Senior Hands-on Data Engineer — Foundry to Databricks Migration

Matlen Silver; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Matlen Silver seeks a Senior, hands-on Engineer with deep Palantir Foundry expertise and Databricks experience to support a high-visibility platform migration initiative. The role involves reverse-engineering Foundry applications, pipelines, and data workflows, then rebuilding equivalent capabilities within Databricks.

The ideal candidate combines technical execution with client-facing communication, analyzing complex solutions and translating requirements into scalable data engineering

Qualifications

• Experience with Palantir Foundry applications, pipelines and data workflows.
• Ability to translate business and technical requirements into scalable data engineering solutions.
• Strong communication skills for client interaction and stakeholder sessions.

Responsibilities

• Reverse-engineer existing Foundry apps, pipelines and data workflows.
• Rebuild equivalent capabilities within Databricks.
• Lead working sessions, explain trade-offs and push back when needed.
• Collaborate with clients to ensure alignment with business goals.

Skills

Client-facing skills

Analytical thinking

Data modeling

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Databricks

PySpark

Python

SQL

Job description

Matlen Silver seeks a Senior, hands-on Engineer with deep Palantir Foundry expertise and Databricks experience to support a high-visibility platform migration initiative. The role involves reverse-engineering Foundry applications, pipelines, and data workflows, then rebuilding equivalent capabilities within Databricks.

The ideal candidate combines technical execution with client-facing communication, analyzing complex solutions and translating requirements into scalable data engineering