Release Engineer - Data Plane Internal Tooling and Productivity

About the role

This position blends operational execution with software development. You will coordinate and run large‑scale upgrades while continuously improving the tooling that makes those rollouts safer and more automated.

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 an on‑call rotation, including snowflake clusters and edge cases that automation cannot yet handle.
• Build and improve internal tooling and automation for reliable, repeatable large‑scale database operations.
• Collaborate with core database and cloud infrastructure teams to turn operational pain points into solved problems.

Required profile

• 5+ years operating stateful distributed systems in production (databases, message queues, storage).
• Hands‑on experience running upgrades or maintenance on live production data stores at scale.
• Strong production debugging skills; comfortable digging into unfamiliar systems under pressure.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and Kubernetes.

Required skills

• Software development in Go (or willingness to learn).
• Experience with ClickHouse (as user, operator, or contributor).
• Proficiency with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Kubernetes orchestration.

What we offer

• Flexible, remote‑friendly work environment across a globally distributed team.
• Employer contributions toward healthcare.
• Equity through stock options.
• Flexible time off and generous entitlement in various countries.
• USD 500 home‑office setup for remote employees.
• Opportunities to attend global gatherings and company‑wide offsites.