Senior Foundry & Data Platform Engineer

National Capitol Contracting LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

National Capitol Contracting LLC in Washington, D.C. seeks a Senior Foundry Developer to design, build, and maintain Palantir Foundry components, data pipelines, models, dashboards, and workflows for Navy modernization.

The role is onsite at the Navy Yard with emphasis on data integration, governance, and scalable solutions using Python, SQL, Databricks, and BI tools. Mentorship of junior developers is included.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 9+ years of experience in software development, data engineering, analytics engineering, platform development, or a related field.
• 4 additional years of relevant experience may substitute for the bachelor’s degree, for a total of at least 13 years.
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining solutions within Palantir Foundry.
• Experience building data pipelines, transformations, data models, dashboards, applications, or operational workflows.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Experience using Databricks or a comparable enterprise data-processing platform.
• Experience developing dashboards or analytical products using Qlik, Power BI, or comparable business intelligence tools.
• Experience integrating data from databases, APIs, files, and enterprise applications.
• Experience with software development lifecycle practices, including design, development, testing, deployment, debugging, and production support.
• Understanding of data governance, data quality, lineage, security, permissions, and access-control principles.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable, maintainable technical solutions.
• Strong communication skills and experience working in a cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and engineer Foundry platform components from end to end, including design, architecture, development, testing, code deployment, and production support.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable applications, data products, and operational workflows within Palantir Foundry.
• Build and optimize data pipelines, transformations, data models, and operational dashboards using code-based and low-code/no-code tools.
• Develop data transformations and application functionality using Python and SQL.
• Use Databricks to support data processing, transformation, integration, and analytics workloads.

Skills

Python

SQL

Palantir Foundry

Databricks

Qlik

Power BI

Data pipelines

Data modeling

Foundry tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or related field

Tools

PySpark

Databricks notebooks

CI/CD pipelines

Code Repositories

Job description

National Capitol Contracting LLC in Washington, D.C. seeks a Senior Foundry Developer to design, build, and maintain Palantir Foundry components, data pipelines, models, dashboards, and workflows for Navy modernization.

The role is onsite at the Navy Yard with emphasis on data integration, governance, and scalable solutions using Python, SQL, Databricks, and BI tools. Mentorship of junior developers is included.