Foundry Developer

CACI•Ashburn, VA

1d•$103,800 - $218,100

About The Position

CACI’s Agile Solution Factory is hiring a Senior Foundry Developer to support Palantir’s Army Vantage. The role designs, builds, and deploys solutions using Vantage’s data integration, analytics, and operational capabilities, and supports integration with other Department of the War network capabilities such as ADVANA. The goal is interoperability and increased impact across platforms. The developer works as part of an Agile Scrum team, collaborating with technical colleagues and stakeholders to support the customer’s mission and growth objectives. The work includes refining requirements, tracking tasks on an agile board, meeting user needs and standards, and reporting progress in developer team sessions. The role calls for adaptability and constructive collaboration with a technically diverse, geographically separated team. The successful candidate will have experience with Palantir Foundry, including shipping a production Workshop application and modeling or extending an Ontology. Technical work includes Workshop application development, ontology fundamentals, pipeline development, data health and lineage, security and governance, and Python and PySpark programming.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Active Secret DoD security clearance; ability to attain an interim clearance will be considered.
College degree (B.S. or M.S.) in Information Assurance, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related discipline; experience may be considered in lieu of education.
At least 6 years of related technical experience.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Strong collaboration skills and a desire to work within a team.
Responsible, team-oriented, self-starting, and strong work ethic.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment.
Solution-oriented thinking and ability to resolve complex technical challenges.
Experience and comfort working on a Scrumban team in an Agile environment.
Ability to work well with limited oversight.
Ability to build complex, multi-page Workshop applications with variables, events, object views, and fully wired Actions.
Strong understanding of ontology object types, link types, Action types, and permissioning structures.
Proficiency with Code Repositories or Pipeline Builder, including incremental transforms and pipeline scheduling.
Familiarity with expectations, data checks, pipeline trustworthiness, and lineage visibility.
Experience with data markings, restricted views, and mandatory access controls.
Ability to read, debug, and write Python and PySpark.
Proficiency with Python and modern machine-learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Palantir Vantage, ADVANA, or similar data analytics platforms.
Familiarity with data modeling, ontology design, and pipeline orchestration in Vantage and/or ADVANA.
TypeScript Functions and custom React widgets for Workshop.
OSDK application development outside Workshop.
Experience with Palantir MCP and Ontology MCP.
Palantir certifications in the Data Engineer or Application Developer track.
Experience with DoW (DoD) ADVANA.
Experience with Palantir MAVEN.
Experience developing in Army 365 (A365).
Familiarity with the Azure Data/AI stack, such as Azure Databricks, Synapse, or Data Factory.
Experience developing and maintaining applications using Microsoft Power Platform, including Model-driven and Canvas App, Power BI, Power Automate, Power Pages/Portals, Portal Management MDA, and Power Apps Pipeline in an Azure environment.
Experience developing with Databricks.
Experience designing and implementing data models in Microsoft 365.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and deploy solutions using Army Vantage’s data integration, analytics, and operational capabilities.
Support integration and interoperability with other capabilities on the Department of the War network, including ADVANA.
Develop complex, multi-page Workshop applications with variables, events, object views, and wired Actions.
Model or extend Ontology object types, link types, and Action types, including permissioning.
Develop pipelines using Code Repositories or Pipeline Builder, including incremental transforms and scheduling.
Use data expectations and checks to support pipeline trustworthiness, data health, and lineage visibility.
Work with data markings, restricted views, and mandatory access controls.
Read, debug, and write Python and PySpark for data engineering workflows.
Collaborate with stakeholders to refine requirements and ensure user needs are met within standards.
Track assigned work on an agile board and report progress during developer team sessions.