Senior Backend Engineer - Infrastructure (ClickPipes)

About the Team The ClickPipes Platform plays a critical role in driving the growth of our company and ensuring the success of our clients by seamlessly onboarding and integrating data from diverse data sources into ClickHouse. Working at a petabyte scale and in high-velocity environments, this role offers an exceptional opportunity to solve challenging technical problems, operate with significant autonomy, and make a measurable impact. You can find some of the teams recent work highlighted in our blog: - Flexible Scaling and Monitoring in ClickPipes https://clickhouse.com/blog/clickpipes-flexible-scaling-monitoring - MySQL CDC Connector for ClickPipes https://clickhouse.com/blog/mysql-cdc-connector-clickpipes-beta - The Evolution of ClickPipes https://clickhouse.com/blog/evolution-of-clickpipes We are looking for exceptional backend engineers who can work across a variety of technologies, with deep expertise in Kubernetes, distributed systems, cloud services, and platform reliability. As a member of this team, you'll collaborate cross-functionally to build and maintain the robust infrastructure powering ClickPipes. This role is ideal for individuals who are capable of working independently, taking initiative, and driving projects forward with a high level of autonomy. What will you do? - Enhance and scale our high-performance data onboarding platform to handle increasing volumes of data in real-time. - Own and evolve our infrastructure across multiple cloud providers (AWS, with expansion to GCP and Azure). - Drive improvements to our deployment pipelines, infrastructure automation, and operational processes. - Drive technical discussions and contribute to architectural decisions that impact our platform's scalability and resilience. - Participate in on-call rotations to ensure system reliability and respond to production incidents. - Continuously improve our systems based on operational metrics, customer feedback, and evolving business requirements. About you: - Experience: 5+ years of industry experience building as a backend engineer. - Expertise: Golang, Kubernetes, Terraform (or comparable IaC tool), cloud-native architecture and solid knowledge of at least one major cloud service provider. - Customer Focus: Have a deep commitment to understanding and addressing customer needs. Use customer feedback and insights to inform and improve product development. - Collaboration: Excellent communication skills and a track record of working effectively across teams. - Problem Solver: Exceptional production debugging skills, with the ability to navigate and solve complex technical issues in fast-paced environments. - High Autonomy: Thrives in a high-velocity setting with significant ownership and autonomy. - Mindset: A founder’s mindset with a focus on impact, innovation, and delivering measurable results.