Senior Engineer Data Foundry - Compliance Ops

Overview

The Sr Data Foundry Engineer supports the digitization and automation of the Compliance Organization by building and scaling user-facing data applications on a modern data platform. The role owns the full lifecycle from external data ingestion through transformation and ontology design to end-user Compliance applications, working with business stakeholders to translate workflows into production-grade applications within Foundry.

What you'll do

• Build custom Workshop applications and widgets in Foundry.
• Translate business workflows into interactive, user-facing tools.
• Build lightweight frontend logic using Workshop or React where applicable.
• Optimize applications for real operational usage, not just dashboards.
• Build and maintain API-driven data ingestion pipelines.
• Implement production-grade ingestion patterns, including authentication using OAuth, API keys and headers; pagination, batching and rate limiting; retry logic and failure handling; and incremental loads and deduplication.
• Develop scalable pipelines using Python and SQL in Foundry.
• Design and extend the Foundry Ontology.
• Build reusable, well-structured datasets for application use.
• Align data models with application logic and user workflows.
• Partner with stakeholders to define requirements.
• Deliver complete solutions from data ingestion to the application layer.
• Troubleshoot issues across ingestion, transformation and application layers.
• Improve platform standards for data quality and validation, monitoring and observability, and reusable ingestion and modeling patterns.
• Contribute to AI strategy, design and integration where applicable.

What you'll need

• 2- 4 year college degree or equivalent experience.
• 4–8+ years of experience in data engineering, backend engineering, or similar roles.
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Experience building production-grade data pipelines.
• Experience integrating external APIs and third-party data sources.
• Experience building user-facing data tools, applications, or dashboards.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in ambiguous environments.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry, including Code Repos, Transforms, Ontology and Workshop.
• Experience building Workshop applications or similar data-driven tools.
• Experience bridging data engineering and frontend/application layers.
• Familiarity with Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, Airflow, dbt, or similar tools.
• Experience in financial services, compliance, or regulated environments.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
• The job operates in a professional office environment.