Palantir

Public

The company that invented the FDE role. Engineers sit with customers for months, sometimes years, weaving software directly into operations. Palantir Foundry and AIP are the primary platforms; FDEs customize and extend them for each customer's data model and workflows.

Approach Long-term embedCustomers US & allied government, large enterprisepalantir.com

Signals from job descriptions

Patterns mined from Palantir's open FDE postings

  • 01

    Security clearance is required or preferred in the majority of open FDE roles. The highest rate of any company profiled here.

  • 02

    Travel up to 25% is standard across most roles, a direct reflection of how deeply embedded Palantir FDEs are with customers.

  • 03

    "Agentic decision-making engines" language has appeared in recent JDs, signaling AIP is shifting toward autonomous agent deployments.

  • 04

    A new grad fellowship program based in NYC serves as a direct pipeline into the FDE track. Rare for a company that typically hires experienced engineers.

Tech stack

Inferred from job descriptions

Languages

PythonJavaTypeScriptJavaScriptGo

AI / ML

AIPEmbeddingsAgents

Cloud & infra

AWSAzureGCPFoundry (proprietary)

Tools & integrations

ReactSparkKubernetes

Sectors

Defense & intelligenceFinancial servicesHealthcareOil & gasManufacturing

Hiring regions

  • United States
  • UK & Europe
  • Asia-Pacific

Seniority mix

  • Mid-level / unspecified43
  • Early career20

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