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Palantir Technologies Forward Deployed Engineer/Software Development Engineer reviews

3.8

78% would recommend to a friend

(167 total reviews)
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Alex Karp

56% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Career opportunities

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Culture & values

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Senior management

2.6

Work/Life balance

Forward Deployed Engineer/Software Development Engineer employees have rated Palantir Technologies with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 167 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Forward Deployed Engineer/Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Palantir Technologies is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Forward Deployed Engineer/Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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167 reviews
3.0
Oct 5, 2025

FDE Review

Forward deployed engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very dynamic, and you shape the role into what interests you the most

Cons

Chaotic work-life balance, lack of transparency on comp progression

4.0
Sep 10, 2025

Fast paced and lots of exposure, but long hours and a sink or swim culture

Forward deployed software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A very agile and action oriented environment. FDEs are encouraged to find a need in the project and develop their own slice of it. Resourcing respond to this by moving you to other projects that can best make use of the spike you've demonstrated in the process. You can quickly build on Foundry. Tackling technical problems at a high level means you get a huge amount of exposure to different problem spaces.

Cons

It can be a very sink or swim environment. It's also not as technical as your usual software engineering roles as you're generally building on top of Foundry (already a well built out platform). Depending on your project, you can be frequently working long hours.

1.0
Aug 22, 2025

Low Pay, Low Quality People, Boring Work

Forward deployed engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Palantir has a good brand and can beef up your resume if you need it. If you've already worked at FAANG, it won't be helpful.

Cons

The forward deployed role is moving to be like the solutions architect, where no building is done, and you just point customers to existing SaaS products. As a result, the pay for the role is going down and so are the caliber of people doing it. If you're a builder, don't bother. If you just like pointing customers at docs for low pay, it might be for you.

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