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# Forward Deployed Engineer

- **Company:** Dataminr
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $165,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Layers, ArcGIS (Software), Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Computer Programming, Software Debugging, Linux, Python (Programming Language), OpenShift, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, TypeScript, Esri GIS (Software), Software Repository, Palantir Foundry, Kubernetes, Front End Software Development, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** October 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/forward-deployed-engineer-dataminr-uk-10326333

## About the Role

* 3+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production systems in a team setting
 * Hands-on Palantir Foundry expertise: pipelines, ontology, Compute Modules, Code Repositories, and app development.
 * Strong programming skills in Python, Java, SQL, TypeScript/JavaScript, Bash, or Go.
 * Comfort with containers, orchestration (Kubernetes/OpenShift), Linux, and on-prem infrastructure.
 * Active U.S. security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain one required. Top Secret clearance preferred.
 * Strong communicator across technical and non-technical audiences, with willingness to travel 50-75% to secure customer sites.

Nice to Have

 * Experience in classified, air-gapped, or disconnected environments.
 * Background in defense, intelligence, or national security operations.
 * Familiarity with geospatial tools (Esri/ArcGIS) or command-and-control systems.
 * Front-end experience building operator-facing applications.

## Description

* Partner directly with defense and security customers to understand their highest-priority situational awareness and force protection problems, then scope solutions against them.
 * Design, build, and deploy solutions on Palantir Foundry that operationalize First Alert, including data pipelines, ontology models, and operator-facing applications, along with custom widgets as needed.
 * Integrate Dataminr's real-time intelligence into customer workflows, common operating pictures, and existing command-and-control tooling, ensuring users with different information needs across the organization get mission-relevant intelligence.
 * Own solutions end to end, working with minimal supervision and making sound technical decisions independently.
 * Debug across the full stack, including infrastructure, networking, and application layers, including in cloud, hybrid, restricted, disconnected, or on-premises environments.
 * Act as a trusted technical advisor to customer engineers and operators, channeling their feedback back into the Dataminr product
 * Travel to customer sites and operations centers as needed (approximately 25-75% of the time).