[Remote] Engineering Manager - Database Integrations at Clickhouse

Germany

Clickhouse Logo
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Database Systems, Cloud Computing, Data & Analytics, Software DevelopmentIndustries

Requirements

Candidates must have 3+ years of experience managing software engineers, with a proven track record of hiring, developing, and retaining talent. Experience leading distributed global teams, fostering an inclusive and autonomous culture, and creating clarity across time zones is required. The role also demands demonstrated success building highly technical teams that value ownership, speed, and continuous improvement, along with comfort driving execution in ambiguous environments by setting crisp priorities, sequencing bets, and delivering impact without over-process. A strong ability to mentor and coach engineers and emerging leaders, raising the technical and leadership bar, is essential.

Responsibilities

The Engineering Manager will lead a team responsible for designing, building, and scaling pipelines that connect ClickHouse to various data systems, including databases like Postgres and MongoDB, and data warehouses such as BigQuery and Snowflake. This includes end-to-end responsibility for integrations, CDC, initial snapshots, schema evolution, backfills, and ensuring correctness at scale. The manager will recruit, coach, and develop a high-bar team, setting expectations and fostering a culture of ownership, speed, and continuous improvement. They will also jump into designs and code for complex flows, mentor and coach the team, build a culture of operational excellence by owning SLOs, reliability, and cost-efficiency for k8s-hosted services, and systematize support to reduce toil and build self-serve capabilities. Additionally, the manager will shape product vision, transform it into a roadmap, sequence bets for business impact, ship fast with tight feedback loops, inspire external content, and join customer calls to turn feedback into roadmap and fixes.

Skills

Database Integrations
Connectors
Postgres
MySQL
MongoDB
BigQuery
SQL
Data Pipelines
Engineering Leadership
Product Management
Technical Execution
Customer Empathy
Real-time Analytics
OLAP Databases

Clickhouse

High-speed column-oriented database management system

About Clickhouse

ClickHouse provides a high-speed, column-oriented database management system designed for developers and businesses that manage large-scale data. Its primary product processes analytical queries quickly by storing data from the same columns together, making it significantly faster than traditional row-oriented databases, especially in Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) scenarios. ClickHouse stands out from competitors by offering a free, open-source database that can be deployed on local machines or in the cloud, along with a fully managed service on platforms like AWS, GCP, and Microsoft Azure. The company's goal is to deliver a cost-effective solution that simplifies data management for its clients, as evidenced by user feedback highlighting substantial cost savings.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2021Year Founded
$291.8MTotal Funding
SERIES_BCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
201-500Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Flexible Work Hours
Remote Work Options
Stock Options
Home Office Stipend

Risks

Redpanda Serverless poses a competitive threat in real-time data processing.
Integration challenges with PeerDB may delay expected benefits.
Dependency on Supabase could pose operational risks.

Differentiation

ClickHouse's column-oriented design offers superior speed for analytical queries.
The open-source model allows flexible deployment across various environments.
Integration with Grafana enhances data visualization capabilities.

Upsides

Partnership with Alibaba Cloud boosts presence in the Chinese market.
Acquisition of PeerDB enhances real-time analytics capabilities.
Launch of ClickPipes improves data processing efficiency for real-time updates.

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