Palantir Data Engineer- W2

Role: Palantir Data Engineer Type: 12-month contract to hire Location: Houston, Texas Schedule: 5 days a week onsite • You will help build tools that optimize investment and operational decisions in the world-class, scalable carbon capture system that our client is building • Implement the data layer of the application using the Palantir Foundry platform, revising the current design implemented in other technologies • Serve as a knowledge resource regarding Palantir tools for the rest of the team Responsibilities • Quickly come up to speed on the current data organization of the product, converting that data model into a Palantir Ontology representation • Give suggestions and recommendations on changes to the data model that would improve performance, extensibility, or flexibility of the Palantir solution • Set up ingestion and export relationships from the Ontology into other data sources or data stores, ensuring reliability and performance of the connection • Implement validations and transforms of the Ontology data as required, taking full advantage of Foundry platform capabilities • Create examples or write interface code that will ease connection to Ontology data from other parts of our system Skills and Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, quantitative sciences, or mathematics; alternatively significant practical software project experience • Multiple years of experience in building data-heavy applications and/or working as a data engineer • Demonstrated proficiency and experience with building applications in Palantir Foundry with focus on data modeling and utilization of Ontology Manager tool • Experienced with using Python to process or transform data • Strong analytical thinking skills with ability to assimilate software architectures and data designs quickly • Adaptability to rapidly changing priorities and an ability to deliver work on time • Good technical communication and collaboration skills; experience working in Agile teams Preferred Qualifications/ Experience • Broad experience in other Palantir Foundry tools (e.g. Workshop, Quiver, etc.)