Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government
Palantir· Delta
Hybrid (New York, NY)$135k - $200kFull-timePosted 9mo ago
About the role
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer focused on building, operating, and maintaining high-performance, scalable Palantir infrastructure for government deployments, with emphasis on reliability, automation, and close collaboration with forward deployed and product teams.
Responsibilities
- Handle support and operations of Palantir software, including monitoring and alerting, configuration management, and upgrades
- Deploy new Palantir products across many production environments and perform migrations to the latest infrastructure types
- Debug, improve, and optimize Palantir’s services and infrastructure with a focus on long-term reliability and scalability
- Reduce manual operations and automate workflows, processes, and/or runbooks where possible
- Provide technical troubleshooting support for production issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on operations. Participate in a support on-call schedule.
- Develop novel solutions in Palantir’s Foundry and Apollo platforms to solve infrastructure challenges
Qualifications
- Strong engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science
- Strong coder with shown proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages
- Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance
Skills
Required:Observability and incident troubleshootingAutomation of manual tasksProduction systems managementProgramming
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents
- Basic life, AD&D and disability insurance for employees automatically
- Commuter benefits
- Relocation assistance
- Take what you need paid time off (non-accrual)
- 2 weeks paid time off per year
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Supportive leave of absence program (military, medical events)
- Paid parental leave and subsidized back-up care
- Fertility and family-building benefits (adoption, surrogacy, preservation)
- Child-related expenses stipend
- 401k plan enrollment
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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