Senior Software Engineer – ClickHouse

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Develop and create backend services and platform functionalities for ClickHouse Private.

• Modify and integrate ClickHouse Cloud elements for Kubernetes-based deployments within customer-controlled cloud environments and self-hosted settings.

• Construct and uphold Helm charts, Kubernetes operators, and deployment tools.

• Create preflight validation, deterministic tools, health diagnostics, and secure recovery pathways for installations and upgrades.

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

• Tailor deployments for regulated and network-restricted environments.

• Collaborate with support engineers on customer deployments and resolve issues in customer-controlled settings.

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

• Produce documentation and runbooks for both customers and support teams.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Strong experience with Kubernetes, whether managed or self-hosted.

• Proficient with Helm and knowledgeable about operators and controllers.

• Background in production software development; proficiency in Go is preferred, or significant experience in another language with a willingness to work in Go.

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

• Strong foundation in Linux and networking principles.

• Capability to debug unfamiliar distributed systems and infrastructure, including across boundaries that are not under your control.

• Excellent communication skills in design documents, pull requests, and discussions with support and customer engineers.

• Ability to make pragmatic trade-offs, deliver incrementally, and take ownership from design through to a maintainable release.

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

• Familiarity 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 executing 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.

• U.S. citizenship is required for this position.

🏝️ Benefits

• Employer contributions towards healthcare.

• Stock options/equity in the company.

• Flexible time off in the U.S.

• Generous entitlement in other countries.

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

• Opportunities to connect with colleagues at company-wide offsite events.