Software Engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer (Palantir Foundry) Location: North America (Remote, with occasional planned travel)Contract: Initial 6 months (extension likely)Start: ASAPEngagement: C2C or W2 Day Rate: Up to $1,200/day (C2C) Up to $900/day (W2) The Role We’re looking for experienced Forward Deployed Engineers with deep expertise in Palantir Foundry to work directly with customers on high-impact, real-world products. This is a hands-on, customer-facing role where you’ll take ownership from problem definition through to production delivery, building solutions from the ground up and ensuring they are fit for purpose. You’ll collaborate closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating complex requirements into scalable, production-ready systems. Key Responsibilities Work directly with customers to scope, design, and deliver Foundry-based solutions Build end-to-end solutions across backend, ontology, and frontend Develop and deploy pipelines, data models, and workflows in Palantir Foundry / AIP Translate business and operational needs into technical architectures Own delivery from initial discovery through deployment and iteration Act as a trusted technical partner to customer teams Required Experience Proven experience in a Forward Deployed / customer-facing engineering role Strong hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry (including ontology) Experience building solutions from scratch for customers Comfort working across the full stack within Foundry Excellent communication skills and ability to work with non-technical stakeholders Able to operate in fast-moving, ambiguous environments Nice to Have Experience with Palantir AIP Background in consulting, product delivery, or field engineering Experience working across regulated or high-stakes environments Why This Role Fully remote with limited, pre-planned travel High-impact customer work with real-world outcomes Opportunity to own and shape solutions end-to-end Strong day rates and potential for extension

Founding AI Engineer | Build the Future of Insurance Intelligence Insurance still runs on 100+ page documents written by lawyers, for lawyers — and professionals spend endless hours comparing them line by line. We’re changing that with cutting-edge AI that makes these complex documents readable by both humans and machines. As our Founding AI Engineer, you’ll architect LLM systems that can understand nuanced legal language better than most attorneys — transforming how the world’s largest insurance brokers make critical decisions. This isn’t about building chatbots. It’s about creating reasoning AI that can interpret coverage, identify gaps, and rethink how a $1.4T industry operates. What You’ll Do You’ll own and evolve a production LLM application stack — designing intelligent, high-performing systems that push beyond basic RAG implementations. Architect sophisticated LLM workflows for complex policy interpretation Build multi-step reasoning agents and decision-making systems Develop evaluation frameworks, monitoring tools, and cost-optimization pipelines Master vector databases and semantic search for legal and insurance data About You Proven experience building and deploying advanced LLM applications Deep understanding of prompt engineering, agentic systems, and evaluation frameworks Strong background with LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar Thrive in founder-led, fast-moving environments where you take full ownership Passionate about solving real-world challenges with meaningful impact This is an opportunity to define the AI foundation of a venture-backed startup working with several of the largest US insurance brokers. We’re looking for someone exceptional — and willing to wait for the right person. Location: Hybrid if you are based in Chicago. Remote if you are based in either New York/ San Francisco. Must be a US citizen or Green card holder.