Toptal: Palantir Foundry & AIP Engineer
Role highlights
Full Time
Permanent
Mid
Remote
This role requires a Palantir Foundry and AIP Engineer with over two years of professional experience working within the Palantir Foundry ecosystem, including expertise in data integration, ontology development, pipeline creation, and application deployment. Strong proficiency in Python, PySpark, SQL, and data modeling is essential to design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and transformations. The candidate must have practical experience implementing AIP features such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows, copilots, and agent-based applications, leveraging advanced techniques like Ontology-Augmented Generation (OAG) for operational decision support. Familiarity with AIP Agent Studio concepts, including agent design, instructions, tools, and testing, as well as evaluation methodologies like AIP Evals, is advantageous. The role demands excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with stakeholders and non-technical business users, ensuring solutions align with data quality, governance, and responsible AI standards. The engineer will be responsible for capturing requirements, delivering working applications, providing training, and supporting adoption of Foundry and AIP tools. Additional beneficial experience includes integration patterns involving APIs, MCP, and cloud services, consulting or applied AI/ML backgrounds, and regional knowledge of Abu Dhabi or the MENA region. The position involves working remotely with substantial overlap in the GST time zone and offers long-term engagement with occasional travel. Overall, the ideal candidate combines technical depth in Palantir Foundry and AIP ecosystems with strong problem-solving skills, ownership mentality, and the ability to drive AI-powered workflow automation in a complex investment environment.
About the role
Toptal: Palantir Foundry & AIP Engineer
Headquarters: Remote
URL: https://toptal.com
A globally diversified investment institution that prudently invests funds on behalf of the Government of Abu Dhabi through a strategy focused on long‑term value creation.
Role Summary
- Full-time position
- Requires excellent communication skills
- Must provide extensive overlap with the GST time zone
- Work directly with stakeholders to maximize the value of Palantir Foundry and AIP
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable pipelines, transformations, and applications within Palantir Foundry
- Support design and deployment of AIP use cases (copilots, retrieval workflows, decision-support agents)
- Ground agents and logic flows using RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) by connecting to relevant data sources, embedding/vector search, ontology content
- Use Ontology-Augmented Generation (OAG) for operational decision making
- Collaborate with senior engineers on agent design, instructions, and evaluation using AIP’s native features
- Capture requirements, design solutions, and deliver working applications
- Provide training and support for business teams adopting Foundry and AIP
- Ensure solutions meet standards for data quality, governance, and responsible use of AI
- Identify opportunities to expand AIP adoption and improve workflow automation
Requirements
- 2+ years of professional experience with the Palantir Foundry ecosystem (data integration, ontology, pipelines, applications)
- Strong technical skills in Python, PySpark, SQL, and data modelling
- Practical experience with AIP features such as RAG workflows, copilots, or agent-based applications
- Ability to work independently and engage directly with non-technical business users
- Strong problem-solving mindset and ownership of delivery
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with AIP Agent Studio concepts (agents, instructions, tools, testing)
- Exposure to AIP Evals and evaluation/test-driven approaches
- Experience with integration patterns (APIs, MCP, cloud services)
- Consulting or applied AI/ML background
- Experience in Abu Dhabi or the broader MENA region
Benefits
- Expected to be a long-term engagement
- Expenses-paid travel to the office a few times a year
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