180K–225K USD / year
Forward Deployed Engineer
Customer successHybrid — New York
Published on 2026-09-30
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About this role
As Materialize's first Forward Deployed Engineer, you will work closely with strategic customers to create and implement end-to-end solutions using Materialize. You will manage technical deliveries, engage in architecture design, and write integration code while being a trusted advisor for real-time data solutions.
About the company
Materialize is a real-time data platform that maintains up-to-date SQL views over streaming and operational data. It helps teams power low-latency analytics and operational applications.
The team
Customer Success
Stack
SQLPythonJavaTypeScriptPostgresMySQLKafkaKinesis
What you'll do
- Own end-to-end technical delivery for flagship accounts
- Build connectors and SQL-based views for production
- Plan and run migrations from existing systems
- Design real-time Materialize architectures
- Write and debug SQL and streaming pipelines
- Support customers during critical launches
- Build reusable architectures for faster deployments
- Provide clear feedback to product and engineering
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of engineering experience
- 1+ year in a customer-facing role
- Strong SQL skills
- Experience with streaming or event-driven systems
- Proficiency in Python, Java, or TypeScript
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure
- Experience in production environments
- Excellent communication skills
Nice to have
- Experience with modern data warehouses
- Production experience with AI agents or LLM applications
- Startup experience