Remote Senior Cloud Performance Engineer

Description:

• ClickHouse is an open-source column-oriented database system established in 2009, aiming to be the fastest OLAP database globally.
• The Cloud Performance Engineering team is responsible for building the cloud-native ClickHouse Cloud Platform, transforming the OLAP space.
• The role involves benchmarking system performance, database performance analysis, capacity sizing, and optimization.
• Responsibilities include troubleshooting application and server errors, recommending configuration tuning for performance bottlenecks, and collaborating with various teams to improve ClickHouse Cloud performance.
• The position requires planning and driving Chaos initiatives across Engineering teams and developing tools to run chaos experiments and measure their impact.
• The ideal candidate should enjoy working on large-scale distributed systems and study software resilience, operational, and delivery challenges.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 6+ years of relevant software development experience in building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.
• Proficiency in software development using Go, C/C++, Java, or similar languages is required.
• Experience with concurrency, multithreading, and deploying distributed system architectures is essential.
• Candidates should have experience developing cloud infrastructure services, preferably with Kubernetes.
• Experience in leading and shipping large scope technical projects in collaboration with multiple engineers is necessary.
• Expertise with a public cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their infrastructure as a service offerings is required.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within and across engineering teams are essential.
• Strong problem-solving skills and solid production debugging capabilities are necessary.
• A passion for efficiency, availability, scalability, and data governance is expected.
• Candidates should thrive in a fast-paced environment and possess a high level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability.

Benefits:

• ClickHouse offers a flexible work environment as a globally distributed and remote-friendly company operating in 20 countries.
• Employer contributions towards healthcare are provided.
• Every new team member receives stock options, granting equity in the company.
• Flexible time off is available in the US, with generous entitlement in other countries.
• Remote employees receive a $500 home office setup allowance.
• Opportunities for global gatherings are provided to foster in-person connections with colleagues at company-wide offsites.