Senior Cloud Engineer - Product Metrics

at ClickHouse
📍 United States
USD 115,000-200,000 per year
SENIOR
✅ Remote

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences ?

Software Development @ 6 Go @ 3 Kubernetes @ 4 Terraform @ 4 Python @ 3 GCP @ 4 ArgoCD @ 4 Distributed Systems @ 6 AWS @ 4 Azure @ 4 Communication @ 4 Helm @ 4 Rust @ 3 Debugging @ 7 OLAP @ 4

Details

ClickHouse is an open-source column-oriented database system focusing on fast OLAP queries and real-time analytical reports. The Product Metrics team owns the collection, storage, and serving of metrics collected from customers' ClickHouse instances. The team builds and operates petabyte-scale systems that store trillions of records and process millions of new events every second. The stack is built using Golang, runs in Kubernetes, and stores data in ClickHouse. Responsibilities include gathering and processing data for billing and customer-facing dashboards, with emphasis on delivery guarantees, precision, and accuracy.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in determining the roadmap for the Product Metrics team
  • Work closely within the team to deliver new features, iterate, and improve them
  • Design, build, operate, and maintain business-critical petabyte-scale systems
  • Own the performance, reliability, availability, and cost-efficiency of Product Metrics systems
  • Mentor and support other team members, participate in design discussions and collaborate across teams
  • Participate in on-call rotation and take ownership of the services you run

Requirements

  • 5+ years of relevant software development industry experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems
  • Solid experience with at least one programming language. The team uses Go; familiarity with Python, C, C++, Rust or similar is acceptable
  • Experience with at least one major Cloud Service Provider such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Experience with storing, shipping, and retrieving large volumes of data efficiently using technologies such as ClickHouse
  • Experience with technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, Temporal
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
  • Strong initiative, ownership, accountability, and customer focus
  • Strong problem solving mindset and solid production debugging skills
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work well in a fully remote environment
  • Ability to break down complex challenges and iterate quickly with short feedback loops

Bonus Points

  • Experience with ClickHouse
  • Experience writing Kubernetes operators or controllers

Compensation

  • Typical starting salary for roles in the United States: $115,000 - $185,000 USD
  • Typical starting salary for roles in US Premium Markets (e.g., Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, New York City Metro): $125,000 - $200,000 USD

Perks / Benefits

  • Flexible work environment; ClickHouse is globally distributed and remote-friendly
  • Employer contributions towards healthcare
  • Stock options for new employees
  • Flexible time off in the US and generous entitlement in other countries
  • $500 home office setup for remote employees
  • Global gatherings and company-wide offsites

Culture & Equal Opportunity

  • As part of the first 500 employees, you will help shape company culture
  • ClickHouse provides equal employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination
  • Privacy Statement and pay transparency contact provided in the original posting