ClickHouse · 9 hours ago
Senior Cloud Engineer
ClickHouse is a fast-growing private cloud company recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list. They are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design and develop a scalable and secure ClickHouse Cloud platform for regulated environments, working closely with various teams to ensure compliance and optimize performance.
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Responsibilities
Design and develop a highly available, scalable, and secure ClickHouse Cloud platform for regulated and mission-critical environments
Build innovative deployment automation across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem systems, including disconnected environments when needed
Work closely with existing Dataplane and Core teams to ensure software parity with existing cloud infrastructure
Solve unique scaling, reliability, and performance challenges in regulated environments
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 infrastructure components across diverse deployment models
Optimize ClickHouse Cloud database performance and storage architecture for on-prem, 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
Qualification
Required
Permanent Resident and/or U.S. Citizenship required (per U.S. federal contract 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, service mesh)
Experience with secure, regulated, or restricted network environments (including airgapped architectures) is a strong plus
Experience with containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift), ideally in regulated or enterprise environments
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or on-prem equivalents)
Proficiency in programming/scripting languages (Go or Python) for automation and integration
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
Thrives in a fast-paced environment and sees themselves as a partner with the business with the shared goal of moving the business forward
High level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability
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.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.15BKey Investors
Dragoneer Investment GroupKhosla VenturesThrive Capital
2026-01-16Series D· $400M
2025-10-07Series C
2025-05-29Series C· $350M
Leadership Team
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