[OWD] Lead Data & AI Engineer (Palantir Foundry/AIP)
At a glance
Senior AI Engineering role at Software Mind. Remote, Costa Rica · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Build Foundry pipelines, ontology elements and applications, then shape semantic layers using Objects, Links and Actions
- Create LLM workflows with AIP Logic, AIP Automate and AIP Assist, and take agent-based AI from prototype through production
- Lead solution design while reviewing code, coaching engineers and clearing technical obstacles; stay hands-on with delivery
- Turn business needs into implementation plans, guide solutions into production and explain trade-offs and risks to client stakeholders
What you bring
- You have hands-on Foundry or AIP experience from client engagements or production work
- You bring solid software engineering and data engineering skills across structured and unstructured information
- You can connect AI systems to enterprise data, APIs and business applications
- You communicate clearly in English with technical and business audiences and can work EST business hours
Who this fits
This senior, hands-on technical lead role suits someone who can guide engineers and client stakeholders while building solutions. You'll need to work EST business hours.
From the employer
About the role
We're putting together a senior team for a global consulting client building and deploying enterprise AI solutions at a fast pace. You'll take business problems from idea to production on Palantir Foundry and AIP, combining hands-on development with technical leadership. You'll guide solution design, work directly with client stakeholders, and help other engineers become productive on the platform.
What you'll do
- Build and manage Foundry data pipelines, ontology components, and applications
- Design semantic and context layers with Palantir's ontology: Object, Link, and Action Types, Interfaces, Property Sets
- Build LLM-powered workflows with AIP Logic, AIP Automate, and AIP Assist
- Take agentic AI use cases from prototype to production: build, test, deploy, monitor
- Serve as the team’s Palantir lead, remaining hands-on while guiding solution design, reviewing code, coaching engineers, and resolving technical blockers.
- Own technical delivery of assigned solutions, translating business requirements into clear implementation plans and guiding work through production deployment.
- Lead technical discussions with client stakeholders, explaining design decisions, trade-offs, dependencies, and delivery risks.
What we're looking for
- Hands-on Palantir Foundry and/or AIP experience on real client or production projects
- Experience developing agentic or GenAI applications is strongly preferred.
- Strong software engineering and problem-solving skills
- Experience integrating AI with enterprise data sources, APIs, and business systems
- Solid data engineering background across structured and unstructured data
- Comfortable with fast delivery cycles and requirements that change
- Strong English and clear communication with both technical and business people
- Able to work EST business hours
Nice to have
- Solutions deployed to production inside Palantir
- Ontology Linter, Data Lineage, CBAC, Foundry Marketplace
- Semantic layers, ontologies, or knowledge graphs (Azure, AWS, GCP, Palantir, or Databricks)
- Azure, Azure AI Foundry, Databricks / Genie
- CI/CD with GitHub, DevOps / DevSecOps tooling
- Experience deploying models from OpenAI, Anthropic, or other LLM providers, including model selection and cost optimization
- Experience building reusable agent skills, tools, or components that support multiple use cases
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