How You'll Help Us Keep Climbing (Overview & Key Responsibilities)
Delta Air Lines is seeking a highly skilled Lead Platform Engineer, Foundry Solutions to lead complex analytics and digital transformation initiatives. This role serves as a technical and project leader responsible for designing scalable Foundry solutions that enable advanced maintenance, reliability, operational, and engineering insights across Delta's fleet.
The Engineer Leader drives the end-to-end delivery of high-impact analytics products by partnering with engineering, maintenance, operations, data science, and technology stakeholders. This individual translates business challenges into scalable data solutions, establishes technical direction for Foundry applications and data models, and leads cross-functional project teams to deliver measurable business value.
The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in data engineering and application development with strong project leadership skills, stakeholder management, and the ability to influence strategic decisions through data-driven insights.
As a Lead Platform Engineer, Foundry Solutions You Will
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of large-scale analytics applications and solutions within the Palantir Foundry ecosystem.
- Serve as the technical lead for strategic initiatives, driving project execution from concept through implementation and adoption.
- Architect and optimize complex data pipelines, integrations, Ontology models, and application workflows that support maintenance and operational decision-making.
- Partner with engineering, maintenance, operations, and technology leaders to identify business opportunities and develop data-driven solutions that improve aircraft reliability, operational performance, and resource utilization.
- Define project roadmaps, technical approaches, priorities, milestones, and success metrics for analytics initiatives.
- Lead cross-functional project teams and coordinate activities across multiple stakeholders without direct managerial authority.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance on Foundry best practices, data architecture, application design, and platform governance.
- Drive the development of scalable Workshop applications, operational dashboards, and decision-support tools that enable actionable insights.
- Evaluate and implement advanced analytics, AI/ML, and automation capabilities within Foundry to solve complex operational challenges.
- Establish standards for data quality, system reliability, maintainability, documentation, and solution performance.
- Conduct design reviews, code reviews, and architecture assessments to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and long-term supportability.
- Influence strategic decisions through analytical findings, business cases, and executive-level recommendations.
- Lead continuous improvement efforts focused on automation, platform optimization, technical debt reduction, and process transformation.
- Mentor and provide technical coaching to junior and mid-level team members while fostering a culture of innovation and knowledge sharing.
What You Need To Succeed (Minimum Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of experience developing analytics, data engineering, software engineering, or enterprise data solutions.
- Advanced experience with SQL and Python in production environments.
- Demonstrated expertise building applications and solutions within Palantir Foundry, including Workshop, Ontology, Pipeline Builder, and data integration frameworks.
- Experience leading complex cross-functional projects and delivering analytics solutions with enterprise-scale impact.
- Strong understanding of data architecture, ETL/ELT development, enterprise integration patterns, and system design principles.
- Experience translating ambiguous business needs into technical requirements and actionable solution roadmaps.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, strategic thinking, and project leadership skills.
- Proven ability to influence outcomes and drive alignment across multiple stakeholder groups without direct authority.
- Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data.
- Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.
- Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.
- Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
- Extensive experience delivering enterprise solutions using Palantir Foundry in operational, engineering, maintenance, or transportation environments.
- Experience leading large-scale analytics, digital transformation, or operational optimization initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures and services (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP).
- Experience integrating AI/ML models into operational workflows and decision-support applications.
- Proficiency with TypeScript, JavaScript, API development, and modern application frameworks.
- Experience with predictive maintenance, reliability engineering, fleet operations, or aviation analytics.
- Familiarity with data governance, master data management, and enterprise data strategy.
- Experience presenting recommendations, project outcomes, and technical strategies to executive leadership.
- Demonstrated success driving adoption of analytics solutions and delivering measurable business value through technology innovation.
Benefits And Perks To Help You Keep Climbing
Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:
- Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives
- 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%
- Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leave
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life benefits
- Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages
- Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health
- Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members
- Career development programs to achieve your long-term career goals
- World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint
- Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies
- Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together
- Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare
