Senior Backend Engineer - ClickPipes Platform

The role

You will build and evolve integrations with streaming platforms and object storage. You will drive technical discussions and participate in on-call rotations to ensure system reliability.

What you will do

• Build and evolve integrations with streaming platforms and object storage, including Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub, S3, GCS, and Azure Blob Storage.
• Continuously improve systems based on operational metrics, customer feedback, and evolving business requirements.
• Drive technical discussions and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure system reliability and respond to production incidents.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience building and operating distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of Go and its ecosystem.
• Experience designing systems for scalability and fault tolerance, with an understanding of concurrency, consistency, and failure recovery.
• Understanding of cloud-native architecture and practical experience with at least one major cloud provider.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving production issues in distributed systems.
• Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly and collaborate across engineering and product teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with data ingestion pipelines, streaming platforms, or object storage

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Employer contributions towards your healthcare
• Equity in the company - stock options
• Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries
• A USD$500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee
• Global Gatherings - opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites

About the company

ClickHouse is a globally distributed company that is remote-friendly and operates in over 25 countries. The ClickPipes team builds services that power data ingestion into ClickHouse Cloud.