Senior Software Engineer - Core Database CI Infrastructure

ClickHouse, Inc. develops and supports the open-source ClickHouse OLAP database management system, designed for real-time analytics and generating analytical reports from large-scale data with high performance.

Clickhouse

Employee count: 201-500

Netherlands only

ClickHouse is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its CI Infrastructure Engineering team. The successful candidate will design, develop, and maintain CI infrastructure as a cohesive system, making it more scalable, efficient, reliable, and developer-friendly.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of relevant software development industry experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant systems.
Strong software development experience in Python for automation, tooling, and orchestration.
Familiarity with project management and version control platforms such as GitHub or GitLab, along with an understanding of CI/CD pipelines and related workflows, and solid understanding of Git and its advanced capabilities.
Hands-on experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. Solid understanding of Docker.
Experience with basic database systems and strong proficiency in writing and executing SQL queries.
Hands-on experience with AI tools and writing prompts for them. Strong interest in developing integrations with AI tools and LLM agents.
Readiness to occasionally read code in C++ for reference and better understanding of our internals, with a solid understanding of compiling, linking, and debugging processes. Familiarity with C/C++/Rust or other low-level languages and their build systems.
Proven track record of developing, shipping, and maintaining large-scale technical projects in fast-paced environments.
Communication and collaboration skills; comfortable working across time zones with a globally distributed team.
A strong problem-solver with solid debugging skills, and a deep understanding of production-level systems and failure modes.

Benefits

Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly.
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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About the job

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Sep 09, 2025

Posted on

Jul 11, 2025

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Location requirements

Netherlands

Hiring timezones

Netherlands +/- 0 hours

About Clickhouse

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Our customers are frequently confronted with the challenge of analyzing massive volumes of data in real time. Traditional database management systems often struggle to keep pace with the speed and scale required for modern analytics, leading to delays in insights and decision-making. This is precisely why ClickHouse was developed: to provide an open-source, column-oriented OLAP database management system that empowers users to generate analytical reports using SQL queries with lightning speed. We understand that in today's data-driven world, the ability to process and analyze clickstream data, logs, and other event-based information instantaneously is not just a luxury, but a necessity for businesses to remain competitive and responsive. Our users need to perform complex analytical queries on petabytes of data and receive results in sub-second latencies, a feat that can be 100 to 1,000 times faster than conventional systems.

ClickHouse was engineered from the ground up to address these critical needs. Originating from a project at Yandex in 2009 to power their web analytics platform, the core idea was to enable real-time report generation from non-aggregated, constantly updating data. This means our customers can move beyond batch processing and unlock interactive data exploration, dashboards, and real-time monitoring. Whether it's for powering user-facing analytics in applications, conducting in-depth log analysis, building internal data warehouses for business intelligence, or enabling real-time analytics for IoT and financial services, ClickHouse provides a robust and efficient solution. We are committed to making this powerful technology accessible not just to tech-savvy internet giants, but to all enterprises looking to harness the full potential of their data. By offering ClickHouse Cloud, a secure and scalable serverless offering, we further simplify the adoption and management of real-time analytical processing, allowing our customers to focus on deriving valuable insights rather than managing complex infrastructure. Our goal is to ensure that when our customers face the deluge of ever-growing datasets, they have a reliable and extraordinarily fast tool to turn that data into actionable intelligence, driving innovation and operational excellence.

Tech stack

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Python

Java

Airbyte

Superset

Kubernetes

dbt

Kafka

Grafana

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