Cloud Infrastructure Software Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote, New York Area / San Francisco Area / Los Angeles, CA / Washington, DC / Seattle, WA

• Employment Type: Full Salary Range

• Salary:

  • United States: $133,450 - $197,200 USD
  • New York Area / San Francisco Area / Los Angeles, CA / Washington, DC / Seattle, WA: $141,300 - $208,800 USD
  • General: $157,000 - $232,000 USD (depending on location)

• About ClickHouse: Established in 2009, ClickHouse is an industry leader with its open-source column-oriented database system. Driven by the vision of becoming the fastest OLAP database globally, ClickHouse empowers users to generate real-time analytical reports through SQL queries, emphasizing speed in managing escalating data volumes. Enterprises worldwide, including Lyft, Sony, IBM, GitLab, Twilio, and HubSpot, rely on ClickHouse Cloud. It is available through open-source or on AWS, GCP, Azure, and Alibaba.

• About the Team: The Cloud Infrastructure Engineering team is responsible for building and managing the foundational blocks of the ClickHouse Cloud data plane end-to-end. This includes compute, networking, security, and a multi-cloud, multi-region architecture that provides a reliable and scalable managed ClickHouse experience for ClickHouse Cloud customers.

What You Will Do?

• Architect and build a robust, scalable, and highly available distributed infrastructure.
• Build a cutting-edge cloud-native platform on top of the public cloud, and automate our cloud resource management.
• Work closely with our ClickHouse core database development team and security team, partnering to produce the SaaS offering.
• Work on routing and traffic components to improve the reliability and scalability of our cloud service.
• Systematically improve availability by applying industry and distributed systems best practices.
• Design and build security components & tooling, including firewalls, PKI and certificate infrastructure, and zero-trust networks.
• Improve the performance and cost efficiency of our infrastructure.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years of relevant software development industry experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.
• Programming Languages: Software development experience in Go, C/C++, Java, or another OOP language.
• Cloud Technologies: Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Kubernetes: Experience developing cloud infrastructure services, preferably with Kubernetes.
• Service Mesh/Edge: Experience developing cloud-native edge or service mesh services, preferably with Envoy and Istio.
• Leadership & Collaboration: Experience leading and shipping large-scope technical projects in collaboration with multiple experienced engineers.
• Networking & Security: Understanding of network topologies, protocols, and security principles, such as VPNs, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Cloud Security: Knowledge of cloud security best practices, including encryption, access controls, and compliance standards like SOC2 and GDPR.
• Communication & Problem-Solving: Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a global team. Strong problem-solving abilities and solid production debugging skills.
• Passion & Ownership: Passion for efficiency, availability, scalability, and data governance. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, acting as a partner with the business to drive progress. High level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability.

Compensation Details

• The final salary offer for this role will be determined by various factors, including candidate experience, qualifications, skills, business requirements, and geographical location.
• The salary ranges provided for roles based in the United States are typical starting ranges for this position, dependent on your specific location.