Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government

Palantir

Honolulu, US

On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-level engineers comfortable with government-focused deployments and scalable infrastructure solutions in Honolulu.

Best fit for

Engineers who thrive on varied daily challenges in government software systems.
— “every day is different”
Candidates adept at automating processes with cutting-edge tools like LLMs.
— “automate processes wherever possible, using whichever tools are best for the job including industry-leading LLM and AI technology”
Professionals experienced in high-stakes production environments requiring reliability.
— “high-performance, scalable, and reliable services”

Things to consider

Role involves close collaboration with both product and deployment teams.
— “work closely with forward deployed teams and product teams”
Must be willing to share responsibility for diagnosing production issues.
— “share responsibility with them in diagnosing, resolving, and preventing production issues”

How to stand out

Demonstrate past success in automating infrastructure tasks with innovative tools.
— “automate processes wherever possible, using whichever tools are best for the job”
Highlight experience with scalable systems in government or high-security contexts.
— “software systems that are critical to solving our government’s greatest challenges”

Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

build and operate high-performance services
diagnose and resolve production issues
participate in systems design

Typical background

software engineeringinfrastructure engineeringAI technology

Skills & requirements

Required

Forward Deployed InfrastructureHigh-performance SystemsScalable ServicesLLM And AI TechnologyProduction Support

Preferred

Government Deployment ExperiencePalantir Platform Expertise

Stack & domain

Infrastructure EngineeringHigh-performance SystemsScalable ServicesReliable ServicesAutomationLlm And Ai TechnologyProblem-solvingCollaborationResponsibilityDiagnosisResolutionPreventionGovernmentData-driven DecisionsOperationsSoftware DevelopmentSupport

About the role

Original posting from Palantir via Lever

A World-Changing Company
Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.
The Role
We’re looking for Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineers who can help us build, operate, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and reliable services for Palantir platforms, products, and deployments. You'll get to use your creativity to develop novel solutions to evolving challenges and automate processes wherever possible, using whichever tools are best for the job including industry-leading LLM and AI technology!
As a Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, every day is different! You will be developing software and providing high-quality support for software systems that are critical to solving our government’s greatest challenges. We strongly believe in engineering teams being responsible for the operations of their services in production. As such, you’ll work closely with forward deployed teams and product teams to participate in sensible, scalable, systems design and share responsibility with them in diagnosing, resolving, and preventing production issues.

Source: Palantir careers (Lever)