Are you ready to shape the future of data?
Matillion is the company behind Maia, the AI Data Automation platform.
In the AI economy, demand for data is exploding. Manual data engineering can’t keep up. Maia fixes that by combining 15 years of data expertise with agentic AI to eliminate the manual work that slows data teams down. Organisations like Cisco, DocuSign, and Slack are already using it to deliver real business impact, faster.
We started in Manchester and now we’re global - with teams across the UK, US and India.
We are driven, curious, energetic people who move fast, think big and hold ourselves to a high standard. We’re here to make a dent in the universe bigger than ourselves. And we’re looking for people who want to be part of it.
What you will be doing
- Developer Experience
- Build and maintain internal developer tools, CLIs, and productivity-enhancing infrastructure
- Design and implement improvements to local development environments and testing frameworks
- Create self-service platforms and automation that reduce manual work and accelerate development cycles
- Develop documentation, guides, and resources that help engineers work effectively
- Instrument and analyze developer workflows to identify pain points and opportunities for improvement
- Collaborate with engineers across teams to understand their needs and gather feedback
- Build integrations with IDEs, version control systems, and other developer tools
- Improve onboarding experiences for new engineers
- Contribute to internal libraries and shared components used across the organization
- Monitor and optimize metrics like build times, test reliability, and development environment setup time
- Participate in design reviews and provide technical guidance on DevX initiatives Technical Mentorship
- Develop new skills within the team through coaching and delegation
- Identify and feed back areas of improvement and strengths and being knowledgeable about the team
- Encourage others to partake in technical discussions and increasing team inquisitiveness
- Advise and encourage both on the job development and external development opportunities
- Explain, demonstrate and engage fellow team members in ‘doing the right thing’ guided by the values of Matillion
What we are looking for
- Essential Skills
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, TypeScript, Go, or similar
- Experience building developer tools, internal platforms, or CLI applications
- Understanding of modern development workflows and pain points
- Ability to design intuitive APIs and interfaces for technical users
- Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, etc.)
- Strong communication skills and ability to gather requirements from technical stakeholders
- Empathy for developers and passion for improving their experience
- Self-directed with ability to identify and prioritize high-impact work Preferred Skills
- Experience with CI/CD systems and build tools
- Knowledge of infrastructure as code and configuration management
- Background in frontend development for building internal dashboards and UIs
- Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools
- Experience with monorepo tooling and build optimization
- Previous work on open-source developer tools
- Understanding of developer productivity metrics and measurement
- Experience conducting user research or usability testing with engineers
Personal Capabilities Required
- Inquisitiveness - digging into problems and solutions to understand the underlying technology
- Autonomy - ability to work on a task and solve problems independently
- Motivation - sets personal challenges and constantly looking to stretch themselves
- Problem solving - recognition of problems and recasting difficult-to-solve problems in order to find unique and innovative solutions
- Integrity - honest and transparent in dealing, open to voice and accept criticism, is trustworthy and builds credibility through actions
- Detail focussed - pays attention to the details and can make a conscious effort to understand causes instead of just the effects
- Big picture aware - understands the scope and impact of a problem or solution
- Company Equity
- 27 days paid time off
- 12 days of Company Holiday
- 5 days paid volunteering leave
- Group Mediclaim (GMC)
- Enhanced Parental leave policies
- MacBook Pro
Cannot find anything suitable role right now? We still want to hear from you. Drop us a line at [email protected].
Skills Required
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong programming skills in Python, TypeScript, Go or similar
- Experience building developer tools, internal platforms, or CLI applications
- Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, etc.)
- Ability to design intuitive APIs and interfaces for technical users
- Strong communication skills and ability to gather requirements from technical stakeholders
- Empathy for developers and passion for improving developer experience
- Experience with CI/CD systems and build tools
- Knowledge of infrastructure as code and configuration management
- Background in frontend development for building internal dashboards and UIs
- Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools
- Experience with monorepo tooling and build optimization
- Previous work on open-source developer tools
Matillion Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Matillion and has not been reviewed or approved by Matillion.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity participation appears integral to total rewards, with salary‑plus‑options structures and stock offerings positioned as part of compensation. This perceived upside complements base pay for many roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO is complemented by paid volunteer days and unique milestone leave for life events, alongside holidays and sabbatical options. These programs are described as supporting work‑life balance across locations.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, and vision coverage are presented as comprehensive, with mental health support and wellness programs included. Health insurance is frequently portrayed as a strong component of the package.
Matillion Insights
What We Do
We help teams get data business-ready, faster, accelerating time-to-value and increasing the impact data can have. Our platform helps organisations that want to be data-driven to connect their data, shape it into business-ready formats, and get all this done faster with the cloud. We have a series of services that help teams load, transform, synchronise, and orchestrate their data, built on top of a cloud that ties everything together from end to end.
Why Work With Us
Matillion has fostered a culture that is collaborative, fast-paced, ambitious, and transparent; an environment where people genuinely care about colleagues and communities. We have 6 values by which we live and breathe. We are collaborative, passionate, honourable, and genuinely care about each other and the communities in which we live and work.
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