Forward Deployed Engineer

A World-Changing Company

Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.

The Role

Palantir’s Mixed Reality group is a tier 1 team of developers, researchers, product managers, 3D artists, immersive UX designers, and cross-discipline engineers who create the company’s next‑generation end‑user experiences. As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you will work directly with customers to quickly understand their greatest problems, and design and implement high‑impact, mission‑critical applications in mixed reality and 2D end‑user devices while developing performance apps for next‑generation Mixed Reality hardware, sensors, and data platforms.

As an FDE, you’ll apply your problem solving ability, creativity, and technical skills to help organizations use their data to drive a real impact in the world. You are a resourceful, gritty and adaptable problem solver who is able to work both collaboratively and independently to resolve difficult and nebulous technical issues, as well as work productively with external customers to debug and resolve their problems.

You’ll have the opportunity to gain rare insight into and contribute to some of the world’s most important industries and institutions.

• Architect, develop, debug, document, and deploy performant Mixed Reality applications
• Invent and improve novel techniques in immersive user experiences
• Develop rapid‑prototypes and deployable code in augmented reality, virtual reality, and other immersive 2D and 3D user experiences
• Rapidly iterate to adapt solutions to new needs and continuous deployment
• Hands‑on work with cutting edge Mixed Reality hardware - deploying builds, configuring devices, building and testing new integrations
• “Make things work” on the edge, on‑prem, and in hybrid‑cloud environments
• Deploy new Palantir products at customer deployments
• Troubleshoot issues at all layers of the system, from physical to application

• Unity
• Physics Engines
• C/C#/C++
• Python
• Java and Java script
• Android

• Attentiveness to customer needs.
• Determination to develop products that users will want to rely on.
• Solution driven mindset thriving in nascent production development teams.
• Challenging dogma and fighting fixed mindsets.
• Understanding of Defense and Intel industry product development is a strongly preferred.
• Experience with Unity, Unreal, or similar game engines is a strong bonus.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science OR equivalent job experience.
• 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Active US Security Clearance, or ability and willingness to obtain one.

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is $135,000 - $200,000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign‑on bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual’s relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign‑on bonus;

the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long‑term incentives.

• Employees and their eligible dependents can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance
• Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based
• 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)
• 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events
• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back‑up care for all parents
• Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
• Stipend to help with expenses that come…