Palantir Foundry Software Engineer

Place of Performance:
Hybrid — NGA-Washington (Springfield, VA) with contractor site flexibility; significant on-site presence strongly encouraged

Employment Type:

Full-Time Travel:
Continental United States (CONUS) travel may be required; minimum 3 business days' advance notice provided

Key Responsibilities Design, develop, test, and deploy geospatial analytic applications within Palantir Foundry, Palantir Gaia, and other Palantir platforms using government-approved SDKs, APIs, and integration frameworks

Develop custom embedded applications using Type Script with the Ontology Software Development Kit (OSDK)
Build and configure UI screens, dashboards, and workflow steps using Foundry tools such as Workshop and Slate Implement and maintain data pipelines using Python and/or Type Script to ingest, transform, and normalize internal and external GEOINT data feeds

Ensure applications support interactive geospatial analysis including mapping, spatial querying, geofencing, clustering, custom objects, custom workflow applications, and temporal analysis

Data Integration & Ontology Map, transform, and normalize incoming data to align with Government-specified object ontologies and data schemas

Design and create object types, actions, and linkages to support data ontologization

Implement logic to ensure data quality, prevent duplication, and preserve consistency of object IDs across disparate data sources

Enable seamless interoperability with external geospatial data sources and APIs including ESRI Map Services/Feature Services, Open Street Map , and OGC WMS/WFS services

Develop low-code and no-code data pipelines for normalizing and structuring analytic data Solution Architecture & Design Elicit, document, and refine end-to-end user workflows and technical requirements for GEOINT object management and analysis

Design and document system architectures for workflows and data connections, aligned with the Government's Builder's Guidebook Define data identity, de-duplication, object history, and data provenance rules

Define acceptance criteria and "definition of done" for each required capability

Data Science & Analytics Develop and implement matching algorithms and scoring methods to link new observations to existing geospatial objects

Build and deploy analytics to highlight changes, anomalies, or inconsistencies in object data for analyst review

Create and monitor data quality checks to flag missing metadata, weak sourcing, or invalid attribute values

Develop algorithms for correlating multiple datasets across multi-modal data types including EO, SAR, FMV, HMI, and vector data

Required Qualifications Security Active  Top Secret / SCI security clearance required at time of application

Must be willing and eligible to undergo a Counterintelligence (CI) Scope Polygraph examination; must complete within 90 days of assignment if not completed within the past 5 years

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), or a related technical field

Experience5+ years of software development experience in an enterprise or mission-critical environment2+ years of hands-on experience developing on Palantir Foundry or other Palantir platforms (e.g., Gaia, AIP)
Demonstrated experience with Type Script and/or Python for application and pipeline development

Experience with geospatial data types including EO, SAR, FMV, HMI, vector, and raster datasets

Experience supporting agile software development in an intelligence, DoD, or national security context

Experience with Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) workflows strongly preferred

Technical Skills Proficiency with Palantir Foundry tools including Workshop, Slate, Contour, and the Ontology…