# Senior Backend Engineer - ClickStack

**Company:** [Clickhouse](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/clickhouse)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, Node.js, Express, Fastify, Go, API Design, Distributed Systems, Data Modeling, Docker, Kubernetes, ClickHouse, Postgres, OpenTelemetry, Apache Kafka, Nats
**Posted:** 2026-04-02

> Build high-performance backend services, APIs, and data pipelines for a petabyte-scale open-source observability platform. The role requires 5+ years of backend engineering experience, strong TypeScript and Node.js skills, and familiarity with distributed systems and containerized environments.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own and build backend services and infrastructure for a high-throughput observability platform.
- Develop reliable data pipelines and APIs for logs, metrics, traces, and session replays.
- Design and implement scalable systems for ingesting, processing, and querying petabytes of observability data.
- Collaborate with open-source contributors and customers, resolve technical challenges, and incorporate feedback into backend architecture and API design.
- Build developer tooling and services that improve the developer experience.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on backend development, preferably in developer tools or infrastructure.
- Strong TypeScript and Node.js skills, with experience in Express, Fastify, or similar frameworks.
- Solid understanding of API design, distributed systems, and data modeling.
- Experience with containerized environments such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Passion for open source and developer communities.
- Experience creating developer tooling and designing for developers.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Go and Go-based services.
- Experience with ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, or other analytical or OLTP databases.
- Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, logging pipelines, or metrics infrastructure.
- Experience designing SDKs or client libraries.
- Exposure to message queues, streaming systems such as Kafka or NATS, or event-driven architectures.
- Strong opinions about observability tools and a vision for improving them.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Equity through stock options.
- Healthcare contributions.
- Flexible time off in the United States and generous entitlement in other countries.
- USD $500 home office setup allowance for remote employees.
- Opportunities to attend company-wide offsites.

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