Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure - (EMEA Remote)

Remote Worker LTD.; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Healthcare

Equity in the company

Time off

A USD$500 Home office setup

Global Gatherings

Job summary

ClickHouse is seeking a seasoned Cloud Infrastructure Software Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems across multi-cloud environments. You will architect a cloud-native platform, automate resource management, collaborate with core database and security teams, and improve performance and cost efficiency while ensuring high availability.

This remote-friendly role supports a fast-growing team that values ownership, collaboration, and delivering robust

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and operating scalable distributed systems.
• Experience with Go, C/C++, Java or similar languages.
• Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP and IaC tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Experience developing cloud infrastructure services, preferably with Kubernetes.
• Experience with cloud-native edge or service mesh technologies (Envoy/Istio).
• Strong communication and collaboration across global teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build a robust, scalable distributed infrastructure.
• Develop a cloud-native platform on public cloud and automate resource management.
• Collaborate with ClickHouse core database and security teams to deliver the SaaS offering.
• Improve routing, traffic reliability, and cloud service scalability.
• Apply best practices to improve availability and security controls.
• Enhance performance and cost efficiency of infrastructure.
• Improve performance and cost efficiency of the infrastructure.

Skills

Distributed systems

Go/C/C++/Java

Cloud platforms

Network security

Production debugging

High availability

Envoy

Istio

Terraform

Security concepts

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Envoy

Istio

Job description

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 SaaS 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

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Perks

• Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in over 25 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 USD$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 a rapidly scaling start-up, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.

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