Senior Software Engineer - Integrations - AI/ML

The role

You will own and evolve ClickHouse's Python connector and SDK ecosystem. You will drive AI/LLM integration strategy by designing connectors for RAG architectures, ML feature pipelines, and LLM-powered data applications.

What you will do

• Own and evolve ClickHouse's Python connector and SDK ecosystem
• Drive the AI/LLM integration strategy
• Engage actively with the open-source community
• Collaborate with Product, Cloud, and other engineering teams
• Bring a practitioner's perspective to roadmap decisions

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience, including hands-on time as a Data Scientist or ML Engineer
• Deep, proven experience designing, building, and maintaining production-grade Python connectors, SDKs, or integrations for at least one major platform (orchestration, BI, MLOps, or data transformation
• Hands-on experience applying AI/ML in production data-engineering contexts: embedding generation, vector search, feature pipelines, or LLM-powered tooling that shipped and ran in production
• Solid experience with the Python data ecosystem: Pandas, NumPy, Pydantic, and related libraries
• Strong database fundamentals: SQL, data modeling, query optimization, and familiarity with OLAP/analytical databases
• Solid experience with concurrent Python: threading, multiprocessing, and async patterns
• Outstanding written and verbal communication

Nice to have

• Prior experience as a Data Engineer or Data Scientist in a product-facing or platform role
• Familiarity with ClickHouse or similar high-performance OLAP platforms
• Familiarity with the JVM ecosystem
• Experience deploying AI/ML models in production, including inference APIs and vector databases
• Familiarity with tools like dbt, Airflow, Dagster, Prefect

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Employer contributions towards healthcare
• Stock options
• Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries
• USD$500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee
• Global Gatherings

About the company

ClickHouse is a globally distributed company that is remote-friendly and operates in over 25 countries.