Senior Backend Engineer - ClickStack

About ClickHouse Recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list, ClickHouse is one of the most innovative and fast‑growing private cloud companies. With more than 3,000 customers and ARR that has grown over 250 percent year over year, ClickHouse leads the market in real‑time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads. We’re on a mission to transform how companies use data. Join us in revolutionizing observability for developers with HyperDX, an open‑source platform that transforms telemetry data into actionable insights.

Job Responsibilities

• Shape the product: Own and build key backend services and infrastructure that power our observability platform, ensuring reliable, high‑throughput data pipelines and APIs that developers depend on every day.
• Engage with the community: Collaborate with open‑source contributors and customers, solve their challenges, and incorporate their feedback into our backend architecture and API design.
• Tackle technical challenges: Design and implement scalable backend systems capable of ingesting, processing, and querying petabytes of observability data, building the foundational services that empower engineers to crack production issues.

Who You Are

• A backend engineer who excels at building reliable, performant services in TypeScript and Node.js.
• A creative problem‑solver who thrives in a fast‑paced environment.
• Driven to ship features that make a tangible impact for customers.
• Eager to learn and push boundaries, embracing new technologies and approaches.
• Love what you do and are passionate about software.
• Move fast and learn from mistakes.
• Love the freedom to create with minimal interruptions.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on backend development, with a preference for building developer tools or infrastructure.
• Strong TypeScript and Node.js skills (experience with Express, Fastify, or similar frameworks).
• Solid understanding of API design, distributed systems, and data modeling.
• Experience with Go is a plus; you’ll occasionally contribute to Go‑based services.
• Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• A passion for open source and the developer community.
• Experience creating developer tooling and an eye for how to design for developers.

Bonus Points

• Experience with ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, or other analytical/OLTP databases.
• Strong opinions on observability tools and a vision for making them 10x better.
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, logging pipelines, or metrics infrastructure.
• Experience with SDKs or client library design.
• Exposure to message queues, streaming systems (Kafka, NATS), or event‑driven architectures.

Compensation

For roles based in the United States, the typical starting salary range for this position is listed above. In certain locations, such as the San Francisco Bay Area and the New York City Metro Area, a premium market range may apply. These salary ranges reflect what we reasonably and in good faith believe to be the minimum and maximum pay for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation may be higher or lower than the amounts listed, and the ranges may be subject to future adjustments. An individual’s placement within the range will depend on various factors, including (but not limited to) education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, location, performance, and the needs of the business or organization. If you have any questions or comments about compensation as a candidate, please get in touch with us at paytransparency@clickhouse.com.

Perks

• 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.

Culture – We All Shape It

As part of our first 500 employees, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.

Equal Opportunity & Privacy

ClickHouse provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type based on factors such as race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.