Solution Architect - Palantir Foundry

Solution Architect – Palantir Foundry (1099) Location: Seattle, WA, USA (Remote eligible) Employment Type: Full-time Engagement: 2-month freelance/1099 engagement with possibility for extension Practice Area: Digital Strategy & Transformation Level: III Years of Experience: 5-10 Compensation: USD $142 - USD $162 hourly Role Overview As a Solution Architect, you will influence and define best practices, design patterns, and architecture. You'll provide thought leadership to a diverse group of stakeholders, drawing on your extensive experience to design and prototype innovative solutions throughout every stage of the process, mentoring other team members along the way. Role Responsibilities Collaborate closely with client stakeholders and internal teams, translating solution design into scalable, production‑ready Palantir Foundry implementations. Design, build, and manage data pipelines in Palantir Foundry to ingest, process, and correlate real‑time data (streaming). Hands‑on Palantir solution architect during implementation, owning the on‑the‑ground architecture and supporting multiple teams during build‑out and delivery. Develop data assets and transformation logic using PySpark. About You You're passionate about enabling teams to design solutions that drive business value. Working closely with business stakeholders, lead engineers, product managers, and analysts, you can design solutions through the full lifecycle, from conception to market. You're equally comfortable discussing technical concepts with business professionals and business concepts with technical professionals. You can lead small development teams within a matrixed environment. You can collaborate with consulting and sales representatives to identify opportunities, develop, and pitch solutions based on a business case, and work closely with clients to generate the outcomes. You're adaptable to frequent change and comfortable making decisions with limited information in dynamic situations. Qualifications 5-10+ years of experience as a Solutions Architect at a management consulting firm, or in a client‑facing role, with proven responsibility for delivering high‑impact customer solutions. 5+ years of hands‑on experience as a data engineer, designing and developing data pipelines. Strong experience in Palantir Foundry and PySpark. Deep experience in streaming data architecture and integrating data from various sources. Experience creating architectural diagrams, including Sequence Diagrams, Deployment Diagrams, and State Diagrams Knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM) principles, including Authentication, Login, SSO, and Active Directory integration. Knowledge of data retention and security best practices. Bachelor's degree in computer science or related software engineering field, or equivalent practical experience. Availability to work between the hours of 8 am and 5 pm Pacific Time (PT). Ability to travel up to one week per month. Preferred Qualifications Experience working in the utilities industry. Experience as an application developer using Java and TypeScript. #J-18808-Ljbffr Gofractional