Senior Software Engineer, ClickHouse
Postgres
+ Stock options
Open-source database for real-time apps and analytics
Be an early applicant
Open-source database for real-time apps and analytics
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Stock options
201-500 employees
Company mission
To allow users to generate analytical reports using SQL queries in real-time.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 6+ years in software engineering, ideally with experience building or operating database or cloud platform systems
- Postgres Expertise: Deep understanding of Postgres — configuration, extensions, operations, and performance tuning
- Technical Skills:
- Strong programming experience in Ruby, Go, or Python (or willingness to work across languages)
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, APIs, and automation tools (Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD)
- Understanding of distributed systems, data replication, and service orchestration patterns
- Mindset: Pragmatic, detail-oriented, and comfortable with both greenfield development and operational ownership
- Flexibility: Happy to contribute where needed — from backend APIs and platform automation to Postgres internals and debugging
- Collaboration: Strong communicator who works effectively across teams in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment
- Ownership: You operate with a founder’s mindset — take initiative, move quickly, and care deeply about outcomes
What the job involves
- ClickHouse is launching a strategic Postgres initiative to extend our developer-first cloud platform, so teams can easily integrate Postgres with ClickHouse and power end-to-end data workflows
- We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the team building this platform. You’ll work across a range of areas — from control plane services and automation to operational tooling and developer experience
- This is a flexible, full-stack systems role for an engineer who thrives in environments where boundaries are fluid, problems are complex, and impact is tangible
- Design and build backend services that orchestrate and manage database clusters in ClickHouse Cloud
- Extend our platform control plane — written in Ruby, Go, and TypeScript — to support new Postgres capabilities
- Contribute to automation and tooling that simplify cluster provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management
- Collaborate with infrastructure, SRE, and product teams to ensure operational excellence, performance, and reliability
- Develop APIs and integrations that expose new Postgres functionality to customers and internal systems
- Improve observability, deployment safety, and debugging workflows for database services
- Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and on-call rotations, contributing to the overall reliability and velocity of the team
- Operate with autonomy — identifying opportunities, driving execution, and delivering meaningful impact
Our take
Database management systems have long been important to the operations of businesses. However, these systems can be painfully slow. ClickHouse solves this problem with its ultra-fast database management system, that powers real-time analytics and apps.
ClickHouse's founding team hail from companies including Yahoo!, Netflix, Salesforce and Google. This has not only lent the company an impressive amount of credibility, but has also allowed it to identify the needs and challenges of enterprises when it comes to their databases. Its system works between 100 and 1,000 times faster than traditional options, and has led to the company being trusted by the likes of eBay, Uber and Spotify.
It has seen substantial funding too, the most recent of which is cited to help advance its platform across multiple use cases. Alongside this funding, it recently announced the acquisition of LibreChat, an open-source AI chat platform, allowing ClickHouse to launch its Agentic Data Stack. This move positions the company at the forefront of agentic analytics, allowing organizations to interact with massive datasets through AI agents, and demonstrates ClickHouses's commitment to shaping the future of real-time,. intelligent data analysis.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2025
$350m
SERIES C
Nov 2021
$250m
SERIES B
Total funding: $650m
Company 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
Company HQ
Old Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Aaron Katz
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to ClickHouse, Aaron spent 6 years at Elastic as CRO and Strategic Advisor. He also spent 12 years at salesforce, joining as a Regional VP of Sales before working through various roles to become the Senior VP of Enterprise Sales.
Yury Izrailevsky
(Co-Founder & President)Previously, Yury spent 3 years at Google as a VP of Engineering, 8 years at Netflix as a Director of Cloud and Systems Infrastructure and VP of CLoud Computing and Platform Engineering, and 8 years at Yahoo! as a Manager of Yahoo Data Warehouse and Director of Engineering.
Alexey Milovidov
(Co-Founder & CTO)Prior to becoming CTO in 2021, Alexey was the Head of CLickHouse and Yandex for over 13 years.
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