Senior Data Engineer - Palantir Foundry

Objectways Technologies, LLC
United States
12 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Cloud Storage Continuous Integration Information Engineering Data Governance Dimensional Modeling Python (Programming Language) Performance Tuning Role-Based Access Control SQL Databases
+4 more
Parquet Apache Spark Pyspark Git Flow

Job description

Senior Data Engineer with hands-on Palantir Foundry experience to design, build, and operate production pipelines and ontologies. You’ll own pipelines end-to-end - from raw ingestion to curated ontology objects - and partner with analysts, data scientists, and business owners to deliver governed data products. Work Authorization: This position is open to US Citizens or Green Card holders., * Build scalable Foundry pipelines using PySpark, Python, and SQL transforms.

  • Model and maintain Ontology objects, links, and actions for core business entities.
  • Develop operational apps with Workshop, Quiver, and Contour for end users.
  • Integrate Foundry with upstream sources (DBs, APIs, cloud storage) and downstream consumers.
  • Implement data quality checks, health monitors, and incremental builds.
  • Apply Foundry’s security model - markings, projects, RBAC - for governance and compliance.
  • Mentor engineers on Foundry best practices and pipeline design patterns.

Requirements

  • 5-6 years of professional data engineering experience.
  • Hands-on production Palantir Foundry - Code Repos, Pipeline Builder, Ontology Manager, Workshop.
  • Strong Python, PySpark, and SQL with proven Spark performance tuning.
  • Solid grasp of dimensional modeling, incremental processing, and data quality frameworks.
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and modern formats (Parquet, Delta, Iceberg).
  • Comfortable with Git-based workflows and CI/CD.
  • Must be a US citizen or Green Card holder. Not eligible for visa sponsorship or transfer.

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