Cloud Software Engineer - Observability Platform

About this role

Build and operate distributed systems that power ClickHouse’s observability platform and ClickStack Cloud. The role combines backend software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and production operations, with a focus on reliable, cost-efficient telemetry systems at very high scale.

About the company

ClickHouse is a high-performance columnar database built for real-time analytics on large volumes of data.

The team

Observability Platform and Internal Observability teams.

Stack

What you'll do

• Build and operate high-scale telemetry ingestion, processing, and storage systems
• Own reliability, performance, capacity, and cost efficiency
• Participate in on-call and resolve incidents through root-cause fixes
• Automate recurring operational work
• Identify architectural bottlenecks and contribute to platform roadmaps
• Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and service teams

What we're looking for

• 5+ years building and operating production systems at scale
• Strong proficiency in Go
• Experience building and operating services on Kubernetes
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and GitOps tools such as Terraform, Helm, and Argo CD
• Production experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Hands-on experience with telemetry systems such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, or Grafana

Nice to have

• Experience with ClickHouse
• Experience with high-throughput ingestion, streaming, queueing, or storage systems
• Experience building multi-tenant cloud services
• Experience optimizing infrastructure for performance and cost
• Experience with TypeScript

Benefits

• Employer healthcare contributions
• Company stock options
• Flexible time off in the United States
• $500 home-office setup allowance for remote employees
• Company-wide gatherings