Database Reliability Engineer - Core Team
ClickHouse6 months ago
Remote, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Continuously improve the reliability and performance of ClickHouse Core
- Create and improve metrics and alerts to identify and prevent production problems
- Investigate common customer problems, identify root causes, submit bug fixes and issue reports, and suggest improvements
- Improve incident response and postmortem processes for ClickHouse Core outages
- Plan, enable, and drive chaos initiatives across engineering teams
- Manage on-call processes and establish escalation best practices to minimize customer impact
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- At least five years of experience in Reliability Engineering, QA, or customer-facing engineering
- Production experience operating ClickHouse or other SQL databases
- Strong understanding of distributed database internals and SQL; ClickHouse experience is a major plus
- Scripting experience with Shell or Python and ability to read and understand C++ code
- Knowledge of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Strong production debugging and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with global, cross-functional teams
Benefits
- Remote-friendly work environment with the position based remotely in the United Kingdom, Germany, or the Netherlands
- Employer healthcare contributions
- Company stock options
- Flexible time off in the US and generous entitlement in other countries
- $500 home office setup for remote employees
- Opportunities to attend company-wide global gatherings
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.