# Senior Backend Engineer - Infrastructure (ClickPipes)

**Company:** [Clickhouse](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/clickhouse)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $164k – $238k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Azure, Distributed Systems, Cloud-Native Architecture
**Posted:** 2026-03-27

> Builds and scales high-performance data onboarding infrastructure at petabyte scale using Golang and Kubernetes across multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure). Owns deployment pipelines, automation, reliability, and architectural decisions with 5+ years backend experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- 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 (AWS, with expansion to GCP and Azure).
- Drive improvements to our 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.

## Requirements

- **Experience**: 5+ years of industry experience building as a backend engineer.
- **Expertise**: Golang, Kubernetes, Terraform (or comparable IaC tool), cloud-native architecture and solid knowledge of at least one major cloud service provider.
- Customer Focus: Have a deep commitment to understanding and addressing customer needs. Use customer feedback and insights to inform and improve product development.
- Collaboration: Excellent communication skills and a track record of working effectively across teams.
- Problem Solver: 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.
- Mindset: A founder’s mindset with a focus on impact, innovation, and delivering measurable results.

## Compensation

- Typical starting salary in the US: $164,000—$214,000 USD
- In US Premium Markets (e.g., San Francisco Bay Area, New York City Metro Area): $183,000—$238,000 USD

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