Palantir
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian
$135K–$200K
New York, NY · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted May 7, 2026
About the job
Build and deploy software solutions for high-stakes problems at federal health and civilian agencies, working directly with customers from problem definition through implementation.
What you'll do
- Own end-to-end execution of projects, including architecture, data pipelines, operational workflows, and AI agent deployment.
- Advise customer executives and help drive project strategy.
- Collaborate with customers and technical teams to understand and solve operational problems.
What they ask for
- Active U.S. security clearance at the Top Secret level, or willingness to obtain or upgrade to a Top Secret clearance.
- Strong coding proficiency in Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar.
- Ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams and adapt to changing objectives.
- Ability to learn continuously, work independently, and make decisions with minimal supervision.
Nice to have
- Experience with healthcare, logistics, aviation, or readiness analysis.
- Strong engineering background, preferably in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, or Physics.
Pay
$135,000- $200,000/year USD base salary
Tools
Postgres, Cassandra, Hadoop, Spark, Java, Groovy, Typescript, React
AI focus
Deploy AI agents in customer solutions.
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