Database Reliability Engineer

Role overview

As a Database Reliability Engineer at ClickHouse, you ensure the reliability, availability, scalability, and performance of ClickHouse (including ClickHouse Cloud). You’ll work with multiple teams, lead on incident escalation and investigations, and drive continuous reliability improvements.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with different teams to implement ClickHouse in the best way for customers
• Own engineering escalation management, response, investigations, and post-mortem analysis
• Continuously improve reliability and performance of ClickHouse core
• Enhance incident response processes and post-mortem practices

Requirements

• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• Strong problem-solving skills and solid production debugging experience
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, global environment; communicate effectively
• Demonstrated ownership and accountability
• Previous experience operating ClickHouse or other SQL databases in production
• Excellent understanding of distributed database internals and SQL (ClickHouse is a major plus)
• Scripting experience with Shell or Python and ability to read/understand C++ code
• At least 5 years of experience in Reliability Engineering, QA, or customer-facing engineering

Nice to have

• Previous hands-on operations experience specifically with ClickHouse