Seeking a UDL Senior Technical Lead to serve as the technical anchor for the UDL. This is a hybrid technical lead/architect role requiring someone who can operate across the full lifecycle of technical delivery—from sizing and scoping work, to critiquing and refining technical plans, to providing hands-on oversight through execution. The ideal candidate is both a builder and a strategic thinker.
They bring broad Foundry knowledge and can get hands-on when needed, but their primary value is in shaping the work: pressure-testing proposed approaches, identifying gaps before they become problems, creating plans that are realistic and achievable, and holding teams accountable to quality standards throughout delivery. They have the judgment to navigate complex technical constraints, finding creative solutions to challenges around access management, compliance requirements, and environment separation. They will work across internal IT stakeholders and external partners (Palantir, Alix Partners) to ensure technical approaches are sound, scalable, and aligned to program needs.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Oversight; Architecture (50%)
- Review and critique technical plans, ensuring proposed solutions are appropriately scoped and architecturally sound
- Size work efforts and provide realistic estimates for technical initiatives
- Evaluate trade-offs between competing approaches and recommend paths forward
- Establish and maintain technical standards for the UDL environment
- Identify risks in proposed designs and work with teams to mitigate them before execution begins
- Navigate constraints around access, compliance, and environment separation to develop workable solutions that satisfy security and operational requirements
Hands-On Execution (30%)
- Build and configure Foundry solutions when needed, including pipelines, ontology structures, and workflows
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues that require senior-level expertise
- Prototype approaches to validate feasibility before broader team investment
- Step in during critical delivery periods to ensure commitments are met
Stakeholder Coordination (10%)
- Partner with IT teams to align technical approaches with enterprise standards
- Coordinate with external contractors (Palantir, Alix Partners) on integration points and shared deliverables
- Translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and business requirements into technical direction for delivery teams
- Represent the UDL technical perspective in cross-functional planningdiscussions
Coaching and Mentorship (10%)
- Provide guidance and feedback to technical SMEs on approach, quality, and professional growth
- Conduct code and design reviews that build team capability over time
- Share knowledge through documentation, working sessions, and informal coaching
- Help develop junior team members into independent contributors
Required Qualifications: Technical Skills
4+ years of experience in Technical Lead, Solution Architect, or Senior Engineer roles with hands-on Palantir Foundry implementation experience, including working knowledge of Pipeline Builder, Contour, Ontology, Code Repositories, and object-based applications.
- Architecture mindset: Ability to evaluate system designs, identify gaps, and recommend improvements
- Strong understanding of data pipelines, transformations, and data quality
- Skilled in troubleshooting complex, integrated systems
- Proven ability to scope technical work, guide teams, communicate clearly, and navigate ambiguity effectively.
- Candidate must be able to obtain governement security clearance.
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