Palantir

Originally published on Next Play If you work in tech, you should learn about Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE). It’s quickly become one of the most popular roles that nearly all fast-growing AI companies are looking for…at the same time, it’s the type of role very few people and companies seem to actually understand. I designed Project Frontline at Palantir, a program that sent over 250 engineers into live customer deployments. Those engineers are now at OpenAI, xAI, Anduril, and dozens of leading companies. ...

Tell us about your background Throughout my career, I have dedicated myself to creating tools, products, and technologies that help people effectively utilize their data. My passion lies in developing products that enable users to efficiently and scalably gain maximum value from their data. My journey in understanding the intricacies of data and its potential began at Palantir Technologies, where I began working on search and indexing products. As data volumes grew, I focused my efforts on solving some of Palantir customers’ core problems across the financial and defense verticals before leading customer focused compute teams. After Palantir, I served as CTO at Veraset, a cloud-based data-as-a-service company. Veraset delivered high-quality, large scale data to a number of enterprises and grew to 15M ARR before being acquired. Following this, I joined Citadel Investment Group as the Head of Business Engineering of Ashler. In that role, I managed crucial data operations, including overseeing data pipelines, investment platforms, data lakes, and the software and data engineering teams responsible for them. ...