Job description
Who We Are:
Materialize is a real-time data platform built on a breakthrough in incremental computation, enabling up-to-date, trustworthy views into any aspect of your business using just SQL. Build and adapt live, composable data products in minutes—with the team you already have. Use Materialize to power data-intensive UIs, deliver fresh context to AI/ML pipelines, and create dynamic digital twins of manufacturing processes for real-time optimization. Materialize is trusted by General Mills, Ryder, and Fubo.tv to solve their most pressing real-time data challenges.
Our team spans the US (with a NYC headquarters), Canada, and EMEA.
I nvestors:
Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
About the Role
As a member of our Cloud team you will have broad exposure to all of the systems that make Materialize operate. You will build and run our fully managed cloud service, contribute directly to our self-managed offering, and make improvements to our internal operational systems.
We are looking for a versatile, seasoned engineer to help lead the expansion of Materialize into new cloud providers. This work will span problems both deep and broad – from laying the new foundational layer of cloud networking and IAM within our new target clouds, to broad integration work of our existing CI/CD, billing, auth, and APIs that complete our managed cloud offering.
To dive into some recent work by our Cloud team and learn about our architecture, check out The Making of Self-Managed Materialize.
This role will be required to attend 2-3 onsites in NYC per year.
Responsibilities
- Own and operate our managed cloud, ensuring security, availability, and performance for our SaaS product.
- Automate and streamline operations: write database orchestration logic, maintain robust CI pipelines, and bring order to the intersection points between cloud infra and business operations.
- Contribute to our self-managed offering that enables customers to deploy Materialize in their cloud of choice.
- Debug and resolve complex distributed cloud issues—from tricky network glitches to Kubernetes operator quirks and third-party integrations.
About You
- You have 5+ years of software engineering experience.
- You are impact oriented, excited to ramp up in new areas, and comfortable with navigating ambiguity.
- You have strong experience with at least one cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) and at least one infrastructure-as-code tool (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.).
- You possess a growth mindset, always looking to expand your skills and capabilities.
- You’re a clear communicator and enjoy collaborating closely across teams.
- You enjoy taking ownership of large problems, and have a track record of leading successful cross-cutting projects.
Bonus Points
- Experience with GCP and/or Azure.
- Experience operating production databases or managing other critical systems.
- Willingness to participate in our voluntary on-call rotation
SALARY RANGE: $160,000 - $225,000 + Equity
The salary range provided in this job description should not be considered a guarantee or commitment. The actual compensation offered may vary based on individual qualifications objectively assessed during the application and interview process, including but not limited to the candidate’s:
- Qualifications and relevant work experience
- Educational background and credentials
- Relevant skills and certifications
- Geographic location
- Market demands
Materialize reserves the right to adjust the salary range based on the candidate’s specific circumstances and the overall compensation package.
We understand it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, passionate, curious, and creative people to develop the exceptional product we are building. Our dynamic team has incredible perspectives to share, just as we know you do, and we take great pride in being an equal opportunity employer.
