Senior Backend Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of and develop essential backend services and infrastructure that support our observability platform, ensuring dependable, high-throughput data pipelines and APIs relied upon by developers daily.

• Partner with open-source contributors and customers to address their challenges and integrate their feedback into our backend architecture and API design.

• Design and create scalable backend systems capable of ingesting, processing, and querying petabytes of observability data.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of software engineering experience with a strong emphasis on backend development, preferably in building developer tools or infrastructure.

• Proficient in TypeScript and Node.js (experience with frameworks like Express, Fastify, or similar is desirable).

• Strong grasp of API design, distributed systems, and data modeling.

• Experience with Go is advantageous, as you will occasionally contribute to Go-based services.

• Familiarity with containerized environments such as Docker and Kubernetes.

• A genuine enthusiasm for open source and the developer community.

• Experience in creating developer tools with an understanding of how to design for developers.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company that is remote-friendly, currently operating in over 20 countries.

• Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare.

• Equity in the company - Every new team member receives stock options.

• Time off - Flexible time off in the US and generous entitlements in other countries.

• A $500 home office setup for remote employees.

• Global Gatherings – We believe in the value of in-person connections and provide opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.