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Senior Software Engineer - Postgres

ClickHouse
Backend Developer • Senior • On-site • Full-time • 📍 United Kingdom
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ClickHouse is launching a strategic Postgres initiative to extend its developer-first cloud platform, so teams can easily integrate Postgres with ClickHouse and power end-to-end data workflows. As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you will work across control plane services, automation, operational tooling and developer experience. This is a flexible, full-stack systems role for an engineer who thrives where boundaries are fluid, problems are complex, and impact is tangible. The position is remote.

Stack

C#KubernetesPostgreSQLPythonRubyRustTerraformTypeScript

Responsibilities

  • ▹Design and build backend services that orchestrate and manage database clusters in ClickHouse Cloud
  • ▹Extend the 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
  • ▹Contribute to automation and tooling that simplify cluster provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management
  • ▹Collaborate with infrastructure, SRE, and product teams to ensure operational excellence, performance, and reliability
  • ▹Develop APIs and integrations that expose new Postgres functionality to customers and internal systems
  • ▹Improve observability, deployment safety, and debugging workflows for database services
  • ▹Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and on-call rotations

Requirements

  • ▹6+ years in software engineering, ideally with experience building or operating database or cloud platform systems
  • ▹Deep understanding of Postgres: configuration, extensions, operations, and performance tuning
  • ▹Strong programming experience in one or several of Ruby, Go, Rust, C or Python, with willingness to work across languages
  • ▹Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, APIs, and automation tools (Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD)
  • ▹Understanding of distributed systems, data replication, and service orchestration patterns

Soft skills

Pragmatic and detail-oriented, comfortable with both greenfield development and operational ownershipFlexible, happy to contribute where needed — from backend APIs and platform automation to Postgres internals and debuggingStrong communicator, effective across teams in a fast-paced, cross-functional environmentFounder's mindset: takes initiative, moves quickly, and cares deeply about outcomes

What we offer

  • ▹Flexible, remote-friendly work environment across more than 20 countries
  • ▹Employer contributions towards healthcare
  • ▹Stock options for every new team member
  • ▹Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries
  • ▹$500 home office setup budget for remote employees
  • ▹Global gatherings and company-wide offsites

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 growing over 250 percent year over year, and recently closed a $400M Series D round. Customers include Capital One, Meta, Cursor, Sony, and Tesla.