Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Delta)
Location:
Indianapolis, IN Duration: 6 Month Duration Rate: $55/hrAbout the RoleAs a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Delta), you will serve as the technical leader at the intersection of Palantir Foundry's platform capabilities and DaVita's most complex, high-impact healthcare data and operational engagements. This role combines deep technical expertise in Palantir Foundry with strategic deployment leadership, driving transformational outcomes for DaVita's kidney care and healthcare operations. The Delta designation reflects a commitment to driving change and transformation — you are the catalyst who bridges the gap between what the platform can do and what it should do for DaVita's unique operational context. You will be expected to be hands-on and an Consultant FDE owning, architecting enterprise-grade solutions, development, deployment, mentor as needed, and shape the technical strategy for critical engagements across DaVita's healthcare ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities:- Technical Leadership & Architecture
- Design, build, and deploy end-to-end data integration pipelines using Palantir Foundry, including complex transforms, incremental pipelines, and multi-source data connectors
- Architect and maintain the Ontology layer — defining object types, link types, action types, and interfaces that model customer domains with precision and scalability
- Develop and optimize Python, SQL, and Java transforms across distributed (PySpark) and lightweight (Pandas, Polars, DuckDB) compute engines
- Build and deploy TypeScript/Python Functions for server-side business logic, function-backed actions, and function-backed columns
- Create and configure Workshop applications, OSDK-based custom applications, and custom widgets to deliver operational front-ends
- Lead data governance implementation — markings, permissions, restricted views, property security groups, and role-based access controls
- Design and deploy AIP-powered workflows, including AIP Logic, AIP Agents, evaluation suites, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines
- Deployment Strategy & Customer Engagement
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for senior customer stakeholders, translating business problems into platform solutions
- Own deployment roadmaps end-to-end: scoping, architecture design, implementation, testing, and operationalization
- Drive addition by delivering high-quality, production-grade solutions that users trust and rely on daily
- Navigate complex organizational dynamics, building relationships with executives, analysts, data engineers, and end users
- Identify expansion opportunities by deeply understanding the customer's operational landscape and surfacing new use cases for the platform
- SkillsTeam Leadership & Mentorship
- Lead and mentor a team of Forward Deployed Engineers, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and architecture direction
- Establish engineering best practices across the deployment: branching strategies (global and local), incremental pipeline design, testing, and CI/CDConduct knowledge-sharing sessions and internal trainings on Foundry capabilities, new platform features, and deployment patterns
- Contribute to DaVita's internal engineering culture through tooling improvements, documentation, and cross-team collaboration
- Platform Mastery & Innovation
- Stay at the forefront of Foundry platform evolution — including Pipeline Builder, Code Workspaces, Model Studio, OSDK, Cipher, and streaming capabilities
- Build and deploy machine learning models using Model Studio (no-code) and pro-code repositories for classification, regression, time series forecasting, and custom predictive modeling
- Leverage the full data lifecycle: Data Connection ? Sync ? Datasets ? Transforms ? Ontology ? Applications ? Actions ? Writeback
- Partner with Palantir product teams and DaVita's internal Palantir development team to provide field feedback and shape the future direction of the platform
Education:
Required Qualifications 5+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or technical consulting — with at least 2+ years on Palantir Foundry Strong proficiency in Python (PySpark, Pandas, Polars) and SQL; experience with TypeScript is highly valued Deep understanding of the Foundry Ontology — object types, link types, action types, interfaces, and functions Proven track record of designing and deploying production-grade data pipelines (batch and streaming) at enterprise scale Experience building Workshop applications and/or OSDK-based applications (React/TypeScript) Strong communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders
