Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

Material Bank is a fast-paced, high-growth technology company and created the world's largest material marketplace for the Architecture and Design industry, providing the fastest and most powerful way to start and manage a design project.  Learn more about us at www.materialbank.com or see below.

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What You’ll Do

  • Design, build, and operate the enterprise data lakehouse using open data stack components: cloud data warehouse storage, orchestration (Airflow), batch processing (dbt Core & Cloud), real-time streaming (Kafka), and OLAP performance layers (ClickHouse).
  • Develop and maintain a robust monitoring and observability framework for tracking data pipeline health, performance, and data quality.
  • Build and manage scalable, testable, and version-controlled data transformation pipelines using dbt and Git-based workflows.
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines for data workflows to ensure safe and efficient deployments.
  • Work closely with business stakeholders to gather requirements, support self-service analytics, and ensure the delivery of reliable, high-quality data products.
  • Design and enforce data contracts, lineage tracking, and documentation standards to promote trust and transparency in the data platform.
  • Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies, tools, and open-source frameworks to improve the data engineering ecosystem.
  • Lead the development and maintenance of our data catalog.

What You’ll Bring

  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering or software engineering, with deep expertise in building and scaling batch and streaming pipelines.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, with experience writing efficient queries and reusable data transformations.
  • Expert-level knowledge of dbt (Core & Cloud), including macro development, model testing, documentation, and deployment practices.
  • Strong understanding of modern data modeling techniques and architecture patterns (e.g., medallion architecture, star/snowflake schema).
  • Experience developing custom hooks/operators in Apache Airflow for orchestration.
  • Proficiency in working with cloud platforms (preferably AWS) and cloud-native data infrastructure.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with ClickHouse for OLAP workloads and Airbyte for replication.
  • Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes for containerized and scalable deployments.
  • Experience working with OpenMetadata

What you’ll get from us:

  • Our people: If you thrive in an inclusive, innovative, and fast-paced organization, look no further! You will get to work alongside some of the brightest minds - Join a genuinely fun and supportive workplace where we keep our employees consistently engaged through internal communication and corporate events 
  • Relaxation and Celebrations: Generous PTO, Sick Days, Paid National Holidays, and even more (ask us about this when we connect). 
  • Health Benefits: We contribute to your medical, dental, vision and short-term/long-term disability plans and have a strong employee assistance program. 
  • Plan for your Retirement: 401(k) eligible after your first 90 day's employed!
  • Giving Back: We sponsor multiple events throughout the year to help out our communities. You will receive time off to give back as well. 
  • Growth: We’ll help you take your career to the next level. We want you to be creative and take initiative which will allow you to grow and create within the company. Most importantly, be the best at what matters! 
  • Flexible Work Schedules: With business units and employees across the globe, Material Technologies has embraced a hybrid  working model allowing department leaders to decide on the best approach for their respective teams, whether that be remote, in person, or a little of both.  

About Material Bank 

Material Bank is the world’s largest material marketplace for the architecture and design industry, providing the fastest and most powerful way to search and sample materials. Material Bank connects design professionals to hundreds of manufacturers through facilitating brand discovery, rep engagement, and material sampling.

Material Bank has transformed the way an entire industry discovers and samples materials. By removing the friction that exists in the process, we drive business between architects and designers (members) and our Brand Partners (clients).

Our powerful material database and proprietary robotic distribution facility allow members to order samples until midnight (ET) to be delivered free of charge anywhere in the US, in one box, by 10:30 AM the next morning.

Connect with us and discover your career at Material Bank.

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Material Bank is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, veteran or disability status or other status protected under any applicable federal, state or local law.

Material Bank is a marketplace for design professionals and brands in the architecture and design industry. It provides a fast and efficient way to discover and sample materials from hundreds of top brands, with samples delivered the next day for free.

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