Senior Backend Engineer - ClickStack

The role

You will build and own key backend services and infrastructure for a petabyte-scale observability platform. You will design scalable systems for ingesting, processing, and querying observability data while collaborating with open-source contributors.

What you will do

• Own and build key backend services and infrastructure
• Ensure reliable, high-throughput data pipelines and APIs
• Collaborate with open-source contributors and customers
• Incorporate feedback into backend architecture and API design
• Design and implement scalable backend systems for petabytes of data

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on backend development
• Strong TypeScript and Node.js skills
• Experience with Express, Fastify, or similar frameworks
• Solid understanding of API design, distributed systems, and data modeling
• Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
• A passion for open source and the developer community
• Experience creating developer tooling

Nice to have

• Preference for building developer tools or infrastructure
• Experience with Go
• Experience with ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, or other analytical/OLTP databases
• Strong opinions on observability tools and a vision for making them 10x better
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, logging pipelines, or metrics infrastructure
• Experience with SDKs or client library design
• Exposure to message queues, streaming systems (Kafka, NATS), or event-driven architectures

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 for remote employees
• Opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites

About the company

ClickHouse is a globally distributed company operating in over 25 countries. They are building ClickStack, an open-source observability platform.