Principal Field Engineer
$200k/y-$220k/y
Materialize19 hours ago
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HybridFull-timeSenior
Summary
Materialize is seeking a Principal Field Engineer to join their team in New York, NY. The role involves leading technical strategy for complex customer engagements and mentoring other Field Engineers.
About the Role
As a Principal Field Engineer, you will serve as a senior technical leader and trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, guiding large enterprises in evaluating, adopting, and scaling Materialize. You will own the technical strategy for key accounts, mentor Field Engineers, and establish best practices and technical standards. This hands-on role requires leading executive-level discussions, navigating complex evaluation processes, and translating customer feedback into actionable insights.
About You
Required:
- 10+ years of experience in senior technical pre-sales, field engineering, solutions architecture, or technical consulting roles.
- Proven success leading complex enterprise evaluations and executive-level technical conversations.
- Deep expertise in modern data architectures, including relational databases, event streaming, and real-time analytics.
- Expert-level SQL skills and strong architectural judgment.
Preferred:
- Experience mentoring and developing senior technical talent.
- Ability to balance enterprise rigor with the pragmatism required in a fast-growing startup.
Benefits
- Base salary of $200k–$220k plus additional variable bonus and equity.
- Full range of medical, financial, and other benefits.
Materialize
Materialize is a real-time data integration platform for creating 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 for AI/ML pipelines, and enable real-time process optimization. Trusted by General Mills, Ryder, and Fubo.tv to solve their most pressing real-time data challenges.
New York, NY