Remote Forward Deployed Palantir Engineer

Kforce Inc; Napa (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kforce is seeking a Remote Forward Deployed Palantir Engineer to design, build, and support production data products on Palantir Foundry. You will collaborate with underwriting, claims, patient safety, actuarial, risk management, and other stakeholders to translate complex business problems into scalable technical solutions.

The role requires strong Palantir Foundry expertise, experience in Ontology modeling, and front-end capabilities using React and TypeScript to deliver user-friendly,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field; Equivalent professional experience may be considered
• 3+ years of experience developing, implementing, and supporting data, analytics, software engineering, or enterprise technology solutions
• Minimum of 1 year of professional experience developing applications with React and TypeScript
• Strong professional experience designing, building, and supporting production applications using Palantir Foundry
• Demonstrated experience leveraging the Palantir Ontology to model business entities, relationships, actions, workflows, and operational processes
• Experience developing stakeholder-facing applications, operational workflows, and decision-support solutions within the Palantir ecosystem
• Experience integrating front‑end applications with enterprise data, APIs, ontology objects, actions, and business workflows
• Experience with Git, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and software engineering best practices

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy, and support production applications and data products using the Palantir platform and Palantir Ontology
• Work directly with underwriting, claims, patient safety, actuarial, risk management, and operational stakeholders
• Translate complex and often ambiguous business problems into intuitive, scalable, and measurable technical solutions
• Support application development, data engineering, ontology-driven solution design, enterprise integration, and stakeholder collaboration
• Build business-facing applications, operational workflows, decision-support tools, and AI-enabled capabilities
• Enable users to interact with enterprise data, make informed decisions, and take action within their daily workflows
• Develop production applications on the Palantir Foundry platform
• Design and implement solutions using the Palantir Ontology
• Build modern user-facing applications utilizing React and TypeScript
• Partner closely with business stakeholders to understand operational problems and deliver scalable solutions that drive measurable business outcomes

Job description

Kforce has a client that is looking for a Remote Forward Deployed Palantir Engineer. Responsibilities:

• Design, build, deploy, and support production applications and data products using the Palantir platform and Palantir Ontology
• Work directly with underwriting, claims, patient safety, actuarial, risk management, and operational stakeholders
• Translate complex and often ambiguous business problems into intuitive, scalable, and measurable technical solutions
• Support application development, data engineering, ontology-driven solution design, enterprise integration, and stakeholder collaboration
• Build business-facing applications, operational workflows, decision-support tools, and AI-enabled capabilities
• Enable users to interact with enterprise data, make informed decisions, and take action within their daily workflows
• Develop production applications on the Palantir Foundry platform
• Design and implement solutions using the Palantir Ontology
• Build modern user-facing applications utilizing React and TypeScript
• Partner closely with business stakeholders to understand operational problems and deliver scalable solutions that drive measurable business outcomes

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field; Equivalent professional experience may be considered
• 3+ years of experience developing, implementing, and supporting data, analytics, software engineering, or enterprise technology solutions
• Minimum of 1 year of professional experience developing applications with React and TypeScript
• Strong professional experience designing, building, and supporting production applications using Palantir Foundry
• Demonstrated experience leveraging the Palantir Ontology to model business entities, relationships, actions, workflows, and operational processes
• Experience developing stakeholder-facing applications, operational workflows, and decision-support solutions within the Palantir ecosystem
• Experience integrating front‑end applications with enterprise data, APIs, ontology objects, actions, and business workflows
• Experience with application development lifecycle practices including design, testing, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production support
• Strong ability to gather requirements directly from stakeholders and translate business problems into scalable technical solutions
• Experience with Git, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and software engineering best practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Palantir AIP, AI-enabled workflows, agents, automations, or decision intelligence solutions
• Experience with Palantir Workshop, Functions, Actions, Ontology Manager, Pipeline Builder, Code Repositories, or related Foundry capabilities
• Proficiency with SQL and Python
• Experience building APIs, integrations, ETL/ELT pipelines, and operational data flows
• Experience with semantic modeling, ontology development, knowledge graphs, or enterprise data modeling
• Experience working in insurance, healthcare, financial services, or other regulated industries

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.