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Staff Product Designer

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Materialize

Materialize

51-200 employees

Cloud-based operational data warehouse for real-time insights

Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
AI & Machine Learning

Compensation Overview

$175k - $200kAnnually

+ Equity

Senior, Expert

New York, NY, USA

Category
Product & UX/UI Design
UI/UX & Design
Required Skills
Communications
Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience, with meaningful experience designing for data infrastructure or data tooling
  • demonstrated ability to lead large and complex design projects
  • excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • based in New York and excited about coming to our office (in Astor Place) at least three days a week
Responsibilities
  • Become an authoritative expert in your product area, allowing you to translate complex concepts and functionality into simple interfaces that our users understand and love
  • Proactively manage a portfolio of small and big projects, while balancing short-term goals against long-term vision
  • Drive solution validation for design projects by conducting research, incorporating learned insights, and documenting each step along the way
  • Share designs with the Product and Engineering teams early to facilitate quick iteration cycles
  • Improve the Product Design function and our processes to help us ship better and faster

Materialize offers a cloud-based operational data warehouse that provides real-time insights for businesses, allowing them to make immediate decisions based on current data. The platform features automation and alerting tools to minimize manual work and delays, making it suitable for data teams and real-time customer data applications. Materialize stands out by delivering sub-second updates and strong consistency, enabling interactive data consumption similar to a SQL database. The company's goal is to empower businesses to operate effectively in the Operational Data Era.

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$108.5M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2019

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-6%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

60%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Materialize's recent $40M Series B funding round led by Kleiner Perkins indicates strong investor confidence and provides resources for further growth and innovation.
  • The launch of the distributed streaming database with features like horizontal scalability and workload isolation positions Materialize as a leader in the real-time data space.
  • Materialize's platform supports a wide range of applications, from real-time customer data platforms to machine learning, offering diverse opportunities for impact and innovation.

What critics are saying

  • The competitive landscape for real-time data platforms is intensifying, with major players like Confluent and Redpanda also making significant advancements.
  • The complexity of integrating real-time data solutions into existing business processes may slow down adoption rates among potential clients.

What makes Materialize unique

  • Materialize's focus on real-time operational data sets it apart from traditional data warehouses that primarily handle batch processing.
  • The platform's ability to provide sub-second updates and strong consistency through its unique engine built on Timely Dataflow and Differential Dataflow frameworks is a significant competitive advantage.
  • Materialize's SQL interface for streaming data simplifies the adoption of real-time data, making it accessible even to teams without specialized streaming expertise.