Senior Database Reliability Engineer - Remote Position

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to join our team at ClickHouse. This remote position offers the opportunity to work with one of the most innovative and fast-growing private cloud companies recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list. As a member of our Reliability Engineering Team at Core, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, availability, scalability, and performance of ClickHouse.

What You'll Do

• Continuously improve the reliability and performance of ClickHouse core.
• Create and enhance metrics and alerts to identify and prevent production issues before they impact customers.
• Investigate common problems encountered by customers in ClickHouse Core, identifying root causes and submitting bug fixes and improvement suggestions.
• Refine incident response processes and conduct post-mortem analyses for outages, collaborating with support and cloud teams to communicate effectively with impacted customers.
• Plan and drive Chaos initiatives across Engineering teams based on internal priorities.
• Manage on-call processes to address performance and reliability issues, establishing best practices for escalation coordination.

Requirements

• 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.
• Experience operating ClickHouse or other SQL databases in production.
• Strong understanding of distributed database internals and SQL; familiarity with ClickHouse is a significant advantage.
• Scripting experience with Shell or Python, and ability to read and understand C++ code.
• Knowledge of cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and production debugging capabilities.
• Strong communication skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced global team environment.

Nice to Have

• Experience with DevOps practices and tools.
• Familiarity with chaos engineering principles.
• Previous experience in a customer-facing role.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary ranging from $120,000 to $150,000 annually.
• Remote work flexibility.
• Opportunity to work with a rapidly growing company recognized for its innovation.
• Collaborative and inclusive company culture.
• Professional development opportunities and support for continuous learning.