Lead AI & Data Engineer — Palantir Foundry Analytics

TekStream Solutions; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TekStream Solutions seeks a Lead Palantir Data Engineer to drive AI-enabled analytics for a federal modernization initiative in Arlington, VA. You will bridge business needs with technical solutions, designing scalable data pipelines across Palantir Foundry, Advana, Databricks, and Power Platform.

You will collaborate with acquisition stakeholders, build production-grade data integrations, and lead a high-visibility team to reduce risk and improve decision-making in DoD data environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience building and deploying data engineering solutions with Palantir Foundry.
• Experience with federal/DoD data environments (Advana, Jupiter) or similar.
• Strong ability to design data pipelines and integrate data from multiple sources.
• Experience applying AI, NLP, or semantic search to business data.
• Clear communication and leadership abilities to drive initiatives with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of scalable Palantir data engineering solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify high-value use cases and translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Develop and optimize data pipelines across multiple platforms (Foundry, Databricks, Delta Lake).
• Provide leadership in AI-enabled analytics and decision-support capabilities for acquisition modernization.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Data integration

AI/ML awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Databricks

Spark

Snowflake

Kafka

Azure Data Factory

AWS Glue

Delta Lake

Power Platform

Job description

TekStream Solutions seeks a Lead Palantir Data Engineer to drive AI-enabled analytics for a federal modernization initiative in Arlington, VA. You will bridge business needs with technical solutions, designing scalable data pipelines across Palantir Foundry, Advana, Databricks, and Power Platform.

You will collaborate with acquisition stakeholders, build production-grade data integrations, and lead a high-visibility team to reduce risk and improve decision-making in DoD data environments.