Palantir Foundry Data Engineer

WorkTrust Solutions is supporting a large-scale enterprise Palantir Foundry / Unified Data Layer transformation and is looking for multiple hands-on Palantir Foundry Developers / Technical Leads. This is a build-heavy role. Candidates must be actively coding and building in Palantir Foundry, not just managing teams or advising from a high level. What You’ll Be Working On: You will support a large Palantir Foundry transformation focused on a Unified Data Layer platform that consolidates data from many enterprise source systems, including ERPs, financial systems, operational databases, and program performance data. The platform is designed to provide authoritative visibility across cost, schedule, earned value, materials, financials, and operational performance. Core Skills Needed: • 2+ years of continuous, hands-on Palantir Foundry development • Daily coding experience is required • Strong PySpark / Python development within Foundry • Pipeline Builder and Code Repositories • Ontology Manager, object types, link types, and ontology-driven development • Workshop application development • Data integration, transformation, validation, and production readiness • Ability to operate in ambiguity, iterate quickly, and solve problems independently • Strong communication and ability to work in Agile delivery teams Backend-Focused Experience: • Building and maintaining Spark / PySpark pipelines in Palantir Foundry • Ingesting, transforming, normalizing, and validating enterprise data • Developing ontology models, object types, and link types • Supporting data quality validation, lineage, source-to-target checks, and production readiness • Supporting migration, remediation, refactoring, and documentation Frontend-Focused Experience: • Building user-facing applications, dashboards, and modules in Foundry • Hands-on experience with Workshop, Slate, or Carbon • TypeScript and Vega / Vega-Lite or similar visualization tools • Ability to translate evolving business requests into usable interfaces • Strong prototyping, iteration, and stakeholder feedback skills