Job Description
About the Team
The ClickPipes Platform plays a critical role in driving the growth of our company and ensuring the success of our clients by seamlessly onboarding and integrating data from diverse data sources into ClickHouse. Working at a petabyte scale and in high-velocity environments, this role offers an exceptional opportunity to solve challenging technical problems, operate with significant autonomy, and make a measurable impact.
You can find some of the teams recent work highlighted in our blog:
Flexible Scaling and Monitoring in ClickPipes
MySQL CDC Connector for ClickPipes
The Evolution of ClickPipes
We are looking for exceptional backend engineers who can work across a variety of technologies, with deep expertise in Kubernetes, distributed systems, cloud services, and platform reliability. As a member of this team, you'll collaborate cross-functionally to build and maintain the robust infrastructure powering ClickPipes. This role is ideal for individuals who are capable of working independently, taking initiative, and driving projects forward with a high level of autonomy.
What will you do?
- Enhance and scale our high-performance data onboarding platform to handle increasing volumes of data in real-time.
- Own and evolve our infrastructure across multiple cloud providers (AWS, with expansion to GCP and Azure).
- Drive improvements to our deployment pipelines, infrastructure automation, and operational processes.
- Drive technical discussions and contribute to architectural decisions that impact our platform's scalability and resilience.
- Participate in on-call rotations to ensure system reliability and respond to production incidents.
- Continuously improve our systems based on operational metrics, customer feedback, and evolving business requirements.
About you
- Experience: 5+ years of industry experience building as a backend engineer.
- Expertise: Golang, Kubernetes, Terraform (or comparable IaC tool), cloud-native architecture and solid knowledge of at least one major cloud service provider.
- Customer Focus: Have a deep commitment to understanding and addressing customer needs. Use customer feedback and insights to inform and improve product development.
- Collaboration: Excellent communication skills and a track record of working effectively across teams.
- Problem Solver: Exceptional production debugging skills, with the ability to navigate and solve complex technical issues in fast-paced environments.
- High Autonomy: Thrives in a high-velocity setting with significant ownership and autonomy.
- Mindset: A founder’s mindset with a focus on impact, innovation, and delivering measurable results.
Perks
- Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in over 25 countries.
- Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
- Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our company receives stock options.
- Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
- A USD$500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee.
- Global Gatherings – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.
Culture - We All Shape It
As part of a rapidly scaling start-up, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.
Are you interested in finding out more about our culture? Learn more about our values here. Check out our blog posts or follow us on LinkedIn to find out more about what’s happening at ClickHouse.
Equal Opportunity & Privacy
ClickHouse provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type based on factors such as race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Please see here for our Privacy Statement.
How to apply
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Before you start
Salary context
The listed range of $147k to $238k a year sits roughly in line with the board-wide median for DevOps & Infrastructure roles on this board.
That median is $157,250 to $231,000 a year, based on 119 live listings where the employer publishes an annual USD range — the same rules as the board's salary report.
The parsed benefits on this listing include Stock Options / Equity and Home Office Budget, so total compensation can extend beyond this base range.
Quick answers
- Is this job still open?
- Yes. Listings on this board are re-verified 4 times a day and auto-expire 45 days after posting — if this page is visible, the role was open at the last check.
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- Straight to ClickHouse's own application page — never a middleman. Every listing here comes from the employer's own job board, so the Apply button simply opens their page in a new tab.
- Does it require experience?
- The employer tags this role as senior level — the requirements above spell out what that means in practice.
- Is the salary listed?
- Yes — the employer publishes an annual range for this role: $147k to $238k.
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