Forward Deployed Engineer (Graduate)

About Us

STRATOS is a London-based, high-growth technology startup. We build commercial data products on Palantir Foundry for large industrial businesses, and

we're growing fast on the back of strong commercial traction. The team is young and exceptionally talented: former MBB consultants alongside strong

engineers, and we're about to double in size.

Why Forward Deployed Engineering

We have a scalable technology backbone, but we believe Forward Deployed Engineering is the future of differentiated B2B software in the GenAI age. Rather than shipping static tools, we partner closely with customers to deliver tailored solutions, where the value is created in the implementation, not just the codebase.

The Role

• Most graduate schemes put you on a rotation for a year before you touch anything real. Here you'll be working on a live customer problem in your first month.
• We're looking for Junior Forward Deployed Engineers to join the team and:
• Deploy our existing product offering to new and existing customers.
• Own, define and build new use cases on top of our core data asset and product, delivering bespoke value and solving real, unique problems for each customer.
  
  

What you'll get:

• A rare, in-demand skillset. You'll work hands-on with Palantir Foundry every day, building deep expertise in a platform few engineers get access to.
• No prior Foundry experience needed. We'll teach you, and that's the point.
• Someone to learn from. You'll pair with a senior engineer from day one. The team is small enough that you learn by sitting next to people, not through a training curriculum.
• Problems that matter. You'll be close to the customer, working on high-value problems where the impact of what you build is visible immediately.
• Room to grow. We anticipate doubling the size of the engineering team, which means leadership, ownership and scope arrive early for the people who grab them.
  
  

What You'll Do

• Deploy and customise the STRATOS core product suite for new and existing customers.
• Integrate external data sources: pulling data in via REST APIs and cloud storage, and connecting to customers' CRM systems.
• Contribute to the STRATOS core product suite, extending existing products and helping build new ones from the ground up.
• Rapidly deploy bespoke workflows on the front line to solve unique problems for specific customers.
  
  

What We're Looking For

• Proficiency in Python and SQL is a must.
• Prior internship experience in a technical role is a must. We'll ask you to walk us through what you built and what you'd do differently.
• The ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-changing environment.
• The ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders: managing the technical side of projects, liaising with our Commercial Product Managers, and understanding each customer's context and problems through a business lens.
  
  

Nice to have

• Prior experience with Palantir Foundry is heavily valued but not essential.
• Experience with PySpark.
  
  

What we offer

• Equity through our stock option programme, so you share in the long-term success and growth of the company.
• Private healthcare.
• Pension scheme.
• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Work from abroad: up to four weeks a year, and up to two weeks at a time.
• Visa sponsorship available.
• A company committed to social and environmental responsibility: we pledge to be a net-zero CO₂ company and donate 1% of our revenue to social causes.
  
  

How We Hire

• Intro call with our recruiter
• Call with Solomon, our VP Engineering
• Two hours in person with Marco (CTO) and Solomon
• 30-minute final conversation with Nico, our CEO
  
  

Practicalities

• London-based, 3 days a week in our Farringdon office