Posted 24 days ago
Senior Backend Engineer - ClickPipes Platform
@ ClickHouse
Canada
Overview
ClickHouse is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer for its ClickPipes platform, which powers data ingestion into ClickHouse Cloud. The role involves building and operating distributed, high-throughput ingestion systems and driving projects from design to production. The posting describes a full-time, remote-friendly role with equity, healthcare contributions and flexible time off.
Responsibilities:
- Build and evolve streaming and object storage integrations
- Improve systems using operational metrics and customer feedback
- Drive technical discussions and architecture decisions
- Participate in on-call rotations and production incident response
Requirements summary:
- 5+ years building and operating distributed systems
- Strong knowledge of Go and its ecosystem
- Experience with scalable, fault-tolerant system design
- Cloud-native architecture experience with a major cloud provider
- Experience with data ingestion or streaming platforms is a plus
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-13
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-13
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-13
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Home, Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Flexible hours, Home office allowance |
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ClickHouse
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ClickHouse is an open-source, column-oriented OLAP database management system.
Full company description
ClickHouse is an open-source, column-oriented OLAP database management system that allows users to generate analytical reports using SQL queries in real-time. Its technology works 100-1000x faster than traditional database management systems, and processes hundreds of millions to over a billion rows and tens of gigabytes of data per server per second. With a widespread user base around the globe, the technology has received praise for its reliability, ease of use, and fault tolerance. Learn more at clickhouse.com. Bay Area, USA | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- LinkedIn followers
- 137,712
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 564
- Reported office locations
- Palo Alto, California, US
- Amsterdam, NL
- Business categories
- Software
- Database
- Analytics
- Big Data
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Other recorded names
- ClickHouse
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- Reported total investment
- 1,150,000,000
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ClickHouse is an open-source, column-oriented OLAP database management system that allows users to generate analytical reports using SQL queries in real-time. Its technology works 100-1000x faster than traditional database management systems, and processes hundreds of millions to over a billion rows and tens of gigabytes of data per server per second. With a widespread user base around the globe, the technology has…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 501-1,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2021 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 12 |
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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:
GCP Pub/Sub connector for ClickPipes is now in Private Preview
Terraform & OpenAPI for ClickPipes is now Generally Available
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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