ClickHouse

ClickHouse

Senior Backend Engineer - ClickStack

Canada (remote) · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 135 days ago
TypeScriptGoNode.jsExpressDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentPostgreSQLDockerKubernetesGrafanaDatadogAPI DevelopmentKafkaData Engineering

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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.

Responsibilities

  • 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.

Requirements

  • 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).
  • Experience with ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, or other analytical/OLTP databases.
  • Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, logging pipelines, or metrics infrastructure.
  • Experience with SDKs or client library design.
  • 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.
  • Exposure to message queues, streaming systems (Kafka, NATS), or event-driven architectures.

Nice to have

  • Experience with Go is a plus - you'll occasionally contribute to Go-based services.

Skills

  • 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.

Compensation

  • For roles based in the United States, t he typical starting salary range for this position is listed above. In certain locations, such as the San Francisco Bay Area and the New York City Metro Area, a premium market range may apply, as listed.
  • These salary ranges reflect what we reasonably and in good faith believe to be the minimum and maximum pay for this role at the time of posting.
  • The actual compensation may be higher or lower than the amounts listed, and the ranges may be subject to future adjustments.
  • If you have any questions or comments about compensation as a candidate, please get in touch with us at paytransparency@clickhouse.com.

Benefits

  • 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.

Company info

  • Over the past three months, customers including Capital One, Lovable, Decagon, Polymarket, and Airwallex have adopted the platform or expanded existing deployments.
  • These customers join an established base of AI innovators and global brands such as Meta, Cursor, Sony, and Tesla.
  • Culture - We All Shape It As part of a rapidly scaling start up, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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