Talented Hires

At Talented Hires, we partner with tech founders to help them build the world-class teams they need to achieve breakout growth, secure funding, and deliver on the promise of artificial intelligence.

Beyond recruiting, we provide strategic guidance to help you:

◦ Define your ideal tech stack and organizational structure
◦ Implement best practices for onboarding, training, and career development
◦ Foster a mission-driven culture that aligns with your values
◦ Position your startup's technical vision to attract investors and top talent

Having scaled talent solutions for Fortune 500 companies and hired over 2,000 engineers, I bring a wealth of insights and best practices to help you navigate the unique challenges of scaling a startup with AI. 

If you're looking for a strategic partner to help you build an elite team, secure funding, and achieve your world-changing vision, let's connect. 

I'm always happy to share insights, make warm intros to VCs and experts in my network, or brainstorm how we can leverage AI to create a better future.

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Global technology search & placement 
Specialised focus on AI & DevOps
Over 2,000 successful appointments from CTO to Senior Software Engineers
Retained Search projects for critical niche hires
Impactful Diversity and Equality initiatives
Deep customer relationships built on partnership, trust, and continuous innovative delivery

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Experis is a global leader in IT professional resourcing, project solutions, and managed services specializing in Business Transformation, Enterprise Applications, Cloud and Infrastructure, Digital Workspace and Cyber

Jefferson Wells

Search Consultant

Rich Roberts

Forward Deployed Software Engineers needed for US Government team. Must have active Security Clearance (Secret/TS), strong coding skills (Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript), cloud tech knowledge, and independence in dynamic environments. On-site in US; no visa sponsorship. $135k-$200k. Work with customers to design data-driven solutions.

Kenneth Erickson

Tristen Heckman

Punita Verma

Mayank Verma

Jae Ro

Andrew Price

At Palantir (NYSE: PLTR), we're helping the world's most important institutions use their data to solve their most urgent problems. Our software lets our customers integrate and analyze all of their data so they can answer questions that they couldn't before. From delivering disaster relief to building safer automobiles, we're honored to help make our partners better at their most important work. Together with our customers, we're building the future of national security, healthcare, energy, finance, manufacturing, and more. And we need bright minds from around the world to help us.

Palantir

We are hiring Forward Deployed Software Engineers to join our US Government team. Forward Deployed Software Engineers (FDSEs) work directly with customers to quickly understand their greatest problems and design and implement solutions to use data against them. Our customers rely on Palantir’s platforms for some of their most critical operations. As an FDSE, you’ll apply your problem solving ability, creativity, and technical skills to help organizations use their data to drive a real impact in the world. You’ll have the opportunity to gain rare insight into and contribute to some of the world’s most important institutions.

Forward Deployed Software Engineer, US Government

We are hiring Forward Deployed Software Engineers to work on our US Government business. Forward Deployed Software Engineers (FDSEs) work directly with customers to quickly understand their greatest problems and design and implement solutions to use data against them. Our customers rely on Palantir’s platforms for some of their most critical operations. As an FDSE, you’ll apply your problem solving ability, creativity, and technical skills to help organizations use their data to drive a real impact in the world. You’ll have the opportunity to gain rare insight into and contribute to some of the world’s most important institutions.

As an FDSE your responsibilities look similar to those of a startup CTO: you’ll work in small teams with minimal supervision and own end-to-end execution of high stakes projects. Your day might span discussing architecture with fellow engineers, wrangling massive-scale data, coding a custom web app, speaking with customer executives, or establishing strategy for your team. 

Seeking up to 5 Deployment Strategists for hybrid work in Chicago. Must have strong coding skills (Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript). Requires technical degree (CS, Engineering, etc.), familiarity with data structures, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks. Experience with customer-facing projects essential. Mission alignment critical. Responsibilities include onsite customer engagement, data integration, training, and presentation. Visa sponsorship not available. Salary $110,000 - $170,000.

Dhinesh Raj

Rajat Nepal

Tom Brady

What We're AboutAt its core, the Deployment Strategist role centers around using data in operational and real-world action. Our customers come to us with a hunch that the only way to protect their troops, manufacture high-quality products, structure effective healthcare policies, or deliver aid to refugees safely is to make better use of their data. Deployment Strategists are responsible for turning that hunch into reality.What We DoAs a Deployment Strategist, you'll work as part of a driven and creative team of Engineers, Product Designers, and other Deployment Strategists to deploy software against the most exciting problems our world faces. Your mission is to synthesize disconnected streams of thought into an understanding of what the most important problem is, what the data means, what the product needs, what users are motivated by, and where the impact could be.You'll immerse yourself in our customers' most intricate workflows. You'll partner with customer teams and explore the data, and plunge into the product landscape to enable us to scale. A select number of Deployments Strategists may also be deployed to Palantir internal teams and problems. In this role, the problems you'll seek will require a curious and analytical approach, a sharp intuition for product, and a strong degree of user insight to ultimately empower our customers to improve decisions.

Deployment Strategist

A World-Changing Company

Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.

What We're About

At its core, the Deployment Strategist role centers around using data in operational and real-world action. Our customers come to us with a hunch that the only way to protect their troops, manufacture high-quality products, structure effective healthcare policies, or deliver aid to refugees safely is to make better use of their data. Deployment Strategists are responsible for turning that hunch into reality.

What We Do

As a Deployment Strategist, you'll work as part of a driven and creative team of Engineers, Product Designers, and other Deployment Strategists to deploy software against the most exciting problems our world faces. Your mission is to synthesize disconnected streams of thought into an understanding of what the most important problem is, what the data means, what the product needs, what users are motivated by, and where the impact could be.

You'll immerse yourself in our customers' most intricate workflows. You'll partner with customer teams and explore the data, and plunge into the product landscape to enable us to scale. A select number of Deployments Strategists may also be deployed to Palantir internal teams and problems. In this role, the problems you'll seek will require a curious and analytical approach, a sharp intuition for product, and a strong degree of user insight to ultimately empower our customers to improve decisions.
No two days are the same, but as a Deployment Strategist you can expect to:
Go onsite and meet with customer analysts to understand the critical questions they need to answer and locate their biggest problems
Identify relevant datasets through deep engagement with customer problems and workflows
Work with Forward Deployed Engineers to integrate the data into a stable and extensible pipeline
Work with the customer to build customized workflows for new user groups
Lead training sessions to ensure that the product is meeting user needs and having concrete impact on their operations
Present the results of our work and proposals for future work to audiences ranging from analysts to C-suite executives
Embed with our Software Engineering and Product Design teams to incorporate what you saw in the field into cross-Palantir product offerings
Build and deliver demos to new and existing customers
Scope out potential engagements in new industries and expanding locations around the world
What We Value
Team members who aren’t satisfied with surface-level answers and will dive into the details of the data
Low ego because the outcome matters more than who gets the credit
Extraordinary ability to confront open-ended problems in unstructured environments
Adaptive and introspective; willing to learn, guide, lead and follow
What We Require
You must be willing and able to work from the Chicago Metropolitan Area due to the nature and business needs of the role
Ability to travel 25 – 75% required. Varies by location and team.
Experience with programming, scripting or statistical packages (e.g. Python, R, Matlab, SQL)

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $110,000 - $170,000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual’s relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives.

Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians’ lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies.

Benefits

•  Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance
•  Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
•  Commuter benefits
•  Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based
•  2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)
•  10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
•  Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events
•  Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
•  Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
•  Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
•  Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan

Life at Palantir

We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians’ lives is just one of the ways we’re investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.

In keeping consistent with Palantir’s values and culture, we believe employees are “better together” and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for “Remote” work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.

If you want to empower the world's most important institutions, you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all, including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities. Palantir is committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.


Software Engineers for Tracking/Sensor Fusion team at Palantir. Focus: Multi-Target Tracking, Sensor Fusion, Distributed Consensus. Strong coding in Java, C++, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript. Hybrid work in US offices, visa sponsorship available. Salary: $100K-$250K. Solve real-world problems in airspace defense.

Dohyeung Kim

Jingwei Wang

Adnan Hanif

Palantir is building and deploying solutions for urgent challenges in airspace defense, target tracking and sensor fusion. We are hiring experienced engineers to join our team. The technology you build will be deployed to the worlds most important institutions to solve critical real-world problems.

Software Engineer - Tracking / Sensor Fusion

Any US Office, Europe considered for extremely strong candidates

Location: New York, NY, Washington, DC (On-site). Visa: No sponsorship. Salary: $135k-$300k. Must have active Security Clearance (Secret or TS). Own core systems; long tenure preferred. Experience: backend engineering, complex systems, infrastructure, K8s, CNCF tools. Build secure, automated infrastructure for classified environments. Emphasize engineering rigor and operational excellence.

Ashley Conner

Michael E.

Build a new team at Palantir. The Highside Substrate team is the team responsible for Palantir’s core production infrastructure — 100s of K8s clusters — from on-prem to the major cloud hyperscalers in classified USG environments. Highside Substrate embeds across Palantir's classified customer footprint and is responsible for operational and product outcomes across Palantir's classified business.You will design and build Palantir’s managed Kubernetes product offerings across all these environments.You and your team will be responsible for bootstrapping and operating the entire highside fleet of K8s clusters with zero manual steps by building industry leading tooling and contributing to core CNCF components. You will also be responsible for ensuring scale, stability and security across a matrix of compliance regimes and hosting infrastructure types. Your team culture emphasizes engineering rigor and operational excellence at scale. This means issues in production should be pre-empted and deeply root-caused, and investments in automation and self-healing systems are key.If you’re excited about infrastructure at scale, working with Kubernetes, and delivering high value mission outcomes, this is the right role for you.

Forward Deployed Engineer, Substrate

Founding Engineer needed for PointOne in NY. Must have experience building AI products, previous founder/founding engineer experience, and strong product sense. Requires CS degree from a top 10 program and 5+ years in high-growth startups. On-site, no visa sponsorship. Salary: $120K-$200K. Lead product direction, manage customer engagements.

Imran Brown

Ricardo Leon

PointOne is building the AI tech stack for law firms, replacing rote admin tasks currently costing them $80B/yr. We are currently working with 50+ law firms and are growing rapidly.We're backed by world-class investors like YC, Bessemer, General Catalyst, 8VC, and others—including a few customers.

PointOne

PointOne is building the AI tech stack for law firms, replacing rote admin tasks—timekeeping, price prediction, business intelligence, etc.—currently costing them $80B/yr. We are currently working with 50+ law firms and are growing rapidly.The Founding Engineer will work with the founders to build a category-defining product, continue scaling it to massive enterprises, and become a leader in the organization.We’re looking for someone who is excited by this challenge and the impact we'll have if we do this right. We work every day, together, in person, because we understand that every minute counts in the early days of a startup. This is going to be intense early-stage startup work; the person we hire is expected to become a leader and help form the company’s vision and culture.We're backed by YC, Bessemer, General Catalyst, 8VC and we're based in NY.

Founding Engineer, Senior

About the role
What you’ll do

You will own and ship products.

You’ll talk to customers throughout the day over Slack/Teams, video and phone calls.
You’ll listen to their needs and develop a plan based on the highest priority items.
You’ll ship code to execute on the plan. We put new code into production multiple times per day.
We’ll do this every day, together, in person, because we understand that every minute counts in the early days of a startup. This is going to be intense early-stage startup work; the person we hire is expected to become a leader and help form the company’s vision and culture.

Our tech

We have a fully serverless backend built on top of AWS, consisting of a collection of Go microservices. We use React/Typescript to build client applications across web, desktop, and mobile. We create our own RAG pipelines.

Day in the life

As the founding engineer, every day you’ll need to build fast and well with a laser focus on customer impact. Here’s a typical day:

9:30 AM. Lead a call with a managing partner at a law firm (“KAJ Law”) that recently started using PointOne. They ask if our system integrates with Slack, but it does not. After the call, you draft a plan for the new feature—depending on the priority, you might target a same-day turnaround.
11:27 AM. As we’re working, we see that we’re running into a capacity issue causing a slowdown for some users. All hands on deck to figure out what’s going on and resolve the issue.
2:43 PM. Slack communication feature is complete. Deploy new code and email the team at KAJ Law to let them know about the new capability.
3:00 PM. Lead a new-customer onboarding call, taking note of the user’s reaction to the product.
5:45 PM. Team dinner. We chat about life, news, work, etc.
6:23 PM. With the big hurdles of the day overcome, time to go heads down to architect the intelligence layer on our new analytics product.
About the interview
Phone screen (15 min)
Technical screen (45 min)
Take-home challenge (3 hr)
On-site for working together and grabbing lunch (half-day)
About PointOne
PointOne is building the admin automation stack for the legal industry. Lawyers have to track and record all their time in 6 minute increments, then spend hours at the end of the month reviewing and editing client bills. Many lawyers describe this as the worst part of their job. Meanwhile, law firms are spending $70B/year on admin staff and legacy software to do things like data entry, filings, organizing documents, and more. We're using AI to automate these functions - starting with the thing lawyers hate most: timekeeping and billing.

We have promising early traction, including dozens of paying customers and design partnerships with enterprise law firms. We recently raised our $3.5M seed round from Bessemer, 8VC, General Catalyst, and other top investors. We're now looking to scale up our team with talented engineers to help take our product to the next level.

Experienced front-end engineer for founding team; build core suite: mobile apps & web platforms. 5+ years, top 1% candidates, STEM/CS degree, API experience a plus. Lead development, establish best practices, collaborate with product/design. On-site, visa sponsorship available. Salary: $160K-$200K.

Jean Jeon

Traba is a technology company that enhances the productivity of the light industrial supply chain. We connect businesses with vetted workers to meet their staffing needs by leveraging location monitoring, predictive algorithms, machine learning, AI, computer vision, and other advanced technologies. Our mission is to empower both businesses and workers to reach their full productivity and potential. We’re proud to be backed by some of the world’s best investors, including Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.

Traba

Traba is a technology company that increases the productivity of the light industrial supply chain. We connect businesses with vetted workers for staffing needs by utilizing location monitoring, predictive algorithms, machine learning, AI, computer vision, and other technologies.


We are seeking an experienced &amp; entrepreneurial front-end engineer to join the founding team to help build our core suite of products—mobile apps for both workers &amp; business, and web platforms for our business customers and our internal Ops team. You'll partner with our CTO to help own product decisions, iterate on the product roadmap, and architect &amp; build our foundational tech platform.

Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack)

Traba is a technology company that enhances the productivity of the light industrial supply chain. We connect businesses with vetted workers to meet their staffing needs by leveraging location monitoring, predictive algorithms, machine learning, AI, computer vision, and other advanced technologies. Our mission is to empower both businesses and workers to reach their full productivity and potential. We’re proud to be backed by some of the world’s best investors, including Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.

We are seeking an experienced & entrepreneurial front-end engineer to join the founding team to help build our core suite of products—mobile apps for both workers & business, and web platforms for our business customers and our internal Ops team. You'll partner with our CTO to help own product decisions, iterate on the product roadmap, and architect & build our foundational tech platform.

About You:

Voracious learner. You love diving into new areas and exploring new languages, frameworks, and technologies, and can discuss product with a UX designer one minute and deployment infrastructure with tech leads the next.

Value clear communication. You recognize the importance of clear communication, documented planning, and transparent, frequent feedback.

Sweat the small stuff. You have strong opinions on design patterns, IDEs, tabs vs. spaces—you understand that how you do one thing is how you do everything, so you care about the details.

Deep expertise building pixel-perfect, performant web applications. You have designed and built performant, scalable applications, and have expertise in client side state management, responsive design, and frontend tooling.

You Will:

Lead the development of our web & mobile applications, guiding other engineers as needed

Establish best practices in code reusability and build processes for our frontend monorepo

Collaborate with product & design to build a best-in-class user experience

Build analytics & monitoring to help understand our user experience & application health

Contribute in a ton of other ways to a scrappy founding team building the future of flexible light industrial staffing!

You Have:

5+ years experience with Typescript/Javascript, and React or React Native

A track record of shipping amazing products

Pixel-perfect attention to detail

Experience building APIs is a plus

Experience working in an early-stage engineering team, working through ambiguity, and being a self-starter

A passion for helping people find meaningful work that works for them

Benefits:

📈 Start-up equity

💰 Competitive Salary

🩺 100% Paid health, dental & vision coverage

🍽️ Dinner Provided via Grubhub & stocked kitchen for NY employees

🚍 Commuter benefit

🎤 Team building events

🏋🏽 Gympass Benefit

🌴 Flexible PTO

✚✚ Additional: One Medical Membership, Gympass, HSA via Optum, Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, Teledoc Health

Salary Range Details
The compensation range for this position is set between $160,000 and $190,000, reflecting our market analysis and other relevant considerations. However, exceptions may be made for candidates with qualifications that significantly differ from those outlined in the job description.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Traba is dedicated to promoting Equal Opportunity employment practices. We evaluate all applicants without discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristics that are legally protected by local, state, or federal regulations. We encourage applicants from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skill sets.

Our Values
Dream Big - We are on a path to change the world for the better. We create and communicate a bold direction that inspires a life-changing vision. We don’t sacrifice long-term value for short-term results.

Olympian’s Work Ethic - Changing the world never comes easy. We work harder, longer, and smarter, not just two out of three. We put everything we have on the field.

Growth Mindset - We confront the toughest challenges head-on and persevere. Sometimes we fail, but we brush ourselves off, adapt, learn, and push forward with resilience.

Customer Obsession - We go the extra mile for our workers and businesses. We remain focused on delivering high-quality products and services that solve this massive and overlooked industries’ problems

What is light industrial labor?
Light industrial flexible staffing is a $50B labor market that encompasses entry-level jobs in warehouses & distribution centers. These workers pack boxes, load trucks, and manage warehouse operations to keep supply chains running at peak efficiency.



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