype rapidly, and deliver production-grade analytics—often traveling as required by client needs.

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.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams to design, build, and support client-facing applications.
• Translate objectives into a delivery plan from prototype to deployment.
• Prototype and iterate quickly and validate with users.
• Deliver production-grade pipelines and applications driving data-to-decision workflows.
• Align and communicate progress to executives and stakeholders.

Skills

Data engineering

Palantir Foundry

Palantir Gotham

Palantir AIP

Python

PySpark

Java

Cloud platforms

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Palantir Gotham

Palantir AIP

Git/GitHub/GitLab

Jenkins

Job description

Accenture Palantir Business Group is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to deploy Palantir Foundry-based solutions and build data pipelines for government, healthcare, energy, and other sectors.

You will work with engineering, program managers, and domain experts to translate requirements into scalable deployments, prototype rapidly, and deliver production-grade analytics—often traveling as required by client needs.