Palantir / AI Data Engineer (AI)

Location: Hybrid at Air National Guard Readiness Center, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, United States; up to 3 telework days per week. Remote work may be authorized by the Government on an exception basis. Occasional travel may be required.

Salary: $138,000–$189,000 annually

Company

hirify.global is a government contractor supporting Department of Defense customers and Air National Guard enterprise data, business intelligence, application, and AI capabilities.

What you will do

• Build, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot data products and workflows in Palantir Foundry, Envision, Maven, and Vantage.
• Develop semantic layers, ontologies, data models, schemas, metadata, and vector-index configurations for AI and ML query processing.
• Integrate Palantir and AskSage with Microsoft Azure, Azure Databricks, Advana/WDP, Power BI, and other CDAO repositories.
• Prepare enterprise data for retrieval, semantic search, vector-based retrieval, prompt and context engineering, and AI-assisted analysis.
• Implement data quality, access control, least-privilege, encryption, lineage, and CUI-handling controls.
• Validate AI data layers, support BI and analytics products, and create technical documentation, troubleshooting procedures, and training materials.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry data engineering, modeling, application or analytics development, or platform administration.
• Experience developing semantic layers, ontology or data models, vector indexes, embeddings and retrieval pipelines, or comparable AI-ready data structures.
• Strong SQL and Python skills with experience integrating heterogeneous enterprise data sources.
• Experience with AI/ML-enabled query, retrieval, prompt and context engineering, or enterprise generative-AI platforms such as AskSage.
• Understanding of data governance, lineage, access controls, security, and quality controls for regulated enterprise data.
• Active SECRET security clearance required; DoD/DAF security, cybersecurity-awareness, CUI, OPSEC, and access-training requirements must be satisfied.

Nice to have

• Experience with Palantir Envision, Maven, or Vantage.
• Experience supporting DoD IL4/IL5 cloud environments, Advana/WDP, or Air Force/Air National Guard mission data.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance, 401(k) with employer match, and paid holidays.
• Paid sick and vacation leave, commuter benefits, and employee assistance program.
• Educational reimbursement and pet insurance.