Senior Cloud Software Engineer

Summary

Join ClickHouse, a company behind a high-performance columnar OLAP database, as we expand our cloud solutions. We are seeking exceptional engineers to design, develop, and secure the ClickHouse Cloud database platform for air-gapped environments. This role involves architecting secure, scalable solutions for classified systems, working closely with various teams to ensure compliance with security frameworks. You will design and deploy ClickHouse Cloud on Kubernetes, develop automation for infrastructure components, optimize database performance, and integrate security mechanisms. This position requires significant experience in software development, database management, and cloud platforms. We offer competitive compensation, stock options, flexible work, and various other benefits.

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, serviceMesh)
• Strong understanding of airgapped architectures, data isolation
• Experience with containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift) in government environments
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or on-prem equivalents)
• Proficiency in programming/scripting languages (Python or Go) for automation and integration
• U.S. Citizenship required (per U.S. federal contract requirements)
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams
• Strong problem solver and solid production debugging skills
• Passionate about efficiency, availability, scalability and data governance
• Thrive in a fast paced environment, and see yourself as a partner with the business with the shared goal of moving the business forward
• High level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability

Responsibilities

• Design and develop a highly available, scalable, and secure ClickHouse Cloud tailored for air-gapped systems
• Work closely with existing Dataplane and Core teams to ensure software parity with existing cloud infrastructure
• 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 various infrastructure components which form a part of air-gapped for disconnected operations
• Optimize ClickHouse Cloud database performance and storage architecture for on-premise, 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Motivated by doing great work as part of a team :)
• Open to learning from others and sharing with others
• Team Players: helpful, resourceful, responsive
• Respectful and see feedback as an opportunity to grow

Benefits

• Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a distributed company offering remote-first work to all employees
• 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 all countries
• A $500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee
• Employee-driven international mobility - we enable you to relocate internationally if you wish (within certain countries and timelines and subject to role requirements, time zones and work permit considerations)