Job Description

Position Overview

• Location Type: Hybrid (2 days in Manchester office)
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: £104,000 - £156,000 (estimated)

Matillion is The Data Productivity Cloud. We are on a mission to power the data productivity of our customers and the world, by helping teams get data business ready, faster. Our technology allows customers to load, transform, sync and orchestrate their data. We are looking for passionate, high-integrity individuals to help us scale up our growing business. Together, we can make a dent in the universe bigger than ourselves.

This role focuses on leading the cloud architecture and observability strategy for mission-critical systems. You'll be a key member of the cloud-native engineering team, designing resilient distributed systems that power data workloads globally. You'll collaborate with engineering, product, and leadership to scale the platform as we grow.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in Kubernetes and modern tooling (e.g., Linkerd, ArgoCD, Traefik)
• Pro-level programming skills (Go, Java, or Python preferred)
• Proven experience building large-scale distributed systems in public cloud (AWS or Azure)
• Hands-on knowledge of observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog)
• Experience with messaging systems (e.g., Kafka) and secrets management (e.g., Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Passion for scalability, availability, and innovation

Responsibilities

• Leading the design and architecture of scalable, cloud-native systems prioritizing reliability and performance.
• Owning observability and infrastructure strategy to ensure global uptime and rapid incident response.
• Driving automation, sustainable incident practices, and blameless postmortems across teams.
• Collaborating with engineering and product to shape scalable solutions from ideation to delivery.
• Coaching and mentoring engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation.

Company Information

Matillion has fostered a culture that is collaborative, fast-paced, ambitious, and transparent, and an environment where people genuinely care about their colleagues and communities. Our 6 core values guide how we work together and with our customers and partners. We operate a truly flexible and hybrid working culture that promotes work-life balance, and are proud to be able to offer competitive salaries in line with market standards.