Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer | Foundry & AI Delivery

Accenture PLC; Carmel (IN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to help clients scale Palantir Foundry and AIP across government, healthcare, and commercial sectors. You will work with engineers, domain experts, and program managers to turn client visions into scalable deployments that drive decision intelligence.

The role requires deep data engineering experience, Palantir proficiency, and strong communication skills to present trade-offs and roadmaps to executives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years hands-on data engineering experience (ETL/ELT, warehousing, large-scale integration).
• 5+ years with Palantir Foundry building data pipelines and deployments.
• 3+ years in prompt engineering and applied AI (AIP, model deployment, feature engineering).
• 5+ years cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• 8+ years Python or PySpark or Java experience.
• 5+ years leading an engineering team.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or 8+ years related work experience.
• Strong ability to communicate with executives; documentation.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams to design, build, and support client-facing applications.
• Translate objectives into a delivery plan from requirements to deployment.
• Prototype and iterate quickly; validate with users and optimize based on results.
• Deliver production-grade pipelines and applications turning client data into workflows.
• Write clear requirements and updates for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Structured problem solving

Client-facing communication

Ownership mindset

Documentation writing

Executive presentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Palantir Gotham

Palantir AIP

AWS

Azure

GCP

Python

PySpark

Java

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to help clients scale Palantir Foundry and AIP across government, healthcare, and commercial sectors. You will work with engineers, domain experts, and program managers to turn client visions into scalable deployments that drive decision intelligence.

The role requires deep data engineering experience, Palantir proficiency, and strong communication skills to present trade-offs and roadmaps to executives.