Forward Deployed Engineer

Accenture

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$70,350–$235,100 / yr
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Full-time
Posted
29 days ago
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Below market

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Accenture is a leading global professional services company specializing in IT, strategy, consulting, and operations, with a strong focus on digital transformation, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence.

Accenture currently has 174 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Forward Deployed Engineer

JOB TITLE: Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer As a Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer within the Accenture Palantir Business Group, you will join a small team of engineers and domain experts to solve pressing challenges across government, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing sectors. You will translate client objectives into delivery plans, gathering requirements to build tailored solutions that transform siloed data into integrated, AI-driven decision intelligence. Day-to-day responsibilities include prototyping applications, building production-grade pipelines, and iterating on software based on operational results. You must possess software and data engineering fundamentals, specifically using Python, PySpark, or Java, alongside experience with Palantir Foundry, Gotham, and AIP. Required skills include ETL/ELT pipeline development, cloud platform experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, and the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to executive stakeholders to drive measurable real-world outcomes.

What does a Forward Deployed Engineer earn?

Median $219575 from 46 postings across 19 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and support client-facing applications in partnership with cross-functional teams.
  • Gather requirements and analyze workflows to define delivery roadmaps from prototype to production.
  • Build software from scratch and iterate rapidly based on user feedback and operational results.
  • Ship production-grade data pipelines and applications that turn client data into operational workflows.
  • Write clear requirements and technical documentation for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Present updates, trade-offs, and recommendations to executive stakeholders.
  • Deploy Palantir software and build tailored solutions to solve pressing client challenges.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum of 3 years hands-on experience in data engineering, including ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehousing, and large-scale data integration.
  • Minimum of 1 year experience with Palantir Foundry building data pipelines, managing datasets, and deploying applications.
  • Minimum of 1 year experience in prompt engineering and applied AI techniques within Palantir.
  • Minimum of 3 years experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Minimum of 3 years experience in Python, PySpark, or Java.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent with minimum 12 years work experience.
  • Associate’s Degree with a minimum of 6 years work experience.

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