
Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure
The Cloud Infrastructure Engineering team builds and manages the foundational blocks of the ClickHouse Cloud data plane end-to-end, including compute, networking, security, and a multi-cloud, multi-region architecture. The team seeks a highly skilled, experienced cloud infrastructure software engineer to design, deploy, and maintain this infrastructure, providing a reliable and scalable managed ClickHouse experience for customers.
Responsibilities
- ▹Architect and build a robust, scalable, and highly available distributed infrastructure
- ▹Build a cutting-edge cloud-native platform on top of the public cloud and automate cloud resource management
- ▹Work closely with the core database and security teams to produce the SaaS offering
- ▹Work on routing and traffic components to improve the reliability and scalability of the cloud service
- ▹Systematically improve availability by applying industry and distributed systems best practices
- ▹Design and build security components and tooling: firewall, PKI and certificate infrastructure, zero trust network
- ▹Improve the performance and cost efficiency of the infrastructure
Requirements
- ▹5+ years of relevant experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems
- ▹Software development experience in Go, C/C++, Java, or another OOP language
- ▹Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- ▹Experience developing cloud infrastructure services, preferably with Kubernetes
- ▹Experience developing cloud-native edge or service mesh services, preferably with Envoy and Istio
- ▹Experience leading and shipping large-scope technical projects with multiple experienced engineers
- ▹Understanding of network topologies, protocols, and security principles such as VPNs, firewalls, and load balancers
- ▹Knowledge of cloud security best practices, including encryption, access controls, and compliance standards like SOC2 and GDPR
Soft skills
What we offer
- ▹Flexible, remote-friendly work environment (the company operates in over 20 countries)
- ▹Employer contributions towards healthcare
- ▹Equity in the company: stock options for every new team member
- ▹Flexible time off in the US and generous entitlement in other countries
- ▹$500 home office setup allowance for remote employees
- ▹Company-wide offsites and in-person global gatherings
About the company
ClickHouse, recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list, is one of the most innovative and fast-growing private cloud companies, leading the market in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads. It has more than 3,000 customers, ARR growth of over 250 percent year over year, and recently closed a $400M Series D financing round. It is a globally distributed, remote-friendly company operating in over 20 countries.