Senior / Lead Application Developer (Palantir Foundry) - (a)*

Zürich-Seefeld

Key information

Publication date:07 January 2026
Workload:80 – 100%
Contract type:Permanent position
Language:German (Fluent), English (Intermediate)
Place of work:Dufourstrasse 23, 8008 Zürich-Seefeld

We are looking for a Senior / Lead Application Developer to strengthen our central technology unit and shape the next generation of data- and AI-powered products across our media brands.

You will design and implement applications on Palantir Foundry, working across our Ontology, Workshop, and application layer. You will be hands-on while also driving the internal frameworks, standards, and best practices that guide how applications are built across the company.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, data, and product, and will collaborate closely with our data engineers, data scientists, local market teams, and product owners.

Your tasks

Lead application development on Palantir Foundry

Design and build applications using Workshop, Ontology, Functions, Automate, and React Apps

Translate business requirements into robust, scalable real-time logic

Work across the entire application layer: frontends, APIs, backend components

Drive solution design

Architect end-to-end solutions using Foundry-native patterns and tools

Collaborate with big data pipeline teams to ensure clean data contracts, stable Ontology objects, and performant interfaces

Influence cross-team standards on naming, versioning, real-time logic patterns, and application modularity

Develop internal frameworks and best practices

Define and evolve our approach to the Foundry application layer

Introduce patterns for maintainability, performance, testing, and observability

Mentor engineers and review code / logic to raise the bar across all markets

Build AI-enabled applications

Work closely with data scientists to integrate AIP Logic, LLM workflows, RAG components, and evals

Implement safe and reliable LLM patterns in production systems

Help shape our Foundry-based AI application architecture

Your profile

Core Skills

Strong hands-on experience in TypeScript/Node.js + React

Solid backend engineering skills (API design, API gateways, service orchestration)

Experience with distributed systems or real-time application logic

Ability to lead implementation end-to-end: from design ? coding ? deployment

Understanding of CI/CD, testing strategies, and component modularity

Foundry / Data Platform Skills

You have experience with Palantir Foundry or a strong willingness to learn it quickly, including:

Ontology modeling and application layer design

Workshop applications

Functions, Automate, and real-time logic patterns

Collaboration with big-data pipeline teams (Python, Spark)

AI / LLM Skills (Strong Plus)

Familiarity with LLM application patterns

Comfortable working with data scientists, prompt engineers, and eval frameworks

Experience building AI-enabled workflows or user-facing AI features

Soft Skills

Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration

Strong ownership mindset and ability to drive standards across teams

Comfortable in a fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment

Hands-on, pragmatic, and solution-oriented

Would you like to work in this diverse environment and join our fantastic team either in Zurich or in Berlin? Then we look forward to receiving your application.

We are committed to diversity and believe that it is an opportunity. *Everyone should be able to be themselves. We create a working environment where this is possible.

Artificial intelligence is shaping the future. That is why we are looking for people who want to drive digital innovation forward with us.

We only consider direct applications for this position.

Franziska Wildi
Recruiting Partner

+41 79 524 84 53