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Senior Cloud Engineer - Product Metrics (EMEA Remote)

ClickHouse

Full-time
5-10 years experience
Remote OK

Key Skills

Golang
Kubernetes
ClickHouse
AWS
GCP
Azure
Helm
ArgoCD
Temporal
Terraform
Distributed systems
Kafka
Debugging
System design
Data processing
Cloud engineering

Job Description

About The Team The Product Metrics team owns the collection, storage, and serving of metrics collected from customers' ClickHouse instances. As a part of the team you will be responsible for designing, building, operating and maintaining components of the petabyte-scale platform that stores trillions of records and processes millions of new events every second, owning its reliability, performance and availability. Our stack is built using Golang, runs in Kubernetes, and is, of course, stored in ClickHouse. The team’s responsibilities include gathering and processing data for the internal billing and accounting system as well as customer-facing dashboards that provide our customers with immediate insights and analytics. The Product Metrics system is specifically designed to prioritize delivery guarantees, precision, and accuracy in handling extensive data volumes. Its primary goal is to provide data that is both prompt and accurate, supporting reliable operational decisions and enhancing the overall customer experience. What will you do? Take an active part in determining the roadmap for the Product Metrics team Work closely within the team to deliver new features, iterate and improve them Design, build, operate, and maintain business-critical petabyte-scale systems Be responsible for the performance, reliability, availability and cost-efficiency of the Product Metrics systems Mentor and support other team members, participate in design discussions and collaborate with the team Be a part of on-call rotation and take ownership of the services you're running What are we looking for in you? You demonstrate a strong initiative and a preference for action, high level of responsibility, ownership and accountability You prioritize customer needs, ensuring that our products are designed with the user in mind You are able to take on complex challenges and break them down to achieve short feedback loops: to analyze, design, and build modular solutions, deliver MVPs, gather data and feedback and then progress iteratively You have a strong problem solving mindset and have solid production debugging skills You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams in a fully remote environment 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 Requirements 5+ years of relevant software development industry experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems 2+ years of software application development experience using Golang Experience with at least one of the major Cloud Service Providers such as AWS, GCP or Azure Experience with storing, shipping, and retrieving large volumes of data efficiently using technologies such as ClickHouse Experience with technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, Temporal as well as infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform Bonus Points Experience with ClickHouse Experience writing Kubernetes operators or controllers Experience with Kafka streaming technology 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 ClickHouse provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type based on factors such as race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Please see here for our Privacy Statement.

Core Responsibilities

You will design, build, and maintain a petabyte-scale platform for collecting and serving metrics while ensuring high reliability and performance. Additionally, you will mentor team members and participate in on-call rotations to support business-critical systems.

Requirements

Candidates must have 5+ years of experience in software development for scalable, distributed systems and at least 2 years of experience with Golang. Proficiency in cloud platforms, Kubernetes, and data storage technologies like ClickHouse is required.

Benefits

  • Healthcare
  • Equity
  • Flexible time off
  • Home office setup
  • Global gatherings

About ClickHouse

Industry: Software Development

Company size: 501-1,000 employees

ClickHouse is a fast, open-source columnar database built for real-time data processing and analytics at scale. ClickHouse Cloud delivers the query speed and concurrency that applications demanding instant insight from large volumes of data require. As AI agents become more embedded in software, generating higher query volumes at tighter latency, ClickHouse provides a high-throughput, low-latency engine purpose-built for that workload.

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