Cloud Software Engineer

Summary

Join ClickHouse's Observability team as an experienced engineer to design, build, and operate distributed systems powering observability across ClickHouse Cloud. You will own the reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency of the telemetry pipeline and storage systems, participate in on-call rotations, and build automation to improve efficiency. The ideal candidate possesses strong problem-solving skills, a bias for action, and excellent communication. Experience with production systems at scale, systems-level languages (Go preferred), Kubernetes, and cloud providers is required. This role offers a flexible work environment, healthcare contributions, equity, flexible time off, a home office setup allowance, and global gatherings.

Requirements

• Strong bias for action and ownership — you ship, fix, and improve systems proactively
• Great production debugging skills and a problem-solving mindset
• Strong communication skills; comfortable working in a remote, async-friendly team
• Experience balancing system performance, reliability, and cost
• Ability to iterate quickly: build MVPs, collect feedback, and improve continuously
• 5+ years building and running production systems at scale
• Proficiency in at least one systems-level language (we use Go, but C++, Rust, Python, etc. are fine)
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, and Terraform or similar IaC tools
• Comfortable working with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar tools
• Experience with ClickHouse

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate distributed systems that power observability across ClickHouse Cloud
• Own reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency of our telemetry pipeline and storage systems
• Take part in the on-call rotation and help drive root-cause resolution and long-term fixes
• Build tooling and automation to eliminate repetitive operational work
• Help shape the roadmap for observability by identifying bottlenecks and scaling challenges
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to improve their observability posture
• Contribute to design discussions, architecture reviews, and mentor teammates

Benefits

• 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 who joins our company 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 – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites