Senior Cloud Data Infrastructure Engineer

ClickHouse; United States; Remote; USD 133,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading database technology company is seeking a Software Engineer to build and maintain a Cloud Native platform. This role involves collaborating with teams to improve autoscaling infrastructure for a world-class database solution. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in software development and expertise in Kubernetes as well as cloud services. The company offers a competitive salary range, flexible work environment, and generous benefits for remote employees.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Employer contributions towards healthcare

Stock options for new team members

Flexible time off

Home office setup stipend

Opportunities for global gatherings

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving skills and experience debugging production issues.
• Familiarity with Python and Data Science libraries is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build a cutting-edge Cloud Native platform.
• Improve metrics pipeline for autoscaling statistics.
• Collaborate with core development team for auto-scaling use cases.
• Architect and maintain a robust distributed infrastructure.

Skills

5+ years of relevant software development experience

Kubernetes and controller-runtime

Production experience with Go or C++

Expertise with public cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Experience with Data Storage and Ingestion tools

Excellent communication skills

Job description

United States (Remote)

About ClickHouse

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 rely on ClickHouse Cloud, available through open-source or on AWS, GCP, Azure, and Alibaba.

The Cloud AutoScaling team is dedicated to implementing robust vertical and horizontal auto-scaling capabilities within the ClickHouse cloud environment. We seek exceptional software engineers to develop and maintain the auto-scaling infrastructure to transform ClickHouse into a fully functional server-less database solution. Collaborating closely with the core database team, we are evolving ClickHouse into a cloud-native database system and driving continuous improvements in cloud infrastructure for enhanced performance and scalability.

What will you do?

• Build a cutting-edge Cloud Native platform on top of the public cloud.
• Improve the metrics pipeline and build algorithms to generate better autoscaling statistics and recommendations.
• Work on the autoscale and Kubernetes operator to support seamless Vertical and Horizontal Auto-scaling.
• Collaborate with the ClickHouse core development team and other data plane teams to support auto-scaling use cases and internal infrastructure improvements.
• Architect, build, and maintain a robust, scalable, and highly available distributed infrastructure.

About you:

• 5+ years of relevant software development experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Experience building operators with Kubernetes and controller-runtime.
• Production experience with Go or C++.
• Familiar with on-call practices and debugging production issues; strong problem-solving skills.
• Expertise with a public cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their IaaS offerings (e.g., EC2).
• Experience with Data Storage, Ingestion, and Transformation (e.g., Spark, Kafka or similar tools).
• Passionate about solving data problems at scale.
• Experience with Python (e.g., uvicorn, FastAPI) and Data Science libraries (Pandas, NumPy) is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering teams.

Compensation

The typical starting salary for this role in the US is $133,450 - $197,200 USD. The typical starting salary for this role in US Premium Markets is $157,000 - $232,000 USD. For roles based in the United States, the stated range applies with potential premium market adjustments in locations such as Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and New York City Metro Area. These ranges reflect the minimum and maximum pay at the time of posting and may be adjusted in the future. An individual’s placement within the range depends on factors including education, qualifications, experience, skills, location, performance, and business needs.

• Flexible work environment - Remote-friendly and globally distributed across 20 countries.
• Healthcare - Employer contributions towards healthcare.
• Equity - Stock options for new team members.
• Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
• Home office setup - A $500 home office stipend for remote employees.
• Global Gatherings – Opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide events.

Equal Opportunity & Privacy

ClickHouse provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type based on protected characteristics. For more information, please see our Privacy Statement.

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