Senior Palantir Foundry Engineer Lead

Position Title

Senior Palantir Foundry Engineer / Lead

Domain EXP

HealthCare

Location

Brentwood Tennessee

Duration

6 Months

Job Description

JD:

Experience - 8 12 years overall with 5 years of hands on Palantir Foundry experience

Skills Required: Palantir Foundry Python SQL PySpark Data Engineering UI AI integration Data ingestion Workshop SDLC and Dashboard .

Role Summary

We are looking for a highly experienced Palantir Foundry Engineer with approximately 10 years of total data engineering and analytics experience to design build and operate enterprise scale data platforms and operational analytics solutions using Palantir Foundry .

The role requires strong ownership of Foundry implementations close collaboration with US based stakeholders and leadership in delivering production grade data products.

Key Responsibilities

Palantir Foundry Development

• Design build and maintain end to end data pipelines on Palantir Foundry .
• Hands on development using Foundry Code Repos Pipelines Ontology Workshops Contour Slate .
• UI AI integration Data ingestion Workshop SDLC and Dashboard.
• Develop data transformations and logic using Python SQL and PySpark .
• Build operational and analytical applications on Foundry for business users.
• Define and implement Ontology driven data models for reusable and governed data products.

Data Engineering & Integration

• Integrate data from enterprise sources including databases APIs flat files and cloud storage.
• Implement data quality validation and observability frameworks within Foundry.
• Design scalable and performant data models for operational and analytical use cases.

Security Governance & Compliance

• Enforce data security access controls and governance using Foundrys security model.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise and regulatory requirements (HIPAA / SOX / SOC2 as applicable).

Performance & Reliability

• Optimize Foundry pipelines for performance scalability and cost efficiency .
• Monitor pipelines troubleshoot failures and proactively improve SLAs.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with US based product owners architects analysts and stakeholders .
• Translate business requirements into Foundry solutions.
• Lead technical discussions design reviews and best practice implementations.
• Mentor junior Foundry engineers and contribute to reusable accelerators.

Required Skills & Experience

Mandatory

• Strong hands on Palantir Foundry experience in production programs.
• Expertise in Python SQL PySpark .
• Solid background in data engineering analytics platforms and data architecture (10 years).
• Deep knowledge of Foundry Pipelines Ontology Code Repos Security Model .
• Experience delivering solutions for large enterprise or regulated clients .

Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS / Azure / GCP cloud platforms.
• Exposure to CI/CD Git DevOps practices in data engineering.
• Experience with ML workflows or advanced analytics on Foundry.
• Prior client facing experience in BFSI Healthcare Life Sciences Retail or Public Sector .

Soft Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication for US stakeholders.
• Strong problem solving and analytical thinking.
• Ability to work independently in a remote distributed team .
• Leadership mindset with ownership and accountability.

Seniority Expectations (10 Year Profile)

• Has led or owned multiple Palantir Foundry implementations end to end.
• Acts as Technical Lead / Solution Owner for Foundry programs.
• Comfortable engaging with client architects data leaders and executives .
• Drives quality governance and long term platform vision.