Application Guide
How to Apply for Senior Data Engineer
at ICON
🏢 About ICON
ICON is revolutionizing construction through 3D-printed homes, focusing on sustainability and low-carbon solutions. Working here means contributing to cutting-edge technology that addresses housing shortages and environmental challenges. The company's mission-driven approach combines industrial innovation with data-driven decision making.
About This Role
This Senior Data Engineer role involves leading data pipelines in Palantir Foundry to integrate construction data from various sources. You'll build analytics frameworks that provide real-time visibility into project progress, costs, and material flow, directly impacting ICON's ability to scale sustainable housing solutions. The role bridges technical implementation with business outcomes in a fast-paced construction technology environment.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day involves collaborating with construction teams to understand data needs, then building or optimizing Palantir Foundry pipelines that ingest data from 3D printers and project management tools. You'll spend time modeling data assets to support dashboards that track project costs and material usage, while ensuring data governance standards are maintained across the organization.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who ICON Is Looking For
- Has 8+ years of hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry, specifically Workshop, Code Repositories, Ontologies, and Object Models
- Demonstrates proficiency in Python and SQL for building data pipelines that integrate APIs and machine data sources
- Possesses experience in data modeling for industrial or construction-related use cases (reporting, diagnostics, forecasting)
- Can translate business pain points in construction/project management into scalable data solutions
📝 Tips for Applying to ICON
Highlight specific Palantir Foundry projects where you built data ingestion pipelines for industrial or construction data
Quantify your impact on previous projects using metrics related to data quality, pipeline efficiency, or business outcomes
Demonstrate understanding of construction/industrial data challenges (equipment status, material flow, project costs)
Show how your experience aligns with ICON's sustainability mission in your resume summary
Include examples of partnering with non-technical stakeholders in construction or manufacturing environments
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your experience with Palantir Foundry in industrial/construction contexts', "How you've translated business questions into data solutions that improved operational visibility", 'Specific examples of building analytics frameworks for real-time project monitoring', "Why ICON's mission of sustainable construction through 3D printing resonates with you"]
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → ICON's specific 3D printing technology and construction projects (like Project Olympus)
- → How data analytics might optimize 3D-printed home construction processes
- → Palantir Foundry's applications in industrial/manufacturing contexts
- → Sustainable construction challenges and how data could address them
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Generic data engineering experience without specific Palantir Foundry expertise
- Focusing only on technical skills without showing business impact in construction/industrial settings
- Not demonstrating how your work aligns with ICON's sustainability mission
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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