GenAI Forward Deployed Engineer (GPS)

Deloitte France; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 135,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Deloitte is seeking a Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to rapidly prototype and deliver GenAI-enabled solutions in collaboration with client teams. You’ll embed with clients, translate business problems into AI approaches, and mentor junior colleagues while delivering production-grade code and scalable architectures.

Ideal candidates will have 4+ years in software/data/analytics, 1+ years with Palantir platforms, and the ability to travel about half the time to client sites in a hybrid

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, data science, or analytics engineering.
• 1+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying GenAI/LLM-powered solutions in client or production environments.
• 1+ years of experience with Palantir including hands on experience with one of the following key platform technologies; Foundry, AIPs, Maven.
• 1+ years of experience leading project workstreams/engagements and translating business problems into AI solutions.
• 1+ years of experience building reliable, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Embed with clients to identify business needs and translate high-value GenAI use cases into solutions.
• Partner with leaders, product owners, architects, and engineers to align priorities and delivery.
• Lead working sessions to shape solutions and drive client outcomes.
• Prototype and deliver working AI solutions using industry expertise and emerging capabilities.
• Contribute independently within an FDE pod while mentoring newer team members.
• Build AI-enabled solutions, agentic platforms, and workflows across enterprise AI platforms.
• Develop scalable AI engineering patterns, tool-use approaches, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Apply architecture decisions that balance quality, safety, latency, cost, and model risk.
• Deliver production-quality code using strong practices in testing, CI/CD, logging, versioning, and documentation.
• Design extensible functionality, support sprint sizing, and align solutions with senior team members.
• Contribute reusable assets including code, prompt libraries, runbooks, and reference implementations.

Skills

GenAI/LLM experience

Client engagement

Mentorship

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Palantir AIP

Palantir Maven

Job description

Deloitte is seeking a Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to rapidly prototype and deliver GenAI-enabled solutions in collaboration with client teams. You’ll embed with clients, translate business problems into AI approaches, and mentor junior colleagues while delivering production-grade code and scalable architectures.

Ideal candidates will have 4+ years in software/data/analytics, 1+ years with Palantir platforms, and the ability to travel about half the time to client sites in a hybrid