Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - UK Government

Palantir is hiring a Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - UK Government in London, United Kingdom. Level rates it ; you can apply on Palantir.

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A World-Changing Company Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.
The Role We’re looking for Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineers who can help us build, operate, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and reliable services for Palantir platforms, products, and deployments. You'll get to use your creativity to develop novel solutions to evolving challenges and automate processes wherever possible, using whichever tools are best for the job including industry-leading LLM and AI technology!

As a Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, every day is different! You will be developing software and owning reliability and operations for software systems that are critical to solving our government’s greatest challenges. We strongly believe in engineering teams being responsible for the operations of their services in production. As such, you’ll work closely with both forward deployed teams and product teams to participate in sensible, scalable, systems design and share responsibility with them in diagnosing, resolving, and preventing production issues.

Core Responsibilities

Handle support and operations of Palantir software, including monitoring and alerting, configuration management, and upgrades
Deploy new Palantir products across many production environments and perform migrations to the latest infrastructure types
Debug, improve, and optimise Palantir’s services and infrastructure with a focus on long-term reliability and scalability
Reduce manual operations and automate workflows, processes, and/or runbooks where possible
Provide technical troubleshooting support for production issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on operations. Participate in a support on-call schedule.
Develop novel solutions in Palantir’s Foundry and Apollo platforms to solve infrastructure challenges

What We Value

Confidence in troubleshooting complex systems issues independently using observability tools and service logs
Ability to identify and automate highly manual tasks, driving ongoing improvements within and across teams
Comfort with large scale production systems and technologies - for example, load balancing, monitoring, distributed systems, or configuration management
Proficiency with programming languages such as Java, Python, Bash, JavaScript, Go or similar languages and be comfortable coding and/or utilising tooling built in these languages
Ability to work with a high level of autonomy and responsibility in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives and iteration with stakeholders
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in multi-functional teams

What We Require

Strong engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science
Strong coder with shown proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages
Active or eligible for DV UK security clearance
Ability to be physically located in our facility (or 15-minutes away) during open hours
Sole British National
Ability to work in a facility as a lone worker

Life at Palantir We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians’ lives is just one of the ways we’re investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region. In keeping consistent with Palantir’s values and culture, we believe employees are “better together” and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for “Remote” work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the city and or country in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office. If you want to empower the world's most important institutions, you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help. Please note that you will never be asked to submit a payment or share financial information to participate in our interview process. If you suspect that you've been contacted by a scammer, we recommend you cease all communication with the individual and consider reporting them to the relevant authorities, such as the US FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).

How we rate this

Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - UK Government at Palantir rates 19 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - UK Government is an open job at Palantir.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in London, United Kingdom.
The job was posted on August 7, 2025.
Applications are handled by Palantir. Apply on Palantir