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Mid-Level Forward Deployed Engineer
Huntsville, AL
Competitive Compensation Benefits Mission-Driven Work
Our client is looking for a Mid-Level Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to support the development and delivery of mission-critical Army Vantage capabilities within highly secure government and defense environments.
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building analytical applications, supporting deployment pipelines, and delivering production-ready functionality within Palantir Foundry. Working alongside senior engineers, technical stakeholders, and government users, the successful candidate will contribute across the full feature lifecycle — from design and sprint planning through to deployment and ongoing enhancement.
The environment is fast-moving, agile, and highly collaborative, making this an excellent opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems while working on projects with genuine operational impact.
Applicants need to live within commutable distance of Huntsville, AL.
The Role
The successful candidate will:
- Build and deliver analytical dashboard functionality using Palantir Foundry’s Workshop/Slate application layer
- Support CI/CD pipeline activities, including build automation, testing, deployment workflows, and environment promotion
- Implement metric definitions and data transformations aligned to Foundry Ontology structures
- Contribute clean, reliable, production-ready code across front-end and data-driven workflows
- Participate in sprint planning, standups, sprint reviews, and stakeholder demonstrations
- Support testing, validation, troubleshooting, and incremental platform enhancements
- Produce clear technical documentation, operational runbooks, and sprint artifacts
- Collaborate closely with senior engineers to resolve integration challenges and delivery blockers
Experience Required
Applicants should have:
- Hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry, including Workshop/Slate, Ontology, and pipeline development
- 1–3 years of software engineering experience within cloud, data, or platform engineering environments
- Experience with Python, TypeScript, or Java
- The ability to independently build, test, and deploy production-ready features
- Experience operating within agile delivery teams and sprint-based environments
- Previous experience within government, defense, or classified environments would be highly advantageous
- Hold an Active Secret or Top Secret Clearance, or have to ability to obtain one.
What’s On Offer
- Opportunity to work on highly impactful defense and national security projects
- Strong career progression and long-term growth opportunities
- Training and tuition reimbursement
- Flexible working arrangements with remote and onsite options available
- Unlimited PTO
- Peer recognition and bonus programs
- Collaborative, engineering-led culture focused on innovation, ownership, and delivery
This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer looking to deepen their experience within Palantir Foundry while contributing to large-scale, high-visibility programs supporting critical government operations.
Certus Recruitment is a well-established and experienced specialist consultancy providing sales, marketing, and IT recruitment services. We serve the technology sector across the UK, Europe, North America, and Australia.
Salary : $100,000 - $160,000