Senior | Architect Data Engineer (ClickHouse)

Careers at Lineate; Georgia; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Freedom to Develop

Career path and performance management

Social benefits package

Equipment

English lessons

Gym membership

International IT environment

Flexible vacation time

In-person and digital events

Job summary

Lineate is seeking a senior Data Engineer / ClickHouse Engineer to design, build, and optimize high-performance data infrastructure for large-scale time-series and real-time workloads in a lakehouse environment. The role emphasizes hands-on ClickHouse work and strong AWS experience.

You will own data ingestion pipelines, schema optimization, and real-time query serving, collaborating with Snowflake/Databricks integrations and BYOC on AWS. Excellent communication is essential.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of Data Engineering experience.
• Strong production-level ClickHouse experience.
• Deep knowledge of ClickHouse data modeling, table engines, partitioning, ordering, materialized views, aggregations, and query optimization.
• Strong hands-on AWS experience, particularly with Amazon S3.
• Experience with lakehouse-style architectures and object storage as the primary data layer.
• Experience with large-scale time-series data and real-time analytics.
• Strong performance-tuning and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work independently and take technical ownership.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize ClickHouse for large-scale analytical and time-series workloads.
• Build and maintain data ingestion and transformation pipelines.
• Optimize ClickHouse schemas, partitioning, materialized views, aggregations, and queries.
• Support real-time and near-real-time query serving, ensuring performance and reliability.
• Work with a lakehouse architecture, using Amazon S3 as the source of truth.
• Integrate ClickHouse with Snowflake, Databricks, and other components of the data ecosystem.
• Support ClickHouse infrastructure and BYOC deployments on AWS.
• Troubleshoot data ingestion, storage, scalability, and performance issues.
• Own technical decisions and communicate solutions and trade-offs to stakeholders.

Skills

ClickHouse

AWS

Time-series

Data modeling

Lakehouse

Performance tuning

Independent worker

Stakeholder comms

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

BYOC on AWS

Job description

About Lineate

Lineate is a US-based international software development company with over two decades of experience.

From Intelligent Document Processing(IDP) and Agentic RAG systems to scalable cloud architectures, we turn complex ideas into real, measurable results.

We deliver AI-driven custom solutions for FinTech, HealthTech, AdTech, and beyond, empowering businesses to grow smarter, faster, and more efficiently.

Our expertise falls into three main categories:

• Building Custom AI Solutions: Deploying high-impact, AI-enabled technology utilizing IDP, Agentic RAG.
• Cloud and Data Infrastructure: Optimizing business operations with our data management and cloud computing solutions.
• Team Augmentation: Providing specialized experts in FinTech, AdTech, and HealthTech to integrate seamlessly and accelerate project timelines.
• Our goal is not just to build technology, but to build the future operating model for our clients.

Role Overview

We are looking for a senior Data Engineer / ClickHouse Engineer with deep hands‑on expertise in ClickHouse and AWS. The role focuses on building and optimizing high-performance data infrastructure for large-scale time-series and real-time workloads in a lakehouse environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize ClickHouse for large-scale analytical and time-series workloads.
• Build and maintain data ingestion and transformation pipelines.
• Optimize ClickHouse schemas, partitioning, materialized views, aggregations, and queries.
• Support real-time and near-real-time query serving, ensuring performance and reliability.
• Work with a lakehouse architecture, using Amazon S3 as the source of truth.
• Integrate ClickHouse with Snowflake, Databricks, and other components of the data ecosystem.
• Support ClickHouse infrastructure and BYOC deployments on AWS.
• Troubleshoot data ingestion, storage, scalability, and performance issues.
• Own technical decisions and clearly communicate solutions and trade-offs to stakeholders.

Requirements

Must-have

• 6+ years of Data Engineering experience.
• Strong production-level ClickHouse experience.
• Deep knowledge of ClickHouse data modeling, table engines, partitioning, ordering, materialized views, aggregations, and query optimization.
• Strong hands‑on AWS experience, particularly with Amazon S3.
• Experience with lakehouse‑style architectures and object storage as the primary data layer.
• Experience with large‑scale time‑series data and real‑time or near-real‑time analytics.
• Strong performance‑tuning and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work independently and take technical ownership.
• Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills.

Nice‑to‑have

• ClickHouse certification
• Experience with BYOC on AWS.
• Experience with Snowflake and/or Databricks integrations.
• Background working with high‑volume financial, transactional, telemetry, or similar datasets.
• Experience delivering complex data solutions in enterprise environments.

We offer

• Freedom to Develop - equal opportunity to learn and grow professionally
• Clear career and professional path, strong performance management system
• Social Benefits Package
• Equipment
• English lesson
• Gym membership
• All the advantages of working in an international IT company
• Flexible vacation time
• Fun and inclusive in-person and digital events

Lineate is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - We do not hire on the basis of race, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by Georgian legislation. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need. Learn more about Lineate at our website: www.lineate.com