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Senior Backend Engineer - ClickPipes Platform

ClickHouse is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer - ClickPipes Platform for a remote role open to applicants in Canada. It pays $147k-$238k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on ClickHouse.

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  • Level rates this software engineer role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
  • The posting lists this role as remote.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include Go, Kafka and Kinesis.
  • Level lists 202 other open roles at ClickHouse.
  • The role was posted within the past two weeks.

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Build high-throughput data ingestion pipelines and distributed systems for ClickHouse Cloud as a senior backend engineer.

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About the Team

The ClickPipes team builds the services that power data ingestion into ClickHouse Cloud. As a primary entry point for customers’ data, ClickPipes is critical to product adoption and the company’s growth. We work at petabyte scale, solving challenges in distributed systems, fault tolerance, and high-throughput ingestion. You’ll help make these pipelines performant, reliable, and easy to operate, with ownership of technical decisions and the platform as a whole.

You can find some of the team’s recent work highlighted in our blog:

We’re looking for backend engineers with experience in data-intensive systems who enjoy working across technologies. You’ll collaborate with engineering and product partners and drive projects from design through production.

What will you do?

  • Build and evolve integrations with streaming platforms and object storage, including Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub, S3, GCS, and Azure Blob Storage.

  • Continuously improve our systems based on operational metrics, customer feedback, and evolving business requirements.

  • Drive technical discussions and contribute to architectural decisions that impact our platform's scalability and resilience.

  • Participate in on-call rotations to ensure system reliability and respond to production incidents.

About you:

  • 5+ years of software development experience building and operating distributed systems.

  • Strong knowledge of Go and its ecosystem.

  • Experience designing systems for scalability and fault tolerance, with an understanding of concurrency, consistency, and failure recovery.

  • Understanding of cloud-native architecture and practical experience with at least one major cloud provider.

  • Experience diagnosing and resolving production issues in distributed systems.

  • Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly and collaborate across engineering and product teams.

  • Experience with data ingestion pipelines, streaming platforms, or object storage is a plus.

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.

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Senior Backend Engineer - ClickPipes Platform at ClickHouse rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

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Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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