An MDM developer builds and maintains systems that manage an organization’s core business data—things like customers, products, suppliers, locations—so that data is clean, consistent, and shared across all systems.
What an MDM developer actually does
Day-to-day usually includes:
- Designing master data models (entities, attributes, hierarchies)
- Building data integration pipelines (ETL/ELT)
- Implementing data matching & de-duplication rules
- Managing data governance workflows (approval, stewardship)
- Integrating MDM with systems like ERP, CRM, data warehouses
- Writing rules for data quality, validation, and survivorship
Common tools & platforms
Depends on the company, but often:
- Informatica MDM
- Reltio
- SAP MDG
- IBM InfoSphere MDM
- Stibo Systems
- Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL
- Integration: Kafka, APIs, MuleSoft
- Sometimes cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP
Skills that matter
Technical
- SQL (very strong)
- Data modeling
- ETL tools
- APIs & integration patterns
- Java / Python (often helpful)
- Understanding of data quality & governance
