ClickHouse
Cloud
SeniorSoftwareEngineer-Postgres
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“Senior Software Engineer - Postgres at ClickHouse. Skills: Postgres, Backend services, Cloud platform. Design and build backend services. Orchestrate and manage database clusters”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure operational excellence; Ensure performance; Ensure reliability; Deliver meaningful impact
Industry & Context.
On-call rotations
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
6+ years in software engineering, Deep understanding of Postgres — configuration, extensions, operations, and performance tuning, programming experience in one or several of Ruby, Go, Rust, C or Python, Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, APIs, and automation tools (Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD), Understanding of distributed systems, data replication, and service orchestration patterns, Pragmatic, detail-oriented, and comfortable with both greenfield development and operational ownership, Flexibility: Happy to contribute where needed — from backend APIs and platform automation to Postgres internals and debugging, communicator who works effectively across teams in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment, Ownership: You operate with a founder’s mindset — take initiative, move quickly, and care deeply about outcomes
Nice to Have
experience building or operating database or cloud platform systems
What You'll Do.
Design and build backend services
Orchestrate and manage database clusters
Extend platform control plane
Support new Postgres capabilities
Contribute to PostgreSQL extensions
Contribute to data plane agents
Contribute to automation and tooling
Simplify cluster provisioning
Simplify cluster scaling
Simplify lifecycle management
Develop APIs and integrations
Expose new Postgres functionality
Improve observability
Improve deployment safety
Improve debugging workflows
Participate in design discussions
Participate in code reviews
Participate in on-call rotations
Operate with autonomy
Identify opportunities
Deliver meaningful impact
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with infrastructure teams; Collaborate with SRE teams; Collaborate with product teams; Work effectively across teams; Work in a cross-functional environment
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! About the Role 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 PostgreSQL extensions and data plane agents, written in C, C++ or Rust 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 functio
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