Cloud Engineer - Product Metrics

About ClickHouseRecognized 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 teamThe Product Metrics team owns the collection, storage, and serving of metrics collected from customers' ClickHouse instances. As a part of the team you will be responsible for designing, building, operating and maintaining components of the petabyte-scale platform that stores trillions of records and processes millions of new events every second, owning its reliability, performance and availability. Our stack is built using Golang, runs in Kubernetes, and is, of course, stored in ClickHouse. The team’s responsibilities include gathering and processing data for the internal billing and accounting system as well as customer-facing dashboards that provide our customers with immediate insights and analytics. The Product Metrics system is specifically designed to prioritize delivery guarantees, precision, and accuracy in handling extensive data volumes. Its primary goal is to provide data that is both prompt and accurate, supporting reliable operational decisions and enhancing the overall customer experience.What will you do?Take an active part in determining the roadmap for the Product Metrics teamWork closely within the team to deliver new features, iterate and improve themDesign, build, operate, and maintain business-critical petabyte-scale systemsBe responsible for the performance, reliability, availability and cost-efficiency of the Product Metrics systemsMentor and support other team members, participate in design discussions and collaborate with the teamBe a part of on-call rotation and take ownership of the services you're runningWhat are we looking for in you?You demonstrate a strong initiative and a preference for action, high level of responsibility, ownership and accountabilityYou prioritize customer needs, ensuring that our products are designed with the user in mindYou are able to take on complex challenges and break them down to achieve short feedback loops: to analyze, design, and build modular solutions, deliver MVPs, gather data and feedback and then progress iterativelyYou have a strong problem solving mindset and have solid production debugging skillsYou have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams in a fully remote environmentYou thrive in a fast-paced environment, and see yourself as a partner with the business with the shared goal of moving the business forwardRequirements:5+ years of relevant software development industry experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems2+ years of software application development experience using GolangExperience with at least one of the major Cloud Service Providers such as AWS, GCP or AzureExperience with storing, shipping, and retrieving large volumes of data efficiently using technologies such as ClickHouse Experience with technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, Temporal as well as infrastructure-as-code tools such as TerraformBonus Points:Experience with ClickHouseExperience writing Kubernetes operators or controllersThe typical starting salary for this role in the US is$141,000—$208,000 USDThe typical starting salary for this role in US Premium Markets is$157,000—$230,000 USDCompensationFor roles based in the United States, the typical starting salary range for this position is listed above. In certain locations, such as the San Francisco Bay Area and the New York City Metro Area, a premium market range may apply, as listed.These salary ranges reflect what we reasonably and in good faith believe to be the minimum and maximum pay for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation may be higher or lower than the amounts listed, and the ranges may be subject to future adjustments.An individual’s placement within the range will depend on various factors, including (but not limited to) education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, location, performance, and the needs of the business or organization.If you have any questions or comments about compensation as a candidate, please get in touch with us at paytransparency@clickhouse.com.PerksFlexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-frien