The FDE role at Palantir
Palantir invented the Forward Deployed Software Engineer role. FDSEs embed with government and commercial customers to build production software on Foundry and Gotham, owning problems end-to-end from data integration to deployed application.
Palantir hires this role as Forward Deployed Software Engineer (FDSE). Estimated total compensation runs $171K–$415K TC, and live postings on this page currently advertise $90K – $200K. For context, the median US Forward Deployed Engineer salary is around $173K base — see our full salary guide.
Current openings are based in Sydney, Australia, Chicago, IL, New York, NY, Tokyo, Japan, Honolulu, HI, Washington, D.C., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Fayetteville, NC.
Listings on this page are pulled directly from Palantir's careers feed, so they are current and apply links go straight to the source. Compare with other employers on our companies page or read what a Forward Deployed Engineer actually does.