About MotherDuck
Don’t let the quirky name fool you! We’re on a mission to radically transform the data analyst user experience. We think we can empower and delight analysts using a novel cloud architecture built on top of DuckDB, an open source foundation with a vibrant community. We’re rapidly driving towards general availability and need your help to create many “aha moments” for our users. Our team is a diverse mix of passionate, collaborative and empathetic data industry veterans from Google, Amazon, Meta, Snowflake, SingleStore, Databricks, and the like.
Core Responsibilities
As a Forward Deployed Engineer at MotherDuck, you are tasked with making MotherDuck users successful. You strive to deeply understand customer needs, you collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve the product, you propose creative bespoke solutions, you work with customers on implementation, and you synthesize learnings.
You are a seasoned engineer at heart, able to execute on engineering initiatives independently. You are an exceptional communicator and problem solver. Importantly, you are a creative generalist comfortable in ambiguity, and you enjoy working closely and iteratively with customers, engineers, product managers, and designers.
Requirements
Solid understanding and direct experience working with analytics databases, BI tools, and data processing tools
Expert knowledge of SQL
Expert understanding of various data management architectures, such as OLAP, OLTP, data lake, and HTAP
Experience working with connectors and drivers for databases, such as JDBC, ODBC, and SQLAlchemy
Experience working in a highly technical outbound engineering role
Experience building technical customer solutions
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Confidence in working with customers to architect and troubleshoot solutions
Comfortable with a high level of ambiguity and able to execute independently
Nice to haves, but definitely not deal breakers
Experience with Python and dbt
Experience with building outbound engineering or technical sales organizations
Experience building data tool connectors
Knowledge of data file format internals Parquet, etc.
Practical experience building data pipelines end-to-end
What we provide
Competitive compensation and stock options
For US-based employees:
100% paid medical, dental, and vision for employees
80% paid medical, dental, and vision for dependents
For Non-US based employees:
Unlimited Paid Time Off
401k plan
Regular offsites in hub or exotic locations
Geographically distributed team with hubs in Seattle, San Francisco, New York City, & Amsterdam
Please Apply
Does this role sound appealing to you, but you’re missing some of the requirements or don’t quite think you’re qualified? Please apply anyway. Research has shown that underrepresented groups in technology often shy away from roles which aren’t a 100% match. We aim to build a diverse team and will strongly consider applicants who bring many of the requirements plus have other experiences which round out their qualifications.
MotherDuck is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. MotherDuck is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.
