Palantir Foundry Data Engineer (P&C Insurance)

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer with hands-on experience in Palantir (Foundry preferred), PySpark, and exposure to reinsurance or insurance data environments. The ideal candidate will play a key role in building scalable data pipelines, optimizing ETL workflows, and enabling advanced analytics and reporting capabilities. This role requires a strong technical foundation in data engineering combined with an understanding of the reinsurance business domain.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and ETL workflows using PySpark, SQL, and Palantir Foundry.
• Collaborate with data architects, business analysts, and actuarial teams to understand reinsurance data models and transform complex datasets into usable formats.
• Build and optimize data ingestion, transformation, and validation processes to support analytical and reporting use cases.
• Work within the Palantir Foundry platform to design robust workflows, manage datasets, and ensure efficient data lineage and governance.
• Ensure data security, compliance, and governance in line with industry and client standards.
• Identify opportunities for automation and process improvement across data systems and integrations.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 6–10 years of overall experience in data engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on expertise in PySpark (dataframes, RDDs, performance optimization).
• Proven experience working with Palantir Foundry or similar data integration platforms.
• Good understanding of reinsurance including exposure, claims, and policy data structures.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and working with large datasets in distributed environments.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and related data services (e.g., S3, Snowflake, Databricks).
• Knowledge of data modeling, metadata management, and data governance frameworks.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and Agile delivery methodologies.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with data warehousing and reporting modernization projects in the reinsurance domain.
• Exposure to Palantir ontology design and data operationalization.
• Working knowledge of APIs, REST services, and event-driven architecture.
• Understanding of actuarial data flows, submission processes, and underwriting analytics is a plus.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $40.00 - $80.00 per hour

Experience:

• Palantir Foundry: 1 year (Required)
• P&C Insurance: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person