Cloud Infrastructure Software Engineer

ClickHouse; Pathhead; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

ClickHouse, a leading company in open-source database systems, seeks a highly skilled Cloud Infrastructure Software Engineer to architect and build scalable cloud-native solutions. You'll work closely with development teams to improve reliability and performance while ensuring security measures are in place. This role requires strong experience in cloud technologies and a passion for efficiency and scalability.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Healthcare contributions

Equity in the company

Flexible time off

$500 home office setup

Global gatherings for team connection

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Proficient in Go, C/C++, Java or another OOP language.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools and cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build a robust, scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Design and implement security components and tooling.
• Improve the performance and cost efficiency of infrastructure.

Skills

Cloud technologies

Software development

Distributed systems

Networking

Education

5+ years of relevant software development experience

Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Established in 2009, ClickHouse leads the industry with its open-source column-oriented database system, driven by the vision of becoming the fastest OLAP database globally. The company empowers users to generate real-time analytical reports through SQL queries, emphasizing speed in managing escalating data volumes. Enterprises globally, including Lyft, Sony, IBM, GitLab, Twilio, HubSpot, and many more, rely on ClickHouse Cloud. It is available through open-source or on AWS, GCP, Azure, and Alibaba.

About the Team

The Cloud Infrastructure Engineering team builds and manages the foundational blocks of ClickHouse Cloud data plane end-to-end. This includes compute, networking, security, and a multi-cloud, multi-region architecture that provides a reliable and scalable managed ClickHouse experience for ClickHouse Cloud customers. Our team is looking for highly skilled and experienced cloud infrastructure software engineers to join our team, who will be responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining our infrastructure.

What will you do?

• Architect and build a robust, scalable, and highly available distributed infrastructure.
• Build a cutting-edge cloud-native platform on top of the public cloud, and automate our cloud resource management.
• Work closely with our ClickHouse core database development team, and security team and partner with them to produce the SAS offering.
• Work on routing and traffic components to improve the reliability and scalability of our cloud service.
• Systematically improve availability by applying industry and distributed systems best practices.
• Design and build security components & tooling: firewall, PKI and certificate infra, zero trust network, etc.
• Improve performance and cost efficiency of our infrastructure.

About you:

• 5+ years of relevant software development industry experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.
• Software development experience in Go, C/C++, Java, or another OOP language.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Experience developing cloud infrastructure services, preferably with Kubernetes.
• Experience developing cloud native edge or service mesh services, preferably with envoy and Istio.
• Experience leading and shipping large scope technical projects in collaboration with multiple experienced engineers.
• Understanding of network topologies, protocols, and security principles, such as VPNs, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices, including encryption, access controls, and compliance standards like SOC2 and GDPR.
• You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a global team.
• You are a strong problem-solver and have solid production debugging skills.
• You are passionate about efficiency, availability, scalability and data governance.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment, and see yourself as a partner with the business with the shared goal of moving the business forward.
• You have a high level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability

Compensation

For roles based in theUnited States, you can find above our typical starting salary ranges for this role, depending on your specific location.

The positioning of offers within a certain range depends on various factors, including: candidate experience, qualifications, skills, business requirements and geographical location.

• Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in 20 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 $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 our first 500 employees, 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.

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