Used Tools & Technologies
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Required Skills & Competences
Tag name is followed by "@" symbol and proficiency level value.
About proficiency levels:
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Security @ 4
Software Development @ 7
Ansible @ 4
Docker @ 4
Go @ 6
Kubernetes @ 4
MySQL @ 4
Terraform @ 4
Python @ 6
GCP @ 4
NoSQL @ 4
CI/CD @ 4
Distributed Systems @ 7
AWS @ 4
Azure @ 4
Communication @ 4
Helm @ 4
MongoDB @ 4
PostgreSQL @ 4
Debugging @ 7
System Architecture @ 4
OpenShift @ 4
Cassandra @ 4
Compliance @ 4
ClickHouse @ 4
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Details
Join a small, specialized team building ClickHouse's next frontier — secure, highly scalable database platforms for government and enterprise clients across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments. You will design, develop, deploy, and secure a ClickHouse Cloud database platform for regulated and mission-critical environments, including restricted or no-internet connectivity scenarios. The role requires close collaboration with Security, Dataplane, ClickHouse Core, and Infrastructure teams to ensure compliance with frameworks such as NIST, FedRAMP, Protected B, and IRAP while enabling elastic, high-performance ClickHouse Cloud capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop a highly available, scalable, and secure ClickHouse Cloud platform for regulated and mission-critical environments.
- Build deployment automation across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem systems, including disconnected/airgapped environments when needed.
- Work closely with Dataplane and Core teams to ensure software parity with existing cloud infrastructure.
- Solve scaling, reliability, and performance challenges in regulated environments.
- Design and deploy ClickHouse Cloud on Kubernetes and containerized environments ensuring high availability, replication, and backup.
- Develop and maintain Helm charts, operators, and Kubernetes manifests for database management.
- Implement repeatable automation to build, scale, and troubleshoot infrastructure components across diverse deployment models.
- Optimize ClickHouse Cloud database performance and storage architecture for on-prem, hybrid, and government cloud deployments.
- Integrate secure authentication, encryption, and access control mechanisms.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation for system architecture, security, and compliance audits.
- Troubleshoot and resolve database performance, security, and operational issues.
- Automate deployments and lifecycle management using Terraform, Ansible, or CI/CD pipelines.
Requirements
- Permanent Resident and/or U.S. Citizenship required (per U.S. federal contract requirements).
- 6+ years of relevant software development industry experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.
- Experience with ClickHouse or relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra) databases.
- Proficiency with Kubernetes tools (Helm, Kustomize, operators, Istio, service mesh).
- Experience with secure, regulated, or restricted network environments (including airgapped architectures) is a strong plus.
- Experience with containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift), ideally in regulated or enterprise environments.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or on-prem equivalents).
- Proficiency in programming/scripting languages (Go or Python) for automation and integration.
- Strong production debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills.
- Passion for efficiency, availability, scalability, and data governance; high ownership and accountability.
Compensation
The typical starting salary for this role in the US is $141,000 - $208,000 USD.
The typical starting salary for this role in US Premium Markets is $157,000 - $230,000 USD (applies in certain locations such as the San Francisco Bay Area and the New York City Metro Area).
Perks
- Flexible work environment; remote-friendly.
- Employer contributions towards healthcare.
- Equity (stock options) for new team members.
- Flexible time off in the US; generous entitlement in other countries.
- $500 home office setup for remote employees.
- Company-wide global gatherings/offsites.
Equal Opportunity & Privacy
ClickHouse provides equal employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination and harassment. See ClickHouse's applicant privacy notice for details.