Senior Cloud Data Infrastructure Engineer

at ClickHouse
📍 United States
USD 133,400-197,200 per year
SENIOR
✅ Remote

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences ?

Software Development @ 6 Go @ 4 Kafka @ 4 Kubernetes @ 4 Python @ 1 Spark @ 4 Statistics @ 4 GCP @ 3 Algorithms @ 4 Distributed Systems @ 6 Data Science @ 1 AWS @ 3 Azure @ 3 Communication @ 4 FastAPI @ 1 IaaS @ 3 Debugging @ 7 LLM @ 4 OLAP @ 4 Pandas @ 1

Details

ClickHouse is an open-source, column-oriented OLAP database focused on speed for real-time analytical reports. The Cloud AutoScaling team builds vertical and horizontal auto-scaling capabilities for ClickHouse Cloud to evolve ClickHouse into a cloud-native, serverless-capable database. This role works closely with the ClickHouse core team and other cloud teams to design, build, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure and autoscaling systems.

Responsibilities

  • Build a cloud-native platform on top of public cloud providers.
  • Improve the metrics pipeline and develop algorithms to generate autoscaling statistics and recommendations.
  • Develop and maintain autoscaling components and a Kubernetes operator to support vertical and horizontal autoscaling.
  • Collaborate with ClickHouse core development and other data-plane teams to support autoscaling use cases and infrastructure improvements.
  • Architect and build robust, scalable, and highly available distributed infrastructure.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software development experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems.
  • Production experience with programming languages such as Go and C++.
  • Experience building operators with Kubernetes and controller-runtime.
  • Experience with public cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and familiarity with IaaS (e.g., EC2).
  • Experience with data storage, ingestion, and transformation tools (Spark, Kafka, or similar).
  • Comfortable with PagerDuty/on-call and debugging production systems; strong problem-solving skills.
  • Experience or interest in metrics pipelines, autoscaling algorithms, and cloud-native system design.
  • Experience with Python and related frameworks/tools (examples called out: uv, rye, FastAPI) and data science libraries (Pandas, NumPy) is a plus.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively across engineering teams.

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Compensation

  • Location: United States (Remote). The posting lists two typical starting salary ranges for roles based in the US:
    • Standard US range: $133,450 - $197,200 USD
    • US Premium Markets range (e.g., Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle area, New York City Metro): $157,000 - $232,000 USD

These ranges reflect the employer's estimate of the minimum and maximum pay for this role at posting time; actual compensation may vary based on experience, location, and other factors.

Perks & Benefits

  • Flexible work environment; ClickHouse is globally distributed and remote-friendly.
  • Employer contributions toward healthcare.
  • Stock options for new team members.
  • Flexible time off in the US and generous entitlements in other countries.
  • $500 home office setup for remote employees.
  • Opportunities for global company gatherings and offsites.

Equal Opportunity & Privacy

ClickHouse provides equal employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination. See the employer's privacy statement for more details.