Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Architect and build a robust, scalable, and highly available distributed infrastructure.
• Build a cutting-edge cloud-native platform on top of the public cloud, and automate our cloud resource management.
• Work closely with our ClickHouse core database development team, and security team and partner with them to produce the SAS offering.
• Work on routing and traffic components to improve the reliability and scalability of our cloud service.
• Systematically improve availability by applying industry and distributed systems best practices.
• Design and build security components & tooling: firewall, PKI and certificate infra, zero trust network, etc.
• Improve performance and cost efficiency of our infrastructure.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant software development industry experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.
• Software development experience in Go, C/C++, Java, or another OOP language.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Experience developing cloud infrastructure services, preferably with Kubernetes.
• Experience developing cloud native edge or service mesh services, preferably with Envoy and Istio.
• Experience leading and shipping large scope technical projects in collaboration with multiple experienced engineers.
• Understanding of network topologies, protocols, and security principles, such as VPNs, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices, including encryption, access controls, and compliance standards like SOC2 and GDPR.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a global team.
• Strong problem-solver with solid production debugging skills.

Compensation

• Typical starting salary in the US: $141,000—$208,000 USD.
• In US Premium Markets (e.g., San Francisco Bay Area, New York City Metro Area): $157,000—$230,000 USD.
• Additional perks: flexible work environment, healthcare, equity, time off, home office setup, global gatherings.