Ursa Major · 3 months ago
Staff Software & Data Engineer - Palantir Foundry
Ursa Major is revolutionizing aerospace and defense with high-performance propulsion systems. They are seeking a Staff Software & Data Engineer to lead the development of business intelligence applications in Palantir’s Foundry platform, guiding the team in building and maintaining data ecosystems to support the company's growth.
AerospaceNational SecuritySatellite CommunicationSpace Travel
Responsibilities
Act as technical lead for our internal Palantir Foundry team
Coach and mentor junior team members
Collaborate with the Product Owner and stakeholders to architect, develop and deploy workflows, intuitive tooling, analytic workflows and dashboards
Design, build and maintain data pipelines using Palantir Foundry (Code Repositories, Contour, Ontology, etc.)
Develop Ontology objects to manage and reason over data within Palantir Foundry
Design and document data logic, lineage, and tooling for discoverability and maintainability
Configure and maintain data integrations from various source systems into Foundry
Identify and execute on opportunities for system optimization and automation
Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of best practices for Foundry development, proactively identifying best practices the team should adopt
Contribute to the development of training materials and documentation for Foundry users
Work collaboratively within agile-inspired development methodology
Qualification
Required
US Citizenship or Permanent Residency
8+ years of professional software development experience
3+ years of data engineering experience
2+ years of hands-on, professional experience with Palantir Foundry
Strong understanding of data modeling principles and data warehousing concepts
Preferred
Experience working with manufacturing, industrial systems, or IoT data
Benefits
Unlimited PTO - Vacation, Sick, Personal, and Bereavement
Paid Parental and Adoptive Leave
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Tax Advantage Accounts (HSA/FSA)
Employer Paid Short and Long Term Disability, Basic Life, AD&D
Additional Benefit Options Including Voluntary Life and Emergency Medical Transport
EAP Program
Retirement Savings Plan - Traditional 401(k) and a Roth 401(k)
Equity Grants in the Company
Company
Ursa Major
Ursa Major is an aerospace and defense company that provides a propulsion system for space launch, hypersonics, and national security.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$434.33MKey Investors
Eclipse VenturesExplorer 1 FundBlackRock
2025-11-18Series E· $100M
2025-11-18Debt Financing· $50M
2024-09-19Grant· $12.5M
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