Data Engineer (Forward Deployed

Forward Deployed Engineer

AI Strategy Platform | London (Hybrid) | Palantir Foundry

Morela is proud to be supporting a fast-growing AI software company in the search for a Forward Deployed Engineer. This is a permanent role based in London on a flexible hybrid basis, with a highly competitive base salary plus stock options. Visa sponsorship is available for the right person.

This is for a data engineer with 2-5 years' experience and strong PySpark who wants to step into a Forward Deployed Engineering role and learn Palantir Foundry. Foundry and FDE experience together is the most in-demand skill set in the market right now, and this role gives you both.

About the Client

Our client has built an AI-powered strategy platform that brings a company's complex internal and external data into one place, so leadership teams can plan, execute and track their long-term strategy with clear, live insight rather than static spreadsheets and slide decks.

It was founded by former business and technology executives who ran a major division of a global industrial company. They built the system to run their own business, saw that nothing like it existed on the market, and set out to create a whole new category.

Today it is a category-defining, fast-growing business trusted by global industrial leaders and Fortune 500 customers. The platform combines deep data integration, strong workflows and generative AI, from commercial AI agents to embedded intelligence that lets lean teams work at many times their usual pace.

Forward Deployed Engineering sits at the centre of how the business wins. They believe the real value of B2B software in the GenAI age is created in the implementation layer, so FDEs are not a support function here. They are the reason customers succeed.

The Role

You will be the engineer who makes the platform work inside some of the world's biggest industrial businesses. Working directly with customers, you will take their data, their goals and their toughest problems and turn them into live systems that drive measurable results.

You do not need Palantir Foundry experience already. What matters is solid data engineering, strong PySpark and the appetite to learn. You will pick up Foundry and AIP on the job, working alongside senior FDEs and an experienced leadership team, and grow quickly into a fully fledged Forward Deployed Engineer.

If you have been building pipelines behind the scenes and want to get closer to the customer, the business problem and the outcome, this is the step.

Responsibilities

• Deliver for customers. Take implementations from problem definition through to a live, working solution and measurable business outcomes.
• Solve real problems. Adapt and deploy the platform to each customer's environment, context and priorities.
• Build at scale. Deliver complex data integration using PySpark and other distributed technologies across large enterprise data estates.
• Learn Foundry and AIP. Build data pipelines and generative AI workflows on Palantir Foundry and AIP, with support from senior FDEs.
• Work with stakeholders. Join discovery sessions and workshops, understand customer goals and turn business needs into technical delivery.
• Shape the product. Feed what you learn in the field back into the platform as better capability and reusable accelerators.

Essential Requirements

• 2-5 years' experience as a data engineer, with production pipelines you have built and shipped.
• Strong PySpark, plus solid Python and SQL.
• Experience working with large, complex datasets and distributed data processing.
• A genuine desire to move into a customer-facing Forward Deployed Engineering role.
• Eagerness to learn Palantir Foundry and AIP, and a track record of picking up new technology quickly.
• Clear communication and the confidence to work with stakeholders and turn ambiguous requirements into working solutions.

Desirable Experience

• Any exposure to Palantir Foundry, AIP or a comparable enterprise data platform.
• Airflow, dbt or Databricks.
• Dashboarding tools, TypeScript or API development.
• Integrating ERP systems (such as Oracle or SAP) or CRM platforms.
• Startup or consultancy experience.
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Maths or a related field.

Working Environment

You will be based in London on a flexible hybrid basis, working from a central London office alongside an interdisciplinary team of experienced technology and business leaders. You will learn fast, with senior FDEs around you and real customer problems from day one.

The package includes a highly competitive base salary, an attractive stock options programme and visa sponsorship for the right person. The business also takes its social and environmental responsibilities seriously, with a net-zero commitment and a share of revenue given to social causes.

To find out more, get in touch with Adam Moore at adam.moore@morela.co.uk.