As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll work with enterprise customers to solve data integration challenges, manage deployment and implement AI-driven data workflows, ensuring seamless adoption of the Maia platform.
Ready to shape the future of data?
Matillion is the intelligent data integration platform.
We're changing how the world works with data – and we need driven, curious people who think big and move fast.
We built the Data Productivity Cloud to supercharge data productivity, and now we’re shaping the future of data engineering with Maia – our AI-powered virtual data engineers that help teams design, build, and manage data pipelines at unmatched speed.
Join #TeamGreen, where the mission comes first, collaboration drives us forward, and everyone pulls in the same direction to make a dent in the universe bigger than ourselves.
About the role
We're Matillion — and we're building Maia, our agentic AI platform that is redefining how businesses work with data at scale. Our Forward Deployed Engineers are the people who make that real for our customers. This is a technical, customer-embedded role at the heart of our Services Delivery team — think world-class consulting, backed by a world-class product. You'll work directly with enterprise customers to solve complex technical challenges, drive adoption and unlock the full value of Maia's agentic AI capabilities.
You are the person customers rely on — embedded in their world, owning deployment, implementation and optimisation of the Maia Foundation platform end-to-end. You lead technical delivery by architecting production-grade integrations and distributed data systems that turn legacy workflows into modern, autonomous data pipelines. This is high-autonomy, high-impact work at the cutting edge of what AI and data can do together.
You are the person customers rely on — embedded in their world, owning deployment, implementation and optimisation of the Maia Foundation platform end-to-end. You lead technical delivery by architecting production-grade integrations and distributed data systems that turn legacy workflows into modern, autonomous data pipelines. This is high-autonomy, high-impact work at the cutting edge of what AI and data can do together.
What you will be doing
- Conducting technical discovery with enterprise customers to understand their data ecosystems, integration requirements and business priorities, then designing and owning the full technical delivery from architecture through to production deployment
- Building production-grade integrations, API connections, data pipelines and custom transformations across heterogeneous systems
- Designing and developing agentic AI workflows that automate data engineering tasks, and delivering hands-on training and enablement to customer teams to drive lasting adoption of Maia Foundation
- Acting as a trusted technical advisor throughout the implementation lifecycle, collaborating cross-functionally with Sales, Field Engineering, Product and Engineering to ensure seamless customer outcomes
- Identifying recurring technical patterns and product gaps, contributing structured feedback to Product and Engineering, and building reusable frameworks that drive efficiency across future deployments
What we are looking for
- 5+ years of experience building production-grade software with strong Python, SQL and API development skills; you work on data problems daily and you're comfortable owning delivery end-to-end with significant autonomy
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure or GCP), Kubernetes deployments and modern data pipeline tooling including ETL/ELT and CDC
- A genuine customer-facing background! Consulting experience is a strong plus; you understand the discipline of structured delivery, stakeholder management and what it means to be accountable to a client
- Hands-on experience integrating AI APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic) and leveraging AI code generation tools. You're building with AI, not just talking about it
- The adaptability to move between deep technical problem-solving and high-level strategic conversations with senior customer stakeholders, and the resilience to thrive in ambiguous, complex environments
At Matillion, we are committed to providing compensation in line with market standards based on the role, job family, job level and country. This role’s estimated annual salaried pay range for this position is $120,240 - $180,360. The final salary will be based on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications demonstrated in the hiring process.
At Matillion, we’re here to do something hard - change the way the world works with data, and build a great company along the way. Big, bold goals aren’t for the faint-hearted, and we don’t shy away from them. But we don’t do it alone. No egos, no politics - just great people working together, guided by our six core values;
- Confidence without arrogance
- Working with integrity
- Customer obsessed
- Innovate and demand quality
- Bias for action
- We care
We operate a flexible working culture that promotes work-life balance, with benefits including:
- Company Equity
- 25 days PTO
- 5 days paid volunteering leave
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Access to mental health support
- 401K
More about Matillion
Thousands of enterprises including Cisco, London Stock Exchange Group, EDF and Slack trust Matillion for a wide range of use cases from insights and operational analytics, to data science, machine learning and AI. We are a truly global workforce, dual headquartered in Manchester, UK and Denver, Colorado, with expanding offices in Hyderabad, India, along with valuable remote colleagues around the world.
We are keen to hear from prospective Matillioners, so even if you don't feel you match all the criteria please apply and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch. Alternatively, if you're interested in Matillion but don't see a suitable role, please email [email protected].
Find out more about life on #TeamGreen here.
Matillion is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our team. Matillion prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Matillion does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Top Skills
APIs
AWS
Azure
Cdc
Elt
ETL
GCP
Kubernetes
Python
SQL
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