Senior Software Engineer – ClickHouse

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

📋 Description

• Design and develop backend services and platform features for ClickHouse Private.

• Adapt and incorporate ClickHouse Cloud components for deployments on Kubernetes in customer-managed cloud and self-hosted settings.

• Create and maintain Helm charts, Kubernetes operators, and deployment tools.

• Develop preflight validation, deterministic tools, health diagnostics, and secure recovery paths for installations and upgrades.

• Implement release automation, compile tested component sets, define supported upgrade paths, and ensure failures are diagnosable.

• Modify deployments for regulated and network-restricted settings.

• Collaborate with support engineers on customer deployments and troubleshoot issues in customer-managed environments.

• Transform recurring customer needs and deployment limitations into reusable product functionalities.

• Draft documentation and runbooks for customers and support teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in building and delivering production software, including infrastructure or platform systems.

• Strong proficiency in Kubernetes, whether managed or self-hosted.

• Familiarity with Helm and a solid understanding of operators and controllers.

• Experience in production software development and maintenance.

• Preference for experience in Go; strong expertise in another programming language is acceptable if willing to work in Go.

• Familiarity with AWS, GCP, Azure, or a comparable on-premises cloud platform.

• Strong knowledge of Linux and networking fundamentals.

• Ability to debug unfamiliar distributed systems and infrastructure, even across unmanageable boundaries.

• Clear communication skills in design documentation, pull requests, and interactions with support and customer engineers.

• Capability to make practical trade-offs, deliver incrementally, and take ownership from design to a supportable release.

• Experience in deploying software at customer sites, on-premises installations, self-hosted products, Kubernetes operators, CSI drivers, or object storage integrations is a plus.

• Experience with ClickHouse or other database systems is advantageous.

• Experience in regulated, security-sensitive, or air-gapped environments, including public-sector deployments, is a plus.

• Experience in designing and conducting performance benchmarks for infrastructure or distributed systems is a plus.

• Security-related experience in vulnerability management, image hardening, secrets management, and internal PKI is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Employer contributions towards your healthcare.

• Equity in the company: every new team member receives stock options.

• Flexible time off in the US.

• Generous time-off entitlement in other countries.

• USD$500 home office setup allowance for remote employees.

• Opportunities to connect with colleagues at company-wide offsites.