[Hiring] Software Engineer - Database Integrations @ClickHouse

Role Description

As a member of the ClickPipes - Database Integrations team, you will be solving complex database-related challenges and distributed systems problems, such as:

• Understanding database internals to optimize snapshotting strategy
• Handling schema evolution during live replication
• Managing data type compatibility across systems
• Maintaining low end-to-end latency under unpredictable loads
• Leveraging durable execution frameworks to ensure data consistency over unreliable networks

We work in the open — our database integrations are built on PeerDB, an open-source CDC platform we actively maintain and contribute to.

What You’ll Do:

• Build data-intensive systems
• Design and develop high-throughput integrations with databases (Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB), data lakes (Iceberg, Delta Lake), and data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake)
• Handle edge cases in real-world production scenarios: unconventional database setups, internals of data types, database upgrades/failovers, large transactions, etc.
• Design integration solutions to enable users to fully harness ClickHouse's performance and throughput
• Own end-to-end reliability
• Debug complex issues in production leveraging runtime diagnostics (e.g. pprof, parca) and observability tools (e.g. metrics, logging, tracing)
• Build and improve infrastructure and tools to increase system reliability, reduce incident response time, and simplify/automate operations
• Write clear documentation, both publicly and internally
• Participate in on-call rotation
• Drive product innovation
• Work directly with customers to understand integration requirements and discover gaps in existing product
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams to ensure operational efficiency
• Lead technical discussions and influence product roadmaps

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience building data-intensive software solutions
• Proficient in Go, or experienced in systems programming with willingness to ramp up quickly in Go
• Cloud-native experience deploying and operating services on at least one major cloud platform (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Practical experience with Kubernetes
• Strong problem solver and solid production debugging skills
• Clear communication in writing (design docs, code review) and verbally (technical discussions, customer calls, incident response)

Requirements

• Experience with database replication technologies (CDC, logical replication)
• Experience with durable execution frameworks (Temporal)
• Experience with data formats and protocols (Avro, Parquet, Protobuf)
• Experience with modern data processing frameworks (e.g. Kafka, Spark, Flink)
• Experience with maintaining/contributing to open-source software

Benefits

• Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly
• 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 $500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee
• Global Gatherings - Opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites
• Culture - You will be instrumental in shaping our culture