Senior Palantir Technical Lead

Owens & Minor • Richmond, VA

3d

About The Position

The Senior Palantir Technical Lead is responsible for delivery, operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Palantir Foundry solutions. The role provides hands-on leadership across application development, platform operations, and production support while partnering with Product Owners, engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders. The position leads technical execution, troubleshooting, operational support, and solution delivery to help ensure reliability, scalability, and business value across the Palantir portfolio.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, platform engineering, technical consulting, or solution delivery.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience developing solutions in Palantir Foundry.
• Experience leading technical delivery and supporting business-critical production systems.
• Experience with incident management, production support, and operational excellence practices.
• Experience partnering with business stakeholders to define and deliver technical solutions.
• Advanced knowledge of Palantir Foundry and its core platform capabilities.
• Experience developing solutions using Pipeline Builder, Code Repositories, Ontology, Workshop, AIP, and modern React-based application development frameworks.
• Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, and TypeScript.
• Experience designing data pipelines, integrations, and application workflows.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle, change management, release management, and production support practices.
• Ability to lead technical discussions, influence engineering decisions, and mentor team members.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to balance operational support, project delivery, and competing priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting healthcare, supply chain, logistics, or other enterprise operational systems.
• Experience leading application migrations, platform modernization, or transformation initiatives.
• Experience developing modern applications using React, TypeScript, and related web technologies, including custom applications integrated with Palantir Foundry.
• Palantir Foundry certifications such as Foundry Application Developer, Foundry Data Engineer, Foundry AI Engineer, or equivalent Palantir platform certifications.
• Ability to participate in production support, incident response, and critical issue resolution as needed.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical lead for Palantir Foundry applications, data products, and platform solutions.
• Coordinate day-to-day development, support, enhancement, and operational activities across multiple workstreams.
• Lead technical implementation efforts to ensure high-quality, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
• Act as the primary technical escalation point for production incidents, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines, applications, integrations, and operational workflows using Palantir Foundry.
• Lead code reviews, design reviews, and technical discussions to promote engineering best practices and solution quality.
• Coordinate releases, deployments, production readiness reviews, and post-deployment validation.
• Develop and maintain runbooks, monitoring solutions, support documentation, and operational processes.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, operational efficiencies, and technical debt reduction.
• Partner with Product Owners and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and data management standards.
• Mentor developers and engineers through technical guidance, coaching, and knowledge sharing.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans start on day one of employment for full-time teammates.
• Educational assistance for eligible teammates enrolled in an approved, accredited collegiate program.
• Employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage.
• Voluntary supplemental life, hospitalization, critical illness, and other insurance programs.
• Adoption assistance, fertility benefits in the medical plan, and parental leave.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and 401(k).
• Sick days, short-term leave, holidays, vacation days, personal days, and additional types of leave, including parental leave.
• Teammate Assistance Program (TAP), Calm Health, Cancer Resources Services, and discount programs at no cost.

What This Job Offers

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