ClickHouse · 3 months ago
Database Reliability Engineer - Core Team
Germany, PA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
5+ years expClickHouse is an industry leader in open-source column-oriented database systems, aiming to provide the fastest OLAP database globally. The Database Reliability Engineer will be responsible for enhancing the reliability, availability, scalability, and performance of ClickHouse, collaborating with various teams and managing engineering escalations and incident responses.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataDatabaseSoftware
Responsibilities
Continuously improve the reliability and performance of ClickHouse core
Improve and create metrics and alerts for ClickHouse to be able to identify and prevent problems in production before they affect customers
Dig deeper into the most common problems encountered by customers in Clickhouse Core to identify the root cause of problems and submit bug fixes, issue reports and suggest improvements
Enhance and refine incident response processes and post-mortem analysis for ClickHouse core related outages including working with support and Cloud teams to communicate to the impacted customers
Plan, enable, and drive Chaos initiatives across Engineering teams, based upon internal priorities
Manage on-call processes to respond to performance and reliability issues, and establish best practices for coordinating escalation to resolve issues and minimize customer impact
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
At least 5 years of experience in Reliability Engineering, QA or customer facing engineering
Previous experience operating ClickHouse or other SQL databases in production
Excellent understanding of distributed database internals and SQL, particularly ClickHouse is a major plus
Scripting experience with Shell or Python, and ability to read and understand C++ code
Knowledge of cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
You are a strong problem-solver and have solid production debugging skills
You thrive in a fast-paced environment as part of a global team, and you see yourself as a partner with the business with the shared goal of moving the business forward
You have a high level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability
Excellent communication skills
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
ClickHouse
ClickHouse provides an open-source database system for real-time analytical reporting.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
ClickHouse has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (10)
2024 (1)
2023 (2)
2022 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$750MKey Investors
Khosla VenturesThrive Capital
2025-10-07Series C
2025-05-29Series C· $350M
2025-05-29Debt Financing· $100M
Leadership Team
Yury Izrailevsky
co-founder, president product & technology
Kevin Egan
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Recent News
2025-11-20
Lightspeed Venture Partners
2025-11-19
Company data provided by crunchbase