Palantir Application Engineer

Deloitte • Houston, TX

2d • $113,300 - $188,900

About The Position

Join Deloitte’s AI & Engineering team to help clients modernize technology platforms, accelerate innovation, and drive business outcomes. The role works alongside multidisciplinary professionals to design and deliver modern data solutions that support enterprise transformation, including scalable platforms, analytics products, and data pipelines.

As a Data Engineer III on the AI & Data team, you will design and deliver data products and applications supporting client operations and decision-making. Work includes building Palantir Foundry pipelines and applications, developing data models and ontologies, integrating enterprise systems, and supporting solutions through design, testing, deployment, documentation, release management, and production support. You will maintain security, governance, and compliance standards while collaborating with product owners, analysts, data scientists, UX designers, and business stakeholders.

The role is part of Deloitte’s Government & Public Services practice, which serves federal, state, and local government clients and public higher education institutions. Deloitte’s AI & Data offering designs, develops, and operates data and AI platforms, products, insights, and services to help clients mature and scale their capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or analytics engineering.
• Experience using Palantir Foundry, including Pipeline Builder, Code Repositories, Workshop, Ontology Management, Actions, and Operational Workflows.
• Experience developing ETL and ELT pipelines and data integration solutions using Python and SQL.
• Experience developing web applications using React and TypeScript or JavaScript with component-based design patterns.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product.
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and meet deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with PySpark, Spark SQL, or distributed data processing frameworks.
• Experience integrating applications using REST APIs, GraphQL, or microservices architectures.
• Experience with data visualization libraries such as Recharts, D3, or Chart.js.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines in Palantir Foundry to ingest, transform, validate, and publish enterprise data.
• Develop data models, ontologies, and business objects; implement automated data-quality monitoring, validation rules, and error-handling mechanisms.
• Build and maintain React-based applications, dashboards, forms, workflows, and data visualizations integrated with Foundry data assets, services, and APIs.
• Configure integrations with cloud platforms, databases, APIs, and enterprise systems; optimize pipeline transformations for reliability and scalability.
• Partner with product owners, analysts, data scientists, UX designers, and business stakeholders on solution design, testing, deployment, documentation, release management, and production support.
• Maintain security, governance, and compliance standards.
• Provide clear guidance to others and lead projects or workstreams.
• Travel an average of 10%, depending on the work and clients served.

Benefits

• Potential eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to program rules and applicable performance factors.
• Deloitte offers employees a broad range of benefits.
• Opportunities for professional development, including on-the-job learning, formal development programs, mentorship, and leadership opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level