Engineering Lead, Web Platform

Details

ClickHouse is seeking an experienced Engineering Lead, Web Platform, to lead the technical evolution of its marketing website and the systems powering its digital presence. This is a hands-on player/coach role involving technical strategy, production code contributions, cross-functional collaboration, and team development.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the technical strategy for the ClickHouse web platform.
• Architect, build, and maintain the marketing website and supporting systems using Next.js, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Strapi.
• Contribute meaningful production code across the platform.
• Improve platform performance, scalability, reliability, accessibility, and maintainability.
• Own the technical health of the website, including Core Web Vitals, deployment pipelines, observability, and engineering best practices.
• Partner with Demand Generation to improve self-service capabilities and evolve experimentation and A/B testing infrastructure.
• Partner with the Content team to improve technical SEO and search performance.
• Partner with Design to deliver exceptional user experiences while maintaining engineering quality and implementation consistency.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to understand priorities, define technical solutions, and build the web platform roadmap.
• Establish and maintain high engineering standards through architecture, code reviews, documentation, and technical leadership.
• Evaluate modern technologies, tooling, and AI-assisted development workflows.
• Help build and grow a lean, high-performing web engineering team, including partnering on hiring.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Extensive experience building and operating modern web platforms using Next.js, React, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Strong software architecture and systems design experience.
• Experience with headless CMS platforms, ideally Strapi.
• Deep understanding of web performance, accessibility, analytics integrations, and modern frontend engineering practices.
• Experience building reliable production systems with modern deployment, monitoring, and observability tooling.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach to working across design, marketing, and engineering.
• Pragmatic technical leadership skills, with an interest in mentoring others while remaining close to the code.

Nice to Have

• Experience building high-traffic SaaS websites.
• Experience with experimentation platforms and A/B testing frameworks.
• Strong understanding of technical SEO.
• Experience building or contributing to design systems.
• Familiarity with modern analytics platforms and data-driven optimization.
• Experience using AI-powered developer tools to improve engineering productivity.

Compensation

• Typical US starting salary: $177,000–$200,000 USD per year.
• Typical US premium-market starting salary: $197,000–$222,000 USD per year.
• Premium-market ranges may apply in locations such as the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City Metro Area.

Benefits

• Flexible work environment at a globally distributed, remote-friendly company.
• Employer healthcare contributions.
• Company stock options for new team members.
• Flexible time off in the US and generous entitlement in other countries.
• $500 home office setup for remote employees.
• Opportunities to participate in company-wide global gatherings.