Engineering Manager - Language Clients

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About ClickHouse

Recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list, ClickHouse is one of the most innovative and fast-growing private cloud companies. With more than 3,000 customers and ARR that has grown over 250 percent year over year, ClickHouse leads the market in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads.

The company’s sustained, accelerating momentum was recently validated by a $400M Series D financing round. Over the past three months, customers including Capital One, Lovable, Decagon, Polymarket, and Airwallex have adopted the platform or expanded existing deployments. These customers join an established base of AI innovators and global brands such as Meta, Cursor, Sony, and Tesla.

We’re on a mission to transform how companies use data. Come be a part of our journey!

Role description

ClickHouse is the fastest growing database in the OLAP space, and language clients are how the world talks to it. From Go and Python to Rust and Java, our client libraries are the first touch point for every developer who builds on ClickHouse, and the gateway to a rapidly expanding ecosystem of integrations, SDKs, and partner tooling.

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Language Clients team — a group of motivated engineers ready to do their best work. You will build a high-output culture, set a clear technical direction, and expand our reach from client libraries into the broader open source ecosystem.

This is a high-ownership role. You will work closely with engineering leadership in your first months, with autonomy expanding as fast as you build confidence and context — there is no artificial timeline.

Location: United States (remote)

Responsibilities

• Recruit, coach, and develop a high-bar team; set crisp expectations and foster a culture of ownership, speed, and continuous improvement.
• Mentor engineers at all levels, create growth opportunities, and build psychological safety and an inclusive environment.
• Shape product and execution strategy for language clients to stay ahead of 10x growth.
• Make opinionated architectural decisions while maintaining a customer-focused, fast-shipping culture.
• Establish measurable UX and developer experience benchmarks and own the roadmap for ClickHouse client libraries.
• Lead expansion from core client libraries into a broader ecosystem: integrations, SDKs, partner tooling, and community-built extensions.
• Establish and sustain effective collaboration with OSS communities; contribute, build relationships, and earn trust in public technical spaces.
• Represent ClickHouse externally at conferences, in community forums, and with partners.
• Build productive relationships with product, developer relations, and sales engineering while protecting team capacity and scope.

Requirements

• Leadership & Execution: 3+ years managing software engineers with a track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong talent. Demonstrated ability to grow engineers into senior contributors and future leads. Comfortable driving execution in ambiguous environments and setting crisp priorities.
• Technical excellence: 10+ years of industry experience building developer-facing tools, open source software, or data-intensive systems. Hands-on: engage with technical designs, review code, and guide via technical feedback.
• OSS & product mindset: Experience collaborating with open source communities and earning trust in public technical spaces. Track record of external representation (talks, blog posts, community engagement, or partner development). Strong product ownership and customer-centric approach.
• Familiarity with language clients and developer-facing tooling across languages such as Go, Python, Rust, and Java.
• Startup experience preferred.

Compensation

The typical starting salary for this role in the US is:

$165,000 - $235,000 USD

The typical starting salary for this role in US Premium Markets is:

$180,000 - $260,000 USD

For roles based in the United States, the typical starting salary range for this position is listed above. In certain locations, such as the San Francisco Bay Area and the New York City Metro Area, a premium market range may apply, as listed.

These salary ranges reflect what we reasonably and in good faith believe to be the minimum and maximum pay for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation may be higher or lower than the amounts listed, and the ranges may be subject to future adjustments.

If you have any questions or comments about compensation as a candidate, please get in touch with us at [email protected].

Perks

• Flexible work environment — ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in 20 countries.
• Healthcare — Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
• Equity in the company — Every new team member receives stock options.
• Time off — Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
• A $500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee.
• Global Gatherings — opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.

Equal Opportunity & Privacy

ClickHouse provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Please see their applicant privacy notice for more information.