Engineering Manager

Recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list, Click House is one of the most innovative and fast-growing private cloud companies. With over 2,000 customers and ARR that has more than quadrupled over the past year, Click House leads the market in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads. Click House’s incredible momentum was confirmed in its recent $350M Series C financing that included new, tier one investors, Khosla Ventures, BOND, IVP, Battery Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners.

We’re on a mission to transform how companies use data. Come be a part of our journey!

Click House is seeking an engineering manager to lead our team of software engineers based in China who own our partnership with Alibaba Cloud.

• Build and lead a high-performing technical team in China, fostering a culture of technical excellence and customer obsession
• Support Alibaba Cloud & Click House partnership with deep technical expertise, driving integration, optimization, and go-to-market strategies
• Lead enterprise customer POCs from architecture design to production deployment, translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Design PB-scale real-time data warehouse architectures
  , leveraging Click House's exceptional performance for mission-critical workloads
• Partner with global Sales, Product, and Engineering teams
  , representing customer needs and driving product innovation
• Represent Click House at technical conferences, meetups, and community events in China

• Fluent English and Mandarin for seamless technical discussions with global teams and Chinese customers
• Outstanding customer-facing communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships at all organizational levels
• PB-scale real-time data warehouse hands-on experience building and operating production systems
• Cloud-Native proficiency - solid experience with cloud-native architecture and infrastructure, with hands‑on knowledge of at least one major cloud service provider (AWS, GCP, Azure, Alibaba Cloud)
• Team leadership experience managing technical teams of 10+ engineers
• 8+ years in database/data warehouse/big data technologies
• High level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability - thrives in a high‑velocity environment with significant autonomy
• Founder's mindset with a focus on impact, innovation, and delivering measurable results

• Click House community contributor - active participation through code, documentation, or advocacy
• Experience with columnar databases (Click House, Druid, Pinot) and real-time analytics systems
• Kubernetes expertise - practical experience deploying and managing stateful applications on K8s at scale
• Data engineering skills - strong background in ETL pipelines, data replication, CDC, and streaming platforms (Kafka, Flink, Spark)
• Technical writing/speaking experience - blogs, conference presentations, technical documentation
• Open-source contributions in the database or cloud-native ecosystem
• Exceptional problem-solving skills with proven experience debugging complex production issues

For roles based in the United States
, the typical starting salary range for this position is listed above. In certain locations, such as Los Angeles, CA, the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, the Seattle, WA, Area, and the New York City Metro Area, a premium market range may apply, as listed.

These salary ranges reflect what we reasonably and in good faith believe to be the minimum and maximum pay for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation may be higher or lower than the amounts listed, and the ranges may be subject to future adjustments.

An individual’s placement within the range will depend on various factors, including (but not limited to) education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, location, performance, and the needs of the business or organization.

• Flexible work environment - Click House is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in 20 countries.
• Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
• Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our…