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# Palantir Foundry Software Engineer

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Radiance Technologies posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in Springfield, VA with no pay posted. This role develops geospatial analytic applications on Palantir Foundry and Gaia for NGA, building custom UIs, data pipelines, and ontologies. Read from the employer’s posting on November 6, 2026.

- [Radiance Technologies](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/radiance-technologies)

First seen Jun 30, 2026 · open on Workday as of Nov 6, 2026

Pay not posted Springfield, VA Hybrid Full-time

This role develops geospatial analytic applications on Palantir Foundry and Gaia for NGA, building custom UIs, data pipelines, and ontologies.

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## At a glance

### Posted base pay

Not posted

Senior FDE postings, 1,849 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K.

### The work

Builds what the customer runs

Balance **Mostly building**

Project stages

1. Pre-sales (not covered)
2. Proof of concept (not covered)
3. Implementation
4. Operations (not covered)

- **Coding**: Writes production code

- **Builds for**: External customers

- **Level**: Senior

- **Role**: Individual contributor

### What they ask for

Experience

- **5+ years** software development experience in an enterprise or mission-critical environment
- **2+ years** hands-on experience developing on Palantir Foundry or other Palantir platforms

Background

- **Software engineering**

### Do you meet what the posting states?

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## Conditions

- **Location**: Springfield, VA

- **Work arrangement**: Hybrid

- **Remote work restrictions**: NGA-Washington (Springfield, VA) with contractor site flexibility; significant on-site presence strongly encouraged

- **Employment type**: Full-time

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## The job description from Radiance Technologies

**Place of Performance:** Hybrid — NGA-Washington (Springfield, VA) with contractor site flexibility; significant on-site presence strongly encouraged

**Employment Type:** Full-Time **Travel:** Continental United States (CONUS) travel may be required; minimum 3 business days' advance notice provided

### Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, test, and deploy geospatial analytic applications within **Palantir Foundry**, Palantir Gaia, and other Palantir platforms using government-approved SDKs, APIs, and integration frameworks
- Develop custom embedded applications using **TypeScript** with the **Ontology Software Development Kit (OSDK)**
- Build and configure UI screens, dashboards, and workflow steps using Foundry tools such as **Workshop** and **Slate**
- Implement and maintain **data pipelines** using **Python and/or TypeScript** to ingest, transform, and normalize internal and external GEOINT data feeds
- Ensure applications support interactive geospatial analysis including mapping, spatial querying, geofencing, clustering, custom objects, custom workflow applications, and temporal analysis

### Data Integration & Ontology

- Map, transform, and normalize incoming data to align with Government-specified object ontologies and data schemas
- Design and create object types, actions, and linkages to support data ontologization
- Implement logic to ensure data quality, prevent duplication, and preserve consistency of object IDs across disparate data sources
- Enable seamless interoperability with external geospatial data sources and APIs including **ESRI MapServices/FeatureServices**, **OpenStreetMap**, and **OGC WMS/WFS** services
- Develop low-code and no-code data pipelines for normalizing and structuring analytic data

### Solution Architecture & Design

- Elicit, document, and refine end-to-end user workflows and technical requirements for GEOINT object management and analysis
- Design and document system architectures for workflows and data connections, aligned with the Government's Builder's Guidebook
- Define data identity, de-duplication, object history, and data provenance rules
- Define acceptance criteria and "definition of done" for each required capability

### Data Science & Analytics

- Develop and implement **matching algorithms and scoring methods** to link new observations to existing geospatial objects
- Build and deploy analytics to highlight changes, anomalies, or inconsistencies in object data for analyst review
- Create and monitor data quality checks to flag missing metadata, weak sourcing, or invalid attribute values
- Develop algorithms for correlating multiple datasets across multi-modal data types including EO, SAR, FMV, HMI, and vector data

### Required Qualifications

### Security

- Active **Top Secret / SCI** security clearance **required at time of application**
- Must be willing and eligible to undergo a **Counterintelligence (CI) Scope Polygraph** examination; must complete within 90 days of assignment if not completed within the past 5 years

### Education

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), or a related technical field

### Experience

- **5+ years** of software development experience in an enterprise or mission-critical environment
- **2+ years** of hands-on experience developing on **Palantir Foundry** or other Palantir platforms (e.g., Gaia, AIP)
- Demonstrated experience with **TypeScript** and/or **Python** for application and pipeline development
- Experience with **geospatial data types** including EO, SAR, FMV, HMI, vector, and raster datasets
- Experience supporting **agile software development** in an intelligence, DoD, or national security context
- Experience with **Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED)** workflows strongly preferred

### Technical Skills

- Proficiency with **Palantir Foundry** tools including Workshop, Slate, Contour, and the Ontology SDK
- Experience with **Palantir "Foundry Builder"** development activities using Developer Access Licenses (DALs)
- Familiarity with **geospatial APIs and standards**: ESRI REST services, OpenStreetMap, OGC WMS/WFS
- Knowledge of **database systems** and configurations including **AWS** cloud infrastructure and **Elasticsearch**
- Experience developing and deploying **data pipelines** for large-scale data ingestion, transformation, and normalization
- Understanding of **role-based access controls (RBAC)**, data governance, and security models within enterprise platforms
- Experience with **RMF/A&A** processes including ATT and ATO documentation

### Clearance & Compliance Requirements

- Must possess and maintain an active **TS/SCI** clearance throughout the period of performance
- Must self-report security issues, foreign contacts, and other applicable matters per SEAD 3
- Must comply with all **NISPOM (32 CFR Part 117)** and **DD Form 254** requirements
- Must adhere to physical security requirements including restrictions on prohibited items in NGA or secure facilities
- Must comply with **DFARS 252.204-7012** requirements for handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
- Must participate in contractor insider threat program consistent with **E.O. 13587**

### Work Environment

- Work will be performed at **NGA **(Springfield, VA) and/or approved contractor facilities
- Classified work at contractor sites requires an approved **SCIF** with requisite Common Operating Environment (COE) connectivity; this must be in place at time of award
- Government will provide desk space and network connectivity at NGA-Washington to support shoulder-to-shoulder collaboration with mission users
- Personnel must be available to support work at Unclassified, Secret, and TS/SCI classification levels

### Preferred Qualifications

- Master's degree preferred; equivalent relevant experience may substitute
- Experience with **Target Workbench v2 ontology** and implementation of custom Workshops/Slates into Target Workbench tabs
- Familiarity with SOM (Structured Object Management), as well as PHOEBE or equivalent NGA tools
- Object relational mapping (create Object types)
- Methods for ensuring data health and data quality
- Familiarity with **NGA analytic mission workflows**, GEOINT data types, and related data management systems
- Experience with **Computer Vision (CV)**, **Natural Language Processing (NLP)**, or **Machine Learning (ML)** in a geospatial context
- Palantir Developer certifications or formal Palantir training credentials
- Experience supporting **NGA**, **DIA**, **NRO**, or other IC/DoD intelligence community programs
- Experience with **Elastic** and cloud-native data infrastructure on **AWS GovCloud** or **C2E**-compliant environments
- Prior experience with transition planning and knowledge transfer to O&M sustainment contractors
- Strong UX/UI design sensibility with experience applying human-centered design practices

Radiance Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

[View posting at Radiance Technologies](https://radiancetech.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/Radiance_External/job/Springfield-VA/Palantir-Foundry-Software-Engineer_HR102280)

## About Radiance Technologies

Employee-owned defense R&D firm providing systems engineering, directed energy, hypersonics, ISR, and MBSE support to DoD, the IC, NASA, and DHS.

Bootstrapped · 1000–2000 people

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