Engineering Manager - Language clients

ClickHouse

6h • Remote

About The Position

ClickHouse is the fastest growing database in the OLAP space, and language clients are how the world talks to it. From Go and Python to Rust and Java, our client libraries are the first touch point for every developer who builds on ClickHouse, and the gateway to a rapidly expanding ecosystem of integrations, SDKs, and partner tooling.
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Language Clients team - a group of motivated engineers ready to do their best work. You will build a high-output culture, set a clear technical direction, and expand our reach from client libraries into the broader open source ecosystem.
This is a high-ownership role. You will work closely with engineering leadership in your first months, with autonomy expanding as fast as you build confidence and context — there is no artificial timeline.

Requirements

• Leadership & Execution. 3+ years managing software engineers with a track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong talent. Demonstrated ability to grow engineers into senior contributors and future leads. Comfortable driving execution in ambiguous environments: setting crisp priorities and delivering impact without over-process. Startup experience preferred.
• Technical excellence. 10+ years of industry experience building developer-facing tools, open source software, or data-intensive systems. Hands-on: you engage with technical designs, review code, and guide via technical feedback. Deep interest in staying on the technological edge - actively follows trends in developer tooling, data, and the OSS space.
• OSS & product mindset. Experience collaborating with open source communities and earning trust in public technical spaces. Track record of external representation: talks, blog posts, community engagement, or partner development. Strong product ownership — capable of setting direction, not just executing it. Customer-centric: turns developer feedback into roadmap and ships fast with tight feedback loops.

Responsibilities

• Team & culture. Recruit, coach, and develop a high-bar team; set crisp expectations and foster a culture of ownership, speed, and continuous improvement. Mentor engineers at all levels, create growth opportunities, and build psychological safety and a healthy, inclusive environment where engineers do their best work.
• Technical direction. Shape the product and execution strategy for language clients to stay ahead of 10x growth. Make opinionated architectural decisions while maintaining a customer-focused, fast-shipping culture. Establish measurable UX and developer experience benchmarks and own the roadmap to make ClickHouse client libraries best-in-class in the OLAP space.
• OSS & Ecosystem. Lead expansion from core client libraries into a broader ecosystem: integrations, SDKs, partner tooling, and community-built extensions. Establish and sustain effective collaboration with OSS communities: contribute, build relationships, and earn trust in public technical spaces. Represent ClickHouse externally at conferences, in community forums, and with partners.
• Collaboration. Build productive relationships with product, developer relations, and sales engineering without losing engineering focus. Know when to protect team capacity and scope — and make that case clearly upward.

Benefits

• Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in 20 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 $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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed