Release Engineer

Established in 2009, ClickHouse leads the industry with its open-source column-oriented database system, driven by the vision of becoming the fastest OLAP database globally. The company empowers users to generate real-time analytical reports through SQL queries, emphasizing speed in managing escalating data volumes. Enterprises globally, including Lyft, Sony, IBM, GitLab, Twilio, HubSpot, and many more, rely on ClickHouse Cloud. It is available through open-source or on AWS, GCP, Azure, and Alibaba.  

The Developer Productivity team is providing internal tools and support for all engineers in the company to make their lives easier. This includes CI/CD, e2e test automation and our internal command line tool to interact with ClickHouse Cloud. Our main focus right now is rollout automation - upgrading thousands of ClickHouse clusters in a controlled and safe way is no easy feat. We leverage the excellent framework and are extending our existing system to various other rollout (and general maintenance) related problems.

We are looking for a Release Engineer with a strong focus on tooling, automation and hands-on execution to support the continuous delivery of our cloud-based database platform. This role is deeply collaborative - you'll work closely with both the core database team and the cloud infrastructure team to align on release processes and support the end-to-end delivery of major updates. You'll be responsible for building, maintaining, and improving the necessary internal tools and infrastructure. And you'll be directly involved in coordinating and executing the technical steps required to deploy, validate, and monitor changes, ensuring they land smoothly in production environments.

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• Architect and build robust and scalable automation and processes for rollouts and end-to-end tests
• Improve and extend our internal command line tool
• Work closely with other cloud and core database teams to identify areas of improvement - we are our own product managers for internal tooling
• Coordinate and execute the technical steps required to deploy, validate, and monitor major version upgrades in our cloud
• Educate and support other teams using our internal tools
• Be part of the on-call rotation and investigate issues in our ClickHouse Cloud production environment

• You have 5+ years of relevant software development industry experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.
• Software development experience in Go (or experience with any other programming language and willingness to learn Go).
• You are passionate about developer experience and automation.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience leading and shipping large scope technical projects in collaboration with multiple experienced engineers.
• You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams.
• You are a strong problem solver and have solid production debugging skills.
• You thrive in a fast paced environment, and see yourself as a partner with the business with the shared goal of moving the business forward.
• You have a high level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability
• Experience with ClickHouse preferred.

For roles based in the United States, the typical starting salary range for this position is listed above. In certain locations, such as Los Angeles, CA, the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, the Seattle, WA, Area, and the New York City Metro Area, a premium market range may apply, as listed.

These salary ranges reflect what we reasonably and in good faith believe to be the minimum and maximum pay for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation may be higher or lower than the amounts listed, and the ranges may be subject to future adjustments.

An individual's placement within the range will depend on various factors, including (but not limited to) education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, location, performance, and the needs of the business or organization.

If you have any questions or comments about compensation as a candidate, please get in touch with us at 

• Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in 20 countries.
• Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
• Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our company receives stock options.
• Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
• A $500 Home office setup if you're a remote employee.
• Global Gatherings – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.

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