Engineering Manager - Language clients United Kingdom; remote

Engineering Manager – Language Clients About the Role

Click House is the fastest growing database in the OLAP space, and language clients are how the world talks to it. From Go and Python to Rust and Java, our client libraries are the first touch point for every developer who builds on Click House, and the gateway to a rapidly expanding ecosystem of integrations, SDKs, and partner tooling. We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Language Clients team - a group of motivated engineers ready to do their best work.

You will build a high-output culture, set a clear technical direction, and expand our reach from client libraries into the broader open source ecosystem. This is a high-ownership role with autonomy that grows as you build context and confidence.

Team & culture. Recruit, coach, and develop a high-bar team; set clear expectations and foster a culture of ownership, speed, and continuous improvement. Mentor engineers at all levels, create growth opportunities, and build psychological safety and an inclusive environment where engineers can do their best work.

Technical direction. Shape the product and execution strategy for language clients to stay ahead of 10x growth. Make opinionated architectural decisions while maintaining a customer-focused, fast-shipping culture. Establish measurable UX and developer experience benchmarks and own the roadmap to make Click House client libraries best-in-class in the OLAP space.

OSS & Ecosystem. Lead expansion from core client libraries into a broader ecosystem: integrations, SDKs, partner tooling, and community-built extensions. Establish and sustain collaboration with OSS communities: contribute, build relationships, and earn trust in public technical spaces. Represent Click House externally at conferences, in community forums, and with partners.

Collaboration. Build productive relationships with product, developer relations, and sales engineering without losing engineering focus. Know when to protect team capacity and scope and communicate it clearly upward.

Leadership & Execution. 3+ years managing software engineers with a track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong talent. Demonstrated ability to grow engineers into senior contributors and future leads. Comfortable driving execution in ambiguous environments: setting crisp priorities and delivering impact without over-process. Startup experience preferred.

Technical excellence. 10+ years of industry experience building developer-facing tools, open source software, or data-intensive systems. Hands-on: engage with technical designs, review code, and guide via technical feedback. Deep interest in staying on the technological edge and actively following trends in developer tooling, data, and the OSS space.

OSS & product mindset. Experience collaborating with open source communities and earning trust in public technical spaces. Track record of external representation: talks, blog posts, community engagement, or partner development. Strong product ownership — capable of setting direction, not just executing it. Customer-centric: turns developer feedback into roadmap and ships fast with tight feedback loops.

• Shape how developers around the world interact with Click House from the first line of code to production at scale.
• Lead a team that is motivated and capable; your investment in them will compound.
• High visibility: language clients are the front door to the Click House ecosystem, directly impacting developer adoption, community growth, and product direction.
• Click House is the fastest-growing database in the OLAP space — you will be building at the frontier of a category that is still being defined.
• Operate with high ownership and autonomy in a company that stays lean and moves fast.

For roles based in the United States, the typical starting salary range for this position is listed above. In certain locations, such as the San Francisco Bay Area and the New York City Metro Area, a premium market range may apply. These salary ranges reflect what we reasonably and in good faith believe to be the minimum and maximum pay for…