Palantir Platform Engineer - Active TS/SCI with FSP
Location: Herndon, VA
Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP)
Position Type: Full-Time, On-Site
Salary Range: $210,000 – $250,000
Description
We are seeking a Palantir Platform Engineer to support mission-focused work. Customizes and integrates enterprise data workflows, ontology structures, and analytics tools within the Palantir ecosystem to accelerate data conditioning and observability. The position requires an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP).
Primary Responsibilities
- Build, connect, and optimize custom ETL workflows and conditioners within Palantir Foundry.
- Design and refine data ontologies and data structures to represent complex domain relationships.
- Leverage AI and automation to enhance data pipeline speed, quality validation, and governance.
- Ensure end-to-end data transformation visibility and integrate conditioned datasets into downstream analytics tools.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- Palantir Foundry
- Ontology & Data Ontology
- Building & integrating ETL Pipelines
- PySpark & Python
- Logging & Monitoring solutions
- Data Governance best practices
- DevOps methodologies
- AI-augmented data pipelines
- Validation of data products
- Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP) required.
- Must work on-site in Herndon, VA.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Connecting ETL conditioners to Palantir tooling
- Increasing observability & accelerating data conditioning
- End-to-end data transformation insight
- Integrating validated products into analytics tools
Benefits
Salary
Salary for this position is determined based on factors such as location, qualifications, experience, and contract-specific budget considerations.
Proposed Salary Range: $210,000 – $250,000
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package, including:
- 100% Company-Paid Health Insurance: Full coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their dependents (United Healthcare and Guardian).
- Protection Plans: Employer-paid life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
- 401(k) Retirement Contribution: 15% of base salary contributed by the company, fully vested from day one.
- Paid Time Off: 200 hours of PTO annually (accrued), in addition to 11 federal holidays.
- Bonuses: Recruitment and business development bonus opportunities based on performance and company growth.