Senior Software Development Engineer (Flexible/Remote working)

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. The company’s sustained, accelerating momentum was recently validated by a $400M Series D financing round. Over the past three months, customers including Capital One, Lovable, Decagon, Polymarket, and Airwallex have adopted the platform or expanded existing deployments. These customers join an established base of AI innovators and global brands such as Meta, Cursor, Sony, and Tesla.

We’re on a mission to transform how companies use data. 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. 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 PostgreSQL extensions and data plane agents, written in C, C++ or Rust.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, SRE, and product teams to ensure operational excellence, performance, and reliability.
• Improve observability, deployment safety, and debugging workflows for database services.

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.
• Strong programming experience in one or several of Ruby, Go, Rust, C or Python (and willingness to work across languages).
• Understanding of distributed systems, data replication, and service orchestration patterns.
• Work with cutting-edge database and infrastructure technologies at scale.
• Shape foundational systems for reliability, automation, and developer experience in managed database.

Compensation: 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.

Flexible work environment: ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly.

Time off: Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.

A $500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee.

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.