Database Reliability Engineer – Core Team

• Build and lead processes to ensure and improve ClickHouse reliability, availability, scalability, and performance
• Collaborate with Control Plane, Dataplane, Security, Support, and Operations teams to guide effective ClickHouse implementations
• Manage engineering escalation management and response
• Conduct investigations and post-mortem analyses, including blameless postmortems
• Continuously improve how ClickHouse is run and optimized in the cloud
• Improve and create metrics and alerts to identify and prevent production problems before they affect customers
• Investigate common customer problems, identify root causes, submit bug fixes and issue reports, and suggest improvements
• Enhance incident response and post-mortem processes for ClickHouse Core outages
• Work with Support and Cloud teams to communicate with impacted customers
• Plan, enable, and drive Chaos initiatives across Engineering teams
• Manage on-call processes and establish escalation best practices to minimize customer impact

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
• At least 5 years of experience in Reliability Engineering, QA, or customer-facing engineering
• Previous experience operating ClickHouse or other SQL databases in production
• Excellent understanding of distributed database internals and SQL; ClickHouse knowledge is a major plus
• Scripting experience with Shell or Python
• Ability to read and understand C++ code
• Knowledge of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Strong problem-solving and production debugging skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment as part of a global team
• High level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability
• Excellent communication skills

• Flexible work environment and remote-friendly work arrangement
• Employer contributions towards healthcare
• Stock options for every new team member
• Flexible time off in the US
• Generous time-off entitlement in other countries
• USD $500 home office setup allowance for remote employees
• Opportunities to participate in company-wide global offsites