ClickHouse

Senior Backend Engineer - ClickStack

United States (remote) · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$130k-$208kDetected 42 days ago

TypeScriptGoNode.jsExpressDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentPostgreSQLDockerKubernetesGrafanaDatadogAPI DevelopmentKafkaData Engineering

About the role

About ClickHouse Recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list, ClickHouse is one of the most innovative and fast-growing private cloud companies.

Shape the product: Own and build key backend services and infrastructure that power our observability platform, ensuring reliable, high-throughput data pipelines and APIs that developers depend on every day.
Tackle technical challenges: Design and implement scalable backend systems capable of ingesting, processing, and querying petabytes of observability data.
You'll build the foundational services that empower engineers to crack production issues like never before.
A backend engineer who excels at building reliable, performant services in TypeScript and Node.js.
Love the freedom to create with minimal interruptions.
Own and build key backend services and infrastructure that power our observability platform, ensuring reliable, high-throughput data pipelines and APIs that developers depend on every day.
Design and implement scalable backend systems capable of ingesting, processing, and querying petabytes of observability data.

5+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on backend development, with a preference for building developer tools or infrastructure.
Strong TypeScript and Node.js skills (experience with Express, Fastify, or similar frameworks).
Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
Solid understanding of API design, distributed systems, and data modeling.
A passion for open source and the developer community.
Experience creating developer tooling and an eye for how to design for developers.
Bonus Points:
Strong opinions on observability tools and a vision for making them 10x better.
The typical starting salary for this role in the US is

Experience with ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, or other analytical/OLTP databases.
Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, logging pipelines, or metrics infrastructure.
Experience with SDKs or client library design.
Exposure to message queues, streaming systems (Kafka, NATS), or event-driven architectures.
Experience with Go is a plus - you'll occasionally contribute to Go-based services.

About ClickHouse
Recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list, ClickHouse is one of the most innovative and fast-growing private cloud companies.
The company's sustained, accelerating momentum was recently validated by a $400M Series D financing round.
Join us in revolutionizing Observability for Developers!
An open-source platform that transforms telemetry data into actionable insights.
Imagine a world where logs, metrics, traces, and session replays come together seamlessly to pinpoint root causes faster than ever before.

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.
Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly.
A $500 Home office setup if you're a remote employee.

Engage with the community: Collaborate with open-source contributors and customers, solve their challenges, and incorporate their feedback into our backend architecture and API design.
Driven to ship features that make a tangible impact for customers.
Collaborate with open-source contributors and customers, solve their challenges, and incorporate their feedback into our backend architecture and API design.
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.

This listing is sourced directly from ClickHouse's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.