Cloud Software Engineer - Observability Platform

About this role

Build and operate distributed observability systems that process telemetry at very high scale. The role spans cloud infrastructure, software engineering, and production operations, including incident response and improving reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.

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

• Design, build, and operate high-scale telemetry ingestion, processing, and storage systems.
• Own the reliability, performance, capacity, and cost efficiency of telemetry pipelines and storage.
• Participate in on-call rotations, resolve incidents, and implement root-cause fixes.
• Automate repetitive operational work and improve platform operability.
• Identify architectural bottlenecks and contribute to the platform roadmap.

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

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