Senior Palantir Foundry Engineer — Mission-Critical Data

Barbaricum; North Carolina; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Barbaricum is seeking a Senior Palantir Foundry Engineer to lead data solutions for US Army Special Operations Command. The role emphasizes hands‑on design and implementation of Foundry data products, pipelines, ontology, and secure data workflows.

You will collaborate with data engineers, software engineers, data scientists, analysts, and government stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, mission‑critical data solutions in a fast‑paced environment.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI per contract requirements.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, data platform engineering, or a related technical discipline, including hands‑on development within Palantir Foundry.
• Experience designing and implementing production‑grade data pipelines and data products.
• Experience integrating data from multiple structured and unstructured sources.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines, datasets, and data products within the Palantir Foundry platform.
• Develop and optimize Foundry pipelines using Python, SQL, PySpark, and Foundry-native technologies.
• Build and maintain Foundry data transformations, workflows, datasets, and analytical applications supporting USASOC mission requirements.
• Develop and manage Ontology models that represent operational entities, relationships, actions, and mission data.
• Integrate data from disparate enterprise, operational, and mission systems into Foundry.
• Design data ingestion, transformation, validation, and quality processes to ensure reliable and trusted data products.

Skills

Palantir Foundry

Foundry Ontology

Foundry Pipeline Builder

Python

SQL

PySpark

Data transformation and pipeline

API and system integration

Data modeling

ETL/ELT development

Git / version control

CI/CD concepts

Cloud-based data platforms

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, or related technical field

Tools

Workshop and Slate

SQL

Python

Job description

Barbaricum is seeking a Senior Palantir Foundry Engineer to lead data solutions for US Army Special Operations Command. The role emphasizes hands‑on design and implementation of Foundry data products, pipelines, ontology, and secure data workflows.

You will collaborate with data engineers, software engineers, data scientists, analysts, and government stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, mission‑critical data solutions in a fast‑paced environment.