Who We Are:

Materialize is the live data layer for apps and AI agents. It lets your team use SQL to transform siloed operational data into up-to-the-second views of your business, helping you operate confidently in dynamic environments. Use Materialize to deliver fresh context to AI agents, power data-intensive UIs, and create low-latency, event-driven architectures that drive microservices and core business processes. Materialize is trusted by General Mills, 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 (with a NYC headquarters), Canada, and EMEA.

Investors:

Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

About the Role

As a member of our Cloud team you will have broad exposure to the systems that operate Materialize. 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, customer-centric engineer who can take charge of some of the hardest problems in our infrastructure. Projects in this space include (but are no means limited to!): developing rock-solid Kubernetes operators, making our continuous deployment pipeline silky smooth, securing and deploying MCP frontends to our database, hardening our billing pipeline, optimizing binpacking, developing our self-managed Helm chart, and expanding our offering into new clouds.

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 based out of our NYC office (near Astor Place) either as full-time in office or hybrid (~3x days/week in office).

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.
Experience developing distributed systems or Kubernetes operators (especially with Rust or Go).
Passionate about the data ecosystem.

SALARY RANGE: $164,050 - 250,000 + 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.

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