Senior Software Engineer - Postgres
ClickHouse5 months ago
Base Salary
$140k - $208k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build backend services that orchestrate and manage database clusters in ClickHouse Cloud.
- Extend the Ruby, Go, and TypeScript platform control plane to support new Postgres capabilities.
- Contribute to PostgreSQL extensions and C, C++, or Rust data plane agents.
- Build automation and tooling for cluster provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management.
- Develop APIs and integrations exposing Postgres functionality to customers and internal systems.
- Improve observability, deployment safety, and debugging workflows for database services.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, SRE, and product teams on operational excellence, performance, and reliability.
- Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and on-call rotations.
- Identify opportunities, drive execution, and deliver meaningful impact with autonomy.
Requirements
- 6+ years of software engineering experience, ideally building or operating database or cloud platform systems.
- Deep understanding of PostgreSQL configuration, extensions, operations, and performance tuning.
- Strong programming experience in one or more of Ruby, Go, Rust, C, or Python, with willingness to work across languages.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, APIs, Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
- Understanding of distributed systems, data replication, and service orchestration patterns.
- Pragmatic, detail-oriented, and comfortable with greenfield development and operational ownership.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to take initiative, move quickly, and own outcomes.
Benefits
- Flexible, remote-friendly work environment at a globally distributed company operating in over 20 countries.
- Employer healthcare contributions.
- Company stock options for every new team member.
- Flexible time off in the US and generous leave entitlement in other countries.
- $500 home office setup benefit for remote employees.
- Opportunities to participate in company-wide global gatherings and offsites.
Tech Stack
About ClickHouse
ClickHouse builds an open-source, columnar OLAP database and a managed cloud service for teams that need real-time analytics at scale. The company monetizes through ClickHouse Cloud and commercial support for enterprises running analytics, observability, and AI workloads. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Palo Alto, it is privately held and serves as the primary commercial steward of the ClickHouse project.