Senior Software Engineer - Clickpipes (CDC/Streaming)

ClickHouse

1d • $147,000 - $238,000 • Remote

About The Position

The ClickPipes - Database Integrations team builds the platform that enables real-time data replication from databases into ClickHouse at petabyte scale. As a member of this team, you will be solving complex database-related challenges and distributed systems problems, such as understanding database internals to optimize snapshotting strategy, handling schema evolution during live replication, managing data type compatibility across systems, maintaining low end-to-end latency under unpredictable loads, and leveraging durable execution frameworks to ensure data consistency over unreliable networks. We work in the open — our database integrations are built on PeerDB, an open-source CDC platform we actively maintain and contribute to.

Requirements

• 5+ years of industry experience building data-intensive software solutions.
• Proficient in Go, or experienced in systems programming with willingness to ramp up quickly in Go.
• Cloud-native experience deploying and operating services on at least one major cloud platform (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Practical experience with Kubernetes.
• Strong problem solver and solid production debugging skills.
• Clear communication in writing (design docs, code review) and verbally (technical discussions, customer calls, incident response).

Nice To Haves

• Experience with database replication technologies (CDC, logical replication).
• Experience with durable execution frameworks (Temporal).
• Experience with data formats and protocols (Avro, Parquet, Protobuf).
• Experience with modern data processing frameworks (e.g. Kafka, Spark, Flink).
• Experience with maintaining/contributing to open-source software.

Responsibilities

• Build data-intensive systems
• Design and develop high-throughput integrations with databases (Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB), data lakes (Iceberg, Delta Lake), and data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake).
• Handle edge cases in real-world production scenarios: unconventional database setups, internals of data types, database upgrades/failovers, large transactions, etc.
• Design integration solutions to enable users to fully harness ClickHouse's performance and throughput.
• Own end-to-end reliability
• Debug complex issues in production leveraging runtime diagnostics (e.g. pprof, parca) and observability tools (e.g. metrics, logging, tracing).
• Build and improve infrastructure and tools to increase system reliability, reduce incident response time, and simplify/automate operations.
• Write clear documentation, both publicly and internally.
• Participate in on-call rotation.
• Drive product innovation
• Work directly with customers to understand integration requirements and discover gaps in existing product.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams to ensure operational efficiency.
• Lead technical discussions and influence product roadmaps.

Benefits

• Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
• Stock options.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

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