Release Engineer - Data Plane Internal Tooling and Productivity @ClickHouse

Overview

The Release Engineer role at ClickHouse involves a balance between operational execution and software development, focusing on the safe, continuous delivery of ClickHouse Cloud, a managed database platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and execute rolling upgrades across tens of thousands of ClickHouse clusters, ensuring safety, correctness, and minimal customer impact.
• Own the full release pipeline from pre-upgrade validation and staged rollouts to post-upgrade monitoring and incident response.
• Investigate and resolve production issues as part of a regular on-call rotation, including handling edge cases.
• Build and improve internal tooling and automation for reliable large-scale database operations.
• Collaborate with core database and cloud infrastructure teams to identify and solve operational pain points.
• Support and educate other engineering teams on the use of internal tools.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience operating stateful distributed systems in production.
• Experience running upgrades or maintenance on live production data stores at scale.
• Strong production debugging skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and Kubernetes.
• Software development experience in Go or another language with a willingness to learn.
• Experience with ClickHouse preferred.

Benefits

• Flexible work environment; remote-friendly operation in over 25 countries.
• Employer contributions towards healthcare.
• Equity in the company with stock options for new team members.
• Flexible time off policies.
• USD $500 for home office setup for remote employees.
• Opportunities for in-person connection through global gatherings.

Location

Remote (globally distributed company)

How to Apply

Please refer to the company career page for the application process.