Palantir Foundry Platform Engineer
Posted 15 days 7 hours ago by Ark Invest
Permanent
Full Time
Other
Not Specified, United Kingdom
Job Description
A Group Of People Passionate About Tomorrow's Future We are a curious and performance driven team who believes that innovation matters, not just to an investor's portfolio but to all of our lives. We strive to understand where the world is heading and what it means for business globally.
ARK is a global investment manager focused solely on investing in disruptive innovation that is changing the way the world works. Majority Owner, Catherine D. Wood, founded ARK in 2014 on the belief that innovation is key to growth. Rooted in over 40 years of experience, ARK aims to identify large-scale investment opportunities in the public and private markets resulting from technological innovations centered around genome sequencing, robotics, artificial intelligence, energy storage, and blockchain technology. We invest in the leaders, enablers, and beneficiaries of disruptive innovation.
ARK manages and sub advises long-only global equity and digital asset portfolios across a variety of investment vehicles, including a suite of exchange traded funds (ETFs), a venture fund, mutual funds, and separately managed accounts. Our investments are backed by an open research ecosystem designed to identify innovations with the potential for long-term growth. ARK has greater than $20 billion assets under management.
ARK is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all employees and strives to maintain an environment free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship, or any other protected category or characteristics as defined by federal, state, or local laws. If you want to learn more, please visit our "Philosophy" page to understand how ARK differs from traditional investment firms. We also encourage you to meet the ARK team and follow us on X.
This is a Full-Time position based in our London, UK Office.
What You Will Do
We are looking for a technically strong, business-savvy Platform Engineer to lead the rollout and ongoing development of the Palantir Foundry and AIP platform at ARK. This new role is pivotal to enabling our teams - across research, investment, operations, and marketing - to scale productivity and unlock new capabilities through data integration, automation, and intelligent workflows.
You will work end-to-end across solution design, Foundry configuration, code development, and platform enablement, becoming the go-to expert on how Palantir tools can accelerate decision-making and operational efficiency across the firm.
You will be part of the ARK Technology Team reporting to the Digital Architect based in London, United Kingdom.
Your Responsibilities
Platform Ownership & Development
Required Skills & Experience
By making available your Candidate Data, as defined below, you confirm that:
You have reviewed this Notice and agree that ARK may process your Candidate Data in accordance with this Notice; and
You have provided any notices and obtained any consents needed to provide information concerning others (e.g., information about employment references).
ARK will process Candidate Data in accordance with this Notice, unless in conflict with requirements of applicable law, in which case applicable law will prevail.
Your consent to the provisions of this Notice is required in order to submit or make available Candidate Data. If you decline to submit or make available your Candidate Data, it may affect your ability to apply for or receive an offer of employment.
This Notice does not form part of any contract of employment offered to candidates hired by ARK.
Definitions
Candidate Data is identifiable information that an individual makes available to ARK either directly or indirectly in connection with the recruiting and hiring process, or sharing your work experience or interests. ARK may collect Candidate Data directly from a job candidate or from third parties, for example, in connection with a background or employment check or employment reference, subject to your consent where required by law. Candidate Data may include a variety of information, such as candidate status, work history/job data, education, compensation, candidate videos, virtual interviews, employer feedback, questionnaire results, contact information, previous addresses or names, additional information provided by the candidate (e.g., a cover letter), expertise or project work publicly shared (including video submissions), driver's license number as required for certain positions, references, and criminal history where permitted by law.
Processing refers to any action performed on Candidate Data, such as collecting, recording, organizing, storing, transferring, modifying, using, disclosing, or deleting.
Sensitive Candidate Data is Candidate Data concerning nationality or citizenship, race or ethnic origin, criminal history, or trade union membership. ARK does not request or consider information concerning religion, sex life or political opinions in connection with recruiting.
Collection
You may use various electronic and paper methods to submit Candidate Data to ARK. You agree that, in addition to collecting Candidate Data directly from you, ARK may collect Candidate Data from third parties, for example, from recruiters, in connection with a background or employment check, an employment reference, or a candidate video submission (subject to your consent where required by law) or, to the extent permitted by law, from a recruiting or other web site where you may have provided information about your work experience or interests.
Processing and Retention
ARK processes Candidate Data for legitimate human resources and business management purposes. These include identifying and evaluating candidates for ARK positions; record-keeping related to hiring processes; analyzing the hiring process and outcomes; and conducting background checks, where permitted by law. In addition, Candidate Data may be used to comply with ARK's legal, regulatory, and corporate governance requirements. If a candidate is hired, Candidate Data may be used in connection with his/her employment consistent with ARK's employment data protection policies.
In addition to using Candidate Data for the position for which you have applied, ARK may retain and use your Candidate Data to consider you for other positions. If you do not want to be considered for other positions or would like to have your Candidate Data removed, you may contact ARK as specified under below. Unless required for tax or other legal purposes or in connection with employment as specified above . click apply for full job details
ARK is a global investment manager focused solely on investing in disruptive innovation that is changing the way the world works. Majority Owner, Catherine D. Wood, founded ARK in 2014 on the belief that innovation is key to growth. Rooted in over 40 years of experience, ARK aims to identify large-scale investment opportunities in the public and private markets resulting from technological innovations centered around genome sequencing, robotics, artificial intelligence, energy storage, and blockchain technology. We invest in the leaders, enablers, and beneficiaries of disruptive innovation.
ARK manages and sub advises long-only global equity and digital asset portfolios across a variety of investment vehicles, including a suite of exchange traded funds (ETFs), a venture fund, mutual funds, and separately managed accounts. Our investments are backed by an open research ecosystem designed to identify innovations with the potential for long-term growth. ARK has greater than $20 billion assets under management.
ARK is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all employees and strives to maintain an environment free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship, or any other protected category or characteristics as defined by federal, state, or local laws. If you want to learn more, please visit our "Philosophy" page to understand how ARK differs from traditional investment firms. We also encourage you to meet the ARK team and follow us on X.
This is a Full-Time position based in our London, UK Office.
What You Will Do
We are looking for a technically strong, business-savvy Platform Engineer to lead the rollout and ongoing development of the Palantir Foundry and AIP platform at ARK. This new role is pivotal to enabling our teams - across research, investment, operations, and marketing - to scale productivity and unlock new capabilities through data integration, automation, and intelligent workflows.
You will work end-to-end across solution design, Foundry configuration, code development, and platform enablement, becoming the go-to expert on how Palantir tools can accelerate decision-making and operational efficiency across the firm.
You will be part of the ARK Technology Team reporting to the Digital Architect based in London, United Kingdom.
Your Responsibilities
Platform Ownership & Development
- Configure, develop, and maintain solutions across Foundry modules (Ontologies, Code Workbooks, Applications, etc.)
- Build robust data pipelines and reusable data assets to support cross-team use cases
- Integrate external systems, APIs, and services with Foundry to enrich internal workflows
- Manage Foundry platform operations including access control, deployment workflows, versioning, and collaboration practices
- Partner with business users to translate requirements into modular, scalable Foundry-based solutions
- Serve as a technical advisor and point of contact for Foundry/AIP questions and capability rollouts
- Create and maintain internal documentation to improve self-service and institutional knowledge
- Implement serverless functions, workflow automations, and low-code interfaces
- Build AI/LLM-powered tools using AIP, and internal models to augment analytics and research workflows
- Support integration of Foundry with Microsoft 365, GitHub, and ARK's cloud services (Azure/GCP)
- Stay ahead of platform updates, technical trends, and best practices in the Foundry and AI ecosystems
- Identify opportunities for process optimization, capability enhancement, or cost-efficiency
Required Skills & Experience
- 3+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or platform development roles
- Proven experience in building and maintaining production-grade systems and integrations
- Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, or AWS) and serverless development
- Familiarity with data visualization tools (PowerBI, Tableau, or Foundry-native apps)
- Experience with APIs, web scraping, Git-based workflows, and ETL tooling
- Prior exposure to Palantir Foundry and/or AIP required
- Experience with low-code tools such as Airtable, Power Automate, and integration services
- Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills
- Passion for emerging technologies and platform thinking
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
- Certifications in cloud architecture, data engineering, or AI/ML platforms are a plus
- Familiarity with enterprise productivity and collaboration tools (Microsoft 365, Notion, etc.)
By making available your Candidate Data, as defined below, you confirm that:
You have reviewed this Notice and agree that ARK may process your Candidate Data in accordance with this Notice; and
You have provided any notices and obtained any consents needed to provide information concerning others (e.g., information about employment references).
ARK will process Candidate Data in accordance with this Notice, unless in conflict with requirements of applicable law, in which case applicable law will prevail.
Your consent to the provisions of this Notice is required in order to submit or make available Candidate Data. If you decline to submit or make available your Candidate Data, it may affect your ability to apply for or receive an offer of employment.
This Notice does not form part of any contract of employment offered to candidates hired by ARK.
Definitions
Candidate Data is identifiable information that an individual makes available to ARK either directly or indirectly in connection with the recruiting and hiring process, or sharing your work experience or interests. ARK may collect Candidate Data directly from a job candidate or from third parties, for example, in connection with a background or employment check or employment reference, subject to your consent where required by law. Candidate Data may include a variety of information, such as candidate status, work history/job data, education, compensation, candidate videos, virtual interviews, employer feedback, questionnaire results, contact information, previous addresses or names, additional information provided by the candidate (e.g., a cover letter), expertise or project work publicly shared (including video submissions), driver's license number as required for certain positions, references, and criminal history where permitted by law.
Processing refers to any action performed on Candidate Data, such as collecting, recording, organizing, storing, transferring, modifying, using, disclosing, or deleting.
Sensitive Candidate Data is Candidate Data concerning nationality or citizenship, race or ethnic origin, criminal history, or trade union membership. ARK does not request or consider information concerning religion, sex life or political opinions in connection with recruiting.
Collection
You may use various electronic and paper methods to submit Candidate Data to ARK. You agree that, in addition to collecting Candidate Data directly from you, ARK may collect Candidate Data from third parties, for example, from recruiters, in connection with a background or employment check, an employment reference, or a candidate video submission (subject to your consent where required by law) or, to the extent permitted by law, from a recruiting or other web site where you may have provided information about your work experience or interests.
Processing and Retention
ARK processes Candidate Data for legitimate human resources and business management purposes. These include identifying and evaluating candidates for ARK positions; record-keeping related to hiring processes; analyzing the hiring process and outcomes; and conducting background checks, where permitted by law. In addition, Candidate Data may be used to comply with ARK's legal, regulatory, and corporate governance requirements. If a candidate is hired, Candidate Data may be used in connection with his/her employment consistent with ARK's employment data protection policies.
In addition to using Candidate Data for the position for which you have applied, ARK may retain and use your Candidate Data to consider you for other positions. If you do not want to be considered for other positions or would like to have your Candidate Data removed, you may contact ARK as specified under below. Unless required for tax or other legal purposes or in connection with employment as specified above . click apply for full job details