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Forward Deployed Engineer - Mixed Reality

Palantir· Product Development
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Washington, DC$135k - $200kFull-timePosted 8mo ago

About the role

Forward Deployed Software Engineer (FDSE) role in Palantir's Mixed Reality Group (MRG). Embeds with customers to design, build, and deploy AI-enabled Mixed Reality applications that tackle mission-critical problems across industries, on-site with clients.

Responsibilities

  • Hands-on work with cutting edge Mixed Reality hardware. Deploying builds, configuring devices, building and testing new integrations
  • Troubleshoot issues at all layers of the system, from physical to application
  • Architect, develop, debug, document, and deploy performant Mixed Reality applications
  • Collaborating with fellow engineers on architecture and design decisions
  • Wrangling massive-scale data and using AI to accelerate and enhance critical operations
  • Developing custom applications tailored to customer needs
  • Engaging directly with customer stakeholders, from technical teams to executives
  • Shaping team strategy and driving projects from ideation to deployment, increasing your pain threshold to deliver real value

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science
  • Strong coder with proficiency in Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, C#, Rust, Go, or similar
  • Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance
  • Ability and interest to travel up to 25%, as needed to client sites, but flexible based on personal preferences

Skills

Required:Programming languagesSystems debugging
Nice to have:Mixed Reality platforms

Benefits

  • Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance
  • Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
  • Commuter benefits
  • Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based
  • 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year
  • 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
  • Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events
  • Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
  • Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
  • Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
  • Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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