Mid-Level Forward Deployed Engineer

Overview

• Contribute to the development and delivery of advanced analytical capabilities in a structured agile environment.
• Collaborate with operational users and senior engineers to deliver mission-aligned solutions and technical features.
• Engage in two-week sprint cycles, ensuring production-ready feature delivery from design through deployment.
• Translate user needs and stakeholder requests into well-scoped engineering tasks and solutions.
• Support CI/CD pipeline configuration, build scripts, and automated testing for deployment readiness.
• Develop workflows, dashboards, and AI-enabled features using advanced application layers.
• Maintain stable operations across deployed capabilities through iterative improvement and defect resolution.
• Produce clear technical documentation, including configuration notes and sprint artifacts.

Key Responsibilities & Duties

• Provide embedded engineering support, delivering mission-aligned capabilities alongside operational users and senior engineers.
• Perform data integration tasks, including pipeline development and ontology alignment for consistent data interpretation.
• Develop workflows, applications, and dashboards using advanced tools and methodologies.
• Participate in solution framing activities, translating user needs into actionable engineering tasks.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline tasks, ensuring deployment readiness and production hardening.
• Support iterative improvement operations, resolving defects and delivering incremental enhancements.
• Conduct testing and validation to confirm functionality and data alignment with approved definitions.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to identify and resolve integration issues and blockers.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum of 2 years of software engineering experience; 5 years preferred.
• Hands-on experience with advanced data platforms and tools, such as Palantir Foundry.
• Proficiency in programming languages like Python, TypeScript, or Java.
• Experience in government, defense, or classified environments is preferred.
• Ability to independently build, test, and deliver production-ready features.
• Comfortable working in small, fast-moving technical teams.
• Strong documentation skills, including configuration notes and sprint artifacts.