Senior Applications Architect — Palantir Foundry Lead (Remote)

American Institutes for Research; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

American Institutes for Research seeks a Senior Applications Architect to lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable technology solutions supporting research and mission-driven programs. You will combine hands-on software engineering with strategic architecture, delivering data-driven applications, analytics, and decision-support tools.

The role involves building data architectures, system integrations, and cloud-based platforms, with experience in Palantir Foundry highly preferred.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in a related field with substantial experience.
• Experience architecting enterprise-scale data platforms and solutions.
• Proven ability to design secure, scalable data-driven applications and cloud-based solutions.
• Experience with Palantir Foundry, data integration, ontology, and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on solution architecture and development across data platforms.
• Design, develop, and implement secure, scalable applications and integrations.
• Lead end-to-end data architecture including modeling, ETL/ELT, APIs, analytics.
• Mentor technical staff and promote reusable architectures and standards.

Skills

Solution architecture

Data modeling

Cloud technologies

SDLC / Agile

Mentoring

Education

Master's degree in CS/IS/Data Science/Engineering/Policy

Bachelor's degree in related field with 10+ years experience

Tools

Palantir Foundry

React

TypeScript

Python

SQL

REST APIs

Job description

American Institutes for Research seeks a Senior Applications Architect to lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable technology solutions supporting research and mission-driven programs. You will combine hands-on software engineering with strategic architecture, delivering data-driven applications, analytics, and decision-support tools.

The role involves building data architectures, system integrations, and cloud-based platforms, with experience in Palantir Foundry highly preferred.