Sr. Software Engineer - RBAC & Authorization

ClickHouse; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Healthcare

Equity in the company

Stock options

Time off – flexible

Global gatherings

Remote-friendly – 25+ countries

Job summary

ClickHouse is expanding its Access Control team to design and enforce a robust authorization framework across our cloud platform. You will architect multi-level org hierarchies, workspace isolation, and resource-scoped roles while ensuring consistent checks across all APIs.

You will also build migrations that evolve live authorization models with zero downtime and partner with Product, Design, and Customer Identity teams to deliver seamless permission management UIs.

Qualifications

• 6+ years building security platforms, access control engines, or core backend services at scale.
• Deep knowledge of RBAC/ABAC policy models, fine-grained permission enforcement, multi-tenancy isolation, API keys, and SAML/SSO.
• Excellent TypeScript/Node.js fundamentals and strong schema design skills in PostgreSQL or relational stores.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build the next generation of authorization models: multi-level organization hierarchies, workspace isolation, and resource-scoped roles.
• Implement and enforce consistent authorization checks across all public and internal APIs.
• Build tooling and migration pipelines to evolve live authorization models without downtime or customer disruption.
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Customer Identity teams to deliver seamless permission management UIs.

Skills

RBAC/ABAC models

TypeScript/Node.js

Schema design

Live data migrations

Tools

PostgreSQL

Node.js

TypeScript

Job description

About the Team

The Access Control team owns authorization across ClickHouse Cloud. We design and enforce the roles and permissions model, organization hierarchies, API key management, and security boundaries that every product surface and tenant depends on. Having recently shipped custom roles and fine-grained access, we are now evolving our architecture to support our largest enterprise customer structures.

What You Will Do

• Architect and build the next generation of our authorization model: multi-level organization hierarchies, workspace isolation, and resource-scoped roles.
• Implement and enforce consistent authorization checks across all public and internal APIs.
• Build tooling and migration pipelines to evolve live authorization models without downtime or customer disruption.
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Customer Identity teams to deliver seamless permission management UIs.

What We Are Looking For

Experience

6+ years building security platforms, access control engines, or core backend services at scale.

Domain Expertise

Deep knowledge of RBAC/ABAC policy models, fine-grained permission enforcement, multi-tenancy isolation, API keys, and SAML/SSO.

Core Stack

Excellent TypeScript/Node.js fundamentals and strong schema design skills in PostgreSQL or relational stores.

Migration Discipline

Proven track record of executing live customer data migrations and building high-correctness systems where failure is not an option.

Ideal Backgrounds

Enterprise identity platforms, IAM security tools, zero-trust cloud infrastructure, or core authorization teams at major B2B SaaS companies.

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.
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• As part of a rapidly scaling start-up, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.
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