Lead Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer - GPS

Deloitte T.T.L.
Sacramento, CA, United States
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
1 year minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Encodings Continuous Integration Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Apache Maven Large Language Models Prompt Engineering Information Technology Data Pipelines

Job description

Experteer Overview In this role you lead embedded, senior-level Palantir FDE engagements with strategic clients to deliver GenAI-enabled solutions. You set direction for pods, balance hands-on engineering with client leadership, and ensure scalable, production-grade delivery. You’ll influence executive sponsors and guide multi-pod delivery in onshore and hybrid setups, driving transformation for high-impact clients. This is a mission-driven opportunity to shape enterprise AI programs at scale and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver measurable outcomes. Compensation / Benefits * Lead onshore-anchored and offshore-supported engineering pods (2-5 members) and manage delivery health * Define success metrics and phased plans from prototype to production * Architect and oversee GenAI solution delivery (LLMs, copilots, workflows, knowledge search) * Set prompt engineering direction, tool-use patterns, and human-in-the-loop controls * Govern end-to-end RAG pipeline design (ingestion, embedding, retrieval, hybrid search) with production-grade quality * Review production-quality code and guide data pipelines and CI/CD practices * Mentor junior FDEs and enforce delivery standards across pods * Coordinate multi-pod engagements to ensure reliable architecture and client experience * Engage with clients at executive level to shape vision and success criteria * Represent Deloitte FDE in pursuits, briefs, and platform partner engagements Tasks * Bachelor in Computer Science, Data Science, or Engineering * Active US government security clearance * 10+ years in software/data/analytics engineering roles * 1+ years building and deploying GenAI/LLM solutions in production * 1+ years Palantir experience (Foundry, AIP, Maven) * 1+ years leading project workstreams and translating business problems to AI solutions * 1+ years delivering maintainable, well-documented code * Ability to travel ~50% * Authorized to work in the US without sponsorship Key requirements *

Requirements

to embedding, retrieval, hybrid search) with production-grade quality * Review production-quality code and guide data pipelines and CI/CD practices * Mentor junior FDEs and enforce delivery standards across pods * Coordinate multi-pod engagements to ensure reliable architecture and client experience * Engage with clients at executive level to shape vision and success criteria * Represent Deloitte FDE in pursuits, briefs, and platform partner engagements Tasks * Bachelor in Computer Science, Data Science, or Engineering * Active US government security clearance * 10+ years in software/data/analytics engineering roles * 1+ years building and deploying GenAI/LLM solutions in production * 1+ years Palantir experience (Foundry, AIP, Maven) * 1+ years leading project workstreams and translating business problems to AI solutions * 1+ years delivering maintainable, well-documented code * Ability to travel ~50% * Authorized to work in the US without sponsorship Key requirements *

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