Palantir Sr. Developer

About The Role

As a Palantir Lead / Senior Developer, you will make an impact by designing, developing, and optimizing enterprise data solutions on the Palantir Foundry platform. You will be a valued member of the Data & Analytics team and work collaboratively with business stakeholders, data engineers, architects, and delivery teams to build scalable data platforms that enable advanced analytics, operational intelligence, and business transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise data platforms using Palantir Foundry.
• Build and optimize data pipelines, ontologies, workflows, and data models to support business and operational use cases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable and innovative data solutions.
• Drive architectural decisions, integration strategies, platform performance optimization, and platform scalability initiatives.
• Establish and promote best practices for data engineering, version control, deployment automation, and solution governance within the Palantir ecosystem.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry, including data pipeline development, ontology design, workflow creation, and platform administration.
• 8+ years of experience in data engineering, data modeling, data integration, or related data platform development roles.
• Strong SQL expertise with experience designing and optimizing complex data models and analytical datasets.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale data solutions in cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong understanding of data architecture, integration patterns, data governance, and data quality best practices.
• Experience leading technical initiatives and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver business-focused solutions.
• Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering data products, operational workflows, and analytics solutions within Palantir Foundry.
• Knowledge of large-scale data modernization and cloud transformation programs.
• Experience integrating Palantir Foundry with enterprise applications, APIs, and cloud-native services.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies and DevOps practices.
• Experience mentoring developers and providing technical leadership across distributed teams.
• Understanding of advanced analytics, operational intelligence, and decision-support platforms.

Skills

• Experience with Palantir Foundry.
• Strong SQL skills.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with Agile and DevOps.
• Leadership and mentoring skills.
• Advanced analytics and decision-making skills.

Benefits

This is a hybrid position requiring 3 days per week in a Cognizant or client office in Houston, TX. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days per week in a Cognizant or client office in Houston, TX. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

Pay

The compensation for this role is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The schedule for this role is flexible and hybrid, with 3 days per week in a Cognizant or client office in Houston, TX.