Materialize is the live context layer for agents and apps. It lets engineering teams use SQL to transform siloed operational data into real-time data products they can trust. Organizations from Notion to Crane Worldwide Logistics use Materialize to deliver... Backed by Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed and Redpoint.
About the role
As Materialize's first Forward Deployed Engineer, you embed with a small number of our most strategic customers and help them build end-to-end solutions with Materialize at the core. You'll join our Go-To-Market organization, partnering with Account Executives and Field Engineering to take engineering-led organizations, customers like Notion, General Mills, Bilt Rewards, and Crane Worldwide Logistics, from signed contract to live deployment, and then to the use case after that. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Strong SQL and a solid understanding of modern data architectures: relational databases, event streaming, and change data capture
- Hands-on experience with streaming or event-driven systems (Kafka, Debezium/CDC, Kinesis, Flink, Spark Streaming, or similar)
- You write code. Proficiency in at least one of Python, Java, or TypeScript for building integrations and tooling
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerized environments
- You've taken systems from prototype to production in someone else's environment, including the unglamorous parts: performance tuning, failure modes, monitoring, and handoff
- Comfortable owning ambiguous, high-stakes technical problems with incomplete information, and moving without a large support structure
More about this role
Materialize is the live context layer for AI agents and applications. Materialize lets engineering teams use SQL to transform siloed operational data into up-to-the-second, trustworthy views into any element of their business — delivering fresh context to AI agents, interactive search pipelines, and enabling low-latency, event-driven architectures for microservices and core business processes. Materialize is trusted by Notion, Bilt Rewards, and Crane Worldwide Logistics to solve their most pressing operational data challenges while building a live data foundation for their AI transformation.
Our team spans the US (NYC headquarters), Canada, and EMEA.
Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
As Materialize's first Forward Deployed Engineer, you embed with a small number of our most strategic customers and help them build end-to-end solutions with Materialize at the core. You'll join our Go-To-Market organization, partnering with Account Executives and Field Engineering to take engineering-led organizations, customers like Notion, General Mills, Bilt Rewards, and Crane Worldwide Logistics, from signed contract to live deployment, and then to the use case...
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