Pekko Lipsanen
Lead Software Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer - Coach - Freelancer
Independent Technical Leader for Complex Data, AI & Software Work
I'm a former Palantir Technical Lead with 11+ years of Forward Deployed Engineering experience who can quickly get up to speed on difficult projects.
I've led complex engineering work, overseen portfolios of projects, managed engineers and tech leads, and worked with sales teams on solution designs.
Today I work independently across Europe and remotely. See below my best skills and feel free to reach out.
Expertise
Forward Deployed Engineering
Everyone claims to turn ambiguous problems into working systems. I've spent 11+ years doing it in the field — how do you actually do it?
Technical Leadership
Need help with a tricky project, complex architecture, or migrating old, mission-critical systems to new technology? Happy to help with expertise grounded in reality.
Hands-on Software Work
I work best on hard projects related to data, AI, decisions, security, and the Palantir ecosystem.