Senior Backend Engineer - Data Ingestion; Pipes

Senior Backend Engineer – Data Ingestion (Click Pipes)

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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 momentum was confirmed by a recent $350M Series C financing that included new, tier One investors such as Khosla Ventures, BOND, IVP, Battery Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners.

We’re on a mission to transform how companies use data, and you can be part of that journey.

The Click Pipes Platform plays a critical role in driving the growth of our company and ensuring the success of our clients by seamlessly onboarding and integrating data from diverse data sources into Click House. Working at a petabyte scale in high‑velocity environments, this role offers an exceptional opportunity to solve challenging technical problems, operate with significant autonomy, and make a measurable impact.

• Enhance and scale our high‑performance data onboarding platform to handle increasing volumes of data in real‑time.
• Own and evolve our infrastructure across multiple cloud providers (primarily AWS, with expansion to GCP and Azure).
• Improve deployment pipelines, infrastructure automation, and operational processes.
• Drive technical discussions and contribute to architectural decisions that impact our platform’s scalability and resilience.
• Participate in on‑call rotations to ensure system reliability and respond to production incidents.
• Continuously improve our systems based on operational metrics, customer feedback, and evolving business requirements.

• 5+ years of industry experience building as a backend engineer.
• Proficiency with Golang, Kubernetes, Terraform (or comparable IaC tool), cloud‑native architecture, and a solid knowledge of at least one major cloud service provider.
• Deep customer focus:
  Commitment to understanding and addressing customer needs, using feedback to inform product development.
• Attention to detail:
  Keen eye for design details and a commitment to delivering polished, high‑quality user interfaces.
• Collaboration:
  
  Excellent communication skills and a track record of working effectively across teams.
• Problem‑solving:
  Exceptional production debugging skills, with the ability to navigate and solve complex technical issues in fast‑paced environments.
• High autonomy:
  Thrives in a high‑velocity setting with significant ownership and autonomy.
• Founder's mindset:
  Focus on impact, innovation, and delivering measurable results.

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

Actual compensation may be higher or lower and may be subject to future adjustments. Placement within the range will depend on various factors, including education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, location, performance and the needs of the business or organization. If you have any questions or comments about compensation as a candidate, please get in touch with us at p

• 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 – Every new team member receives stock options.
• Time off – Flexible time off in the US; generous entitlement in other countries.
• Home office setup – A $500 stipend for remote employees.
• Global gatherings – Opportunities to engage with colleagues at company‑wide offsites.

As part of our first 500 employees, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture. Learn more about our values here. Check out our blog posts or follow us on Linked In to find out more about what’s happening.

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