Senior Software Engineer - Postgres

Senior Software Engineer - Postgres

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.

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Click House is launching a strategic Postgres initiative to extend our developer-first cloud platform, so teams can easily integrate Postgres with Click House and power end-to-end data workflows.

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the team building this platform. You'll work across a range of areas from control plane services and automation to operational tooling and developer experience. This is a flexible, full-stack systems role for an engineer who thrives in environments where boundaries are fluid, problems are complex, and impact is tangible.

• Design and build backend services that orchestrate and manage database clusters in Click House Cloud.
• Extend our platform control plane written in Ruby, Go, and Type Script to support new Postgres capabilities.
• Contribute to automation and tooling that simplify cluster provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, SRE, and product teams to ensure operational excellence, performance, and reliability.
• Develop APIs and integrations that expose new Postgres functionality to customers and internal systems.
• Improve observability, deployment safety, and debugging workflows for database services.
• Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and on-call rotations, contributing to the overall reliability and velocity of the team.
• Operate with autonomy identifying opportunities, driving execution, and delivering meaningful impact.

• Experience: 6+ years in software engineering, ideally with experience building or operating database or cloud platform systems.
• Postgres Expertise: Deep understanding of Postgres configuration, extensions, operations, and performance tuning.
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  
  • Strong programming experience in Ruby, Go, or Python (or willingness to work across languages).
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, APIs, and automation tools (Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD).
  • Understanding of distributed systems, data replication, and service orchestration patterns.
• Mindset: Pragmatic, detail-oriented, and comfortable with both greenfield development and operational ownership.
• Flexibility: Happy to contribute where needed from backend APIs and platform automation to Postgres internals and debugging.
• Collaboration: Strong communicator who works effectively across teams in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Ownership: You operate with a founder's mindset take initiative, move quickly, and care deeply about outcomes.

• Be part of a strategic new offering that expands the scope and impact of Click House Cloud.
• Work with cutting-edge database and infrastructure technologies at scale.
• Operate with high autonomy in a small, focused team that values deep expertise and collaboration.
• Shape foundational systems for reliability, automation, and developer experience in managed database.

The typical starting salary for this role in the US is $140,000 - $208,000 USD.

The typical starting salary for this role in US Premium Markets is $155,000 - $230,000 USD.

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 company receives stock options.
• Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
• A $500 Home office setup if you're a remote employee.
• Global Gatherings We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.

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