Senior Backend Engineer - Infrastructure (ClickPipes)

at ClickHouse

📍 Canada

USD 147,000-238,000 per year

SENIOR

✅ Remote

Tech Stack
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Details

The ClickPipes Platform plays a critical role in driving company growth and ensuring client success by seamlessly onboarding and integrating data from diverse data sources into ClickHouse. Operating at petabyte scale and in high-velocity environments, the team solves challenging technical problems with significant autonomy and measurable impact.

The team is looking for exceptional backend engineers who can work across a variety of technologies, with deep expertise in Kubernetes, distributed systems, cloud services, and platform reliability. The role involves collaborating cross-functionally to build and maintain the infrastructure powering ClickPipes.

Recent team work includes Flexible Scaling and Monitoring in ClickPipes, MySQL CDC Connector for ClickPipes, and The Evolution of ClickPipes.

Responsibilities

Enhance and scale the high-performance data onboarding platform to handle increasing volumes of data in real time.
Own and evolve infrastructure across multiple cloud providers, including AWS, with expansion to GCP and Azure.
Drive improvements to deployment pipelines, infrastructure automation, and operational processes.
Drive technical discussions and contribute to architectural decisions affecting platform scalability and resilience.
Participate in on-call rotations to ensure system reliability and respond to production incidents.
Continuously improve systems based on operational metrics, customer feedback, and evolving business requirements.

Requirements

5+ years of industry experience building as a backend engineer.
Expertise in Golang, Kubernetes, Terraform or a comparable infrastructure-as-code tool, cloud-native architecture, and at least one major cloud service provider.
Deep commitment to understanding and addressing customer needs, using customer feedback and insights to inform product development.
Excellent communication skills and a track record of working effectively across teams.
Exceptional production debugging skills and the ability to solve complex technical issues in fast-paced environments.
Ability to thrive in a high-velocity setting with significant ownership and autonomy.
A founder's mindset focused on impact, innovation, and delivering measurable results.

Benefits

Flexible work environment at a globally distributed, remote-friendly company operating in over 25 countries.
Employer contributions toward healthcare.
Stock options for every new team member.
Flexible time off in the United States and generous entitlement in other countries.
USD 500 home-office setup allowance for remote employees.
Opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide global offsites.

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