Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure - (US Remote)
At a glance
Senior Software Engineering role at ClickHouse. AMER · full-time · $150,000–$230,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Design and operate a distributed cloud foundation that stays available as it scales
- Build a cloud-native platform and automate how cloud resources are provisioned and managed
- Coordinate with database and security engineers to deliver the hosted service
- Improve routing and traffic systems, availability, infrastructure performance, and operating costs
- Create security systems and tools for firewalls, certificates, and zero-trust networking
What you bring
- At least five years building and running scalable, fault-tolerant distributed software systems
- Software development experience in Go, C/C++, Java, or another object-oriented language
- Hands-on cloud and infrastructure-as-code experience, such as AWS and Terraform
- Experience building cloud infrastructure services, with Kubernetes preferred
- A record of delivering large technical projects with other experienced engineers
Who this fits
This senior role suits an engineer with strong production debugging, networking, and cloud security skills who can take ownership of complex infrastructure work. The position is US remote and involves collaboration with a global team.
From the employer
About the Team
The Cloud Infrastructure Engineering team builds and manages the foundational blocks of ClickHouse Cloud data plane end-to-end. This includes compute, networking, security, and a multi-cloud, multi-region architecture that provides a reliable and scalable managed ClickHouse experience for ClickHouse Cloud customers. Our team is looking for highly skilled and experienced cloud infrastructure software engineers to join our team, who will be responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining our infrastructure.
What will you do?
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 our cloud resource management.
Work closely with our ClickHouse core database development team, and security team and partner with them to produce the SaaS offering.
Work on routing and traffic components to improve the reliability and scalability of our cloud service.
Systematically improve availability by applying industry and distributed systems best practices.
Design and build security components & tooling: firewall, PKI and certificate infra, zero trust network, etc.
Improve performance and cost efficiency of our infrastructure.
About you:
5+ years of relevant software development industry 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 infrastructure-as-code (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 in collaboration 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.
You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a global team.
You are a strong problem-solver and have solid production debugging skills.
You are passionate about efficiency, availability, scalability and data governance.
You thrive in a fast-paced environment, and see yourself as a partner with the business with the shared goal of moving the business forward.
You have a high level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability
Perks
Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in over 25 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 USD$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 a rapidly scaling start-up, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.
Are you interested in finding out more about our culture? Learn more about our values here. Check out our blog posts or follow us on LinkedIn to find out more about what’s happening at ClickHouse.
Equal Opportunity & Privacy
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