Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Current Employee

Has worked at Palantir for 4 years

September 10, 2025

London, England

Forward Deployed Software Engineer•Current Employee•Worked at Palantir for 4 years

4.0

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Pros

A very agile and action-oriented environment. FDEs are encouraged to find a need in the project and develop their own slice of it. Resourcing responds to this by moving you to other projects that can best make use of the spike you've demonstrated in the process.

You can quickly build on Foundry. Tackling technical problems at a high level means you get a huge amount of exposure to different problem spaces.

Cons

It can be a very sink or swim environment.

It's also not as technical as your usual software engineering roles, as you're generally building on top of Foundry, which is already a well-built-out platform.

Depending on your project, you can be frequently working long hours.

Work/Life Balance3.0

Culture and Values4.0

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion5.0

Career Opportunities4.0

Compensation and Benefits5.0

Senior Management4.0

London, England, United Kingdom

February 3, 2026

This is the first stage of the interview, basically checking whether the applicant is a good fit for the role. It was a 20 minutes telephone interview with HR, mainly asking about the applicant's background and past projects, and provided informatio

January 26, 2026

I applied through an employee referral. Very intense interview process, with a total of 4 hours of interview including a 2-hour interview. But overall, it was an enjoyable process which challenged me. All my interviewers were very friendly and creat

May 1, 2025

A Palantir recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn. I progressed to the next two stages: * Analysis (technical - 2nd stage) * Learning & decomp (technical - 3rd stage, 2 hours, under NDA) interview. Analysis was like a simpler version of t

  • Forward Deployed Software Engineer

    London, England, United KingdomFebruary 3, 2026This is the first stage of the interview, basically checking whether the applicant is a good fit for the role. It was a 20 minutes telephone interview with HR, mainly asking about the applicant's background and past projects, and provided informatio

  • Forward Deployed Software Engineer

    London, England, United KingdomJanuary 26, 2026I applied through an employee referral. Very intense interview process, with a total of 4 hours of interview including a 2-hour interview. But overall, it was an enjoyable process which challenged me. All my interviewers were very friendly and creat

  • Forward Deployed Software Engineer

    London, England, United KingdomMay 1, 2025A Palantir recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn. I progressed to the next two stages: * Analysis (technical - 2nd stage) * Learning & decomp (technical - 3rd stage, 2 hours, under NDA) interview. Analysis was like a simpler version of t

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