ClickHouse
Cloud
SeniorSoftwareEngineer-Postgres
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“Senior Software Engineer - Postgres at ClickHouse. Skills: Postgres, Cloud Platform, Backend Services, Automation. Design backend services. build backend services”
What You'll Achieve.
delivering meaningful impact
Industry & Context.
complex problems
on-call rotations
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
6+ years in software engineering, building or operating database or cloud platform systems, Deep understanding of Postgres, Postgres configuration, Postgres extensions, Postgres operations, Postgres performance tuning, programming experience in Ruby, programming experience in Go, programming experience in Python, cloud infrastructure, cloud APIs, automation tools, distributed systems, data replication, service orchestration patterns
Nice to Have
willingness to work across languages
What You'll Do.
Design backend services
build backend services
orchestrate database clusters
manage database clusters
Extend platform control plane
support new Postgres capabilities
Contribute to automation
Contribute to tooling
simplify cluster provisioning
simplify lifecycle management
expose new Postgres functionality
Improve observability
Improve deployment safety
Improve debugging workflows
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with infrastructure teams; Collaborate with SRE teams; Collaborate with product teams; work effectively across teams
Communication Scope
communicator
Full Job Description
About ClickHouse Recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list, ClickHouse is one of the most innovative and fast-growing private cloud companies. With more than 3,000 customers and ARR that has grown over 250 percent year over year, ClickHouse leads the market in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads. The company’s sustained, accelerating momentum was recently validated by a $400M Series D financing round. 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. We’re on a mission to transform how companies use data. Come be a part of our journey! ClickHouse is launching a strategic Postgres initiative to extend our developer-first cloud platform, so teams can easily integrate Postgres with ClickHouse and power end-to-end data workflows. We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the team building this platform. You’ll work across a range of areas — from control plane services and automation to operational tooling and developer experience. This is a flexible, full-stack systems role for an engineer who thrives in environments where boundaries are fluid, problems are complex, and impact is tangible. What You’ll Do Design and build backend services that orchestrate and manage database clusters in ClickHouse Cloud. Extend our platform control plane — written in Ruby, Go, and TypeScript — to support new Postgres capabilities. Contribute to automation and tooling that simplify cluster provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management. Collaborate with infrastructure, SRE, and product teams to ensure operational excellence, performance, and reliability. Develop APIs and integrations that expose new Postgres functionality to customers and internal systems. Improve observability, deployment safety, and debugging wo
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