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Database Reliability Engineer - Core Team

1 month ago
Australia
Full-time
Senior
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
DevOps and Infrastructure
AWS Azure C++ ClickHouse GCP Python SQL
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ClickHouse

ClickHouse

ClickHouse provides a fast open source column-oriented database management system that enables users to generate real-time analytical data reports through SQL queries, catering to the needs of industries requiring efficient data processing and analysis.

IT Services
51-250
Founded 2021
$300M raised
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Description

  • Continuously improve the reliability and performance of ClickHouse Core through monitoring, tuning, and platform changes.
  • Design, create, and refine metrics and alerts to detect and prevent production issues before they affect customers.
  • Investigate recurring and high-impact production problems, identify root causes, and submit bug fixes, issue reports, and improvement proposals.
  • Enhance and run incident response processes and blameless post-mortem analyses for ClickHouse Core outages, coordinating communication with support and Cloud teams to inform impacted customers.
  • Manage on-call processes, coordinate escalations, and establish best practices to resolve issues quickly and minimize customer impact.
  • Plan, enable, and drive Chaos engineering initiatives across engineering teams to validate system resilience.
  • Collaborate with Control Plane, Dataplane, Security, Support, and Operations teams to guide and standardize best practices for running ClickHouse for customers.
  • Own engineering escalation management, investigations, and continuous improvement of how ClickHouse is operated and optimized in the cloud.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • At least 5 years of experience in Reliability Engineering, QA, or customer-facing engineering roles.
  • Experience operating ClickHouse or other SQL databases in production (ClickHouse experience is a major plus).
  • Strong understanding of distributed database internals and SQL.
  • Scripting experience with Shell or Python, and the ability to read and understand C++ code.
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
  • Proven production debugging and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, global team and partner with the business to drive results.
  • High level of ownership, accountability, and excellent communication skills.

Benefits

  • Flexible, remote-friendly work environment (ClickHouse operates in ~20 countries).
  • Employer contributions toward healthcare.
  • Equity in the company via stock options for new team members.
  • Flexible time off in the US and generous time-off entitlements in other countries.
  • $500 home office setup allowance for remote employees.
  • Opportunities for global company gatherings and offsites.
  • Compensation ranges disclosed for US roles with location-based premium adjustments (e.g., SF Bay Area, NYC); contact paytransparency@clickhouse.com with questions.

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