Senior Software Engineer - Database Integrations

As a Senior Software Engineer focusing on Database Integrations at ClickHouse, your primary responsibilities will include designing and developing a high-performance data onboarding platform that efficiently handles petabytes of data in real-time. You'll work on building robust integrations with various data sources and storages, collaborate closely with internal teams to deliver user-centered solutions, and drive technical discussions to foster innovation within the team.

To qualify for the Senior Software Engineer - Database Integrations position at ClickHouse, you should possess at least 5 years of industry experience in developing high-scale data-intensive software solutions. Proficiency in Golang or Java is essential, along with a strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, data engineering practices, and cloud-native infrastructures.

The Senior Software Engineer role at ClickHouse significantly impacts customer success by ensuring the seamless onboarding and integration of diverse data sources into our powerful ClickHouse platform. By optimizing the interaction between various data systems and anticipating customer needs, you'll help our clients leverage ClickHouse’s advanced capabilities to achieve their analytical goals more efficiently.

At ClickHouse, you'll enjoy a flexible and remote-first work environment, allowing for a healthy work-life balance. The culture encourages open communication, collaboration, and innovation, where every team member has the opportunity to contribute to shaping company culture and processes. You'll work alongside passionate and skilled colleagues who are committed to learning and growing together.

A Senior Software Engineer at ClickHouse can look forward to numerous career growth opportunities. Due to the company’s dynamic environment and focus on innovation, you may progress into more senior technical roles, specialize in areas of interest like cloud-native technologies or data engineering, or take on leadership positions that shape the direction of engineering projects.

When answering this question, you should provide specific examples of projects or systems you've worked on that demonstrate your ability to handle high-scale data scenarios. Discuss the technologies you used, the challenges you faced, and how you overcame them to ensure system performance and reliability.

In responding to this question, focus on your systematic approach. Discuss specific tools you have used for monitoring and logging, your experience with tracing issues across microservices, and how you prioritize and isolate problems within large, distributed architectures.

Share detailed examples of ETL pipeline implementations you've completed. Talk about the data sources, the design choices you made, the tools involved, and how you ensured data accuracy and integrity throughout the process.

Provide a clear and concise narrative that highlights how you approached customer collaboration. Outline the goals, the steps taken to understand their needs, the solutions you proposed, and the final outcomes of the integration process.

Discuss specific cloud platforms you’ve worked with and how adopting a cloud-native architecture has improved system scalability, performance, and manageability in your past projects. Provide examples of challenges you've addressed using this architecture.

Explain your familiarity with Kubernetes and how you've leveraged it for deploying and managing containerized applications. Discuss its benefits in ensuring system scalability and reliability, as well as how it facilitates DevOps practices.

Share your strategies for effective prioritization, such as using agile methodologies or task management tools. Explain how you balance urgent requests with long-term projects, ensuring that high-impact tasks are addressed promptly.

When discussing innovation, focus on specific instances where your creative ideas led to substantial improvements or efficiencies. Provide metric-based outcomes if possible to demonstrate the impact of your contributions.

Describe your approach to collaboration with different teams such as product management, design, or QA. Highlight instances where effective communication and joint effort led to successful project outcomes.

Reflect on your personal motivations, whether it's problem-solving, working with cutting-edge technology, or mentoring junior engineers. Share how these motivations drive your performance and contributions within the team.