Louisville, TN
Contract
About the Role
As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Delta), you will serve as the technical leader at the intersection of Palantir Foundry's platform capabilities and DaVita's most complex, high-impact healthcare data and operational engagements. This role combines deep technical expertise in Palantir Foundry with strategic deployment leadership, driving transformational outcomes for DaVita's kidney care and healthcare operations.
The Delta designation reflects a commitment to driving change and transformation — you are the catalyst who bridges the gap between what the platform can do and what it should do for DaVita's unique operational context. You will be expected to be hands-on and an independent FDE owning , architecting enterprise-grade solutions, development, deployment, mentor as needed, and shape the technical strategy for critical engagements across DaVita's healthcare ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Architecture
Design, build, and deploy end-to-end data integration pipelines using Palantir Foundry, including complex transforms, incremental pipelines, and multi-source data connectors
Architect and maintain the Ontology layer — defining object types, link types, action types, and interfaces that model customer domains with precision and scalability
Develop and optimize Python, SQL, and Java transforms across distributed (PySpark) and lightweight (Pandas, Polars, DuckDB) compute engines
Build and deploy TypeScript/Python Functions for server-side business logic, function-backed actions, and function-backed columns
Create and configure Workshop applications, OSDK-based custom applications, and custom widgets to deliver operational front-ends
Lead data governance implementation — markings, permissions, restricted views, property security groups, and role-based access controls
Design and deploy AIP-powered workflows, including AIP Logic, AIP Agents, evaluation suites, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines
Deployment Strategy & Customer Engagement
Serve as the primary technical point of contact for senior customer stakeholders, translating business problems into platform solutions
Own deployment roadmaps end-to-end: scoping, architecture design, implementation, testing, and operationalization
Drive adoption by delivering high-quality, production-grade solutions that users trust and rely on daily
Navigate complex organizational dynamics, building relationships with executives, analysts, data engineers, and end users
Identify expansion opportunities by deeply understanding the customer's operational landscape and surfacing new use cases for the platform
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