Senior Backend Engineer - ClickStack
ClickHouse · Remote · United States ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
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- Senior Backend Engineer
- Fully remote (global)
- TypeScript + Node.js
- Open-source focus
- Equity included
Join the team behind ClickStack, an open-source platform that unifies logs, metrics, traces, and session replays for faster debugging. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will own key services and infrastructure, ensuring reliable performance at petabyte scale. You will collaborate with the open-source community to refine architecture and improve the developer experience.
What you'll do
- Build backend services and infrastructure for the observability platform
- Ensure reliable, high-throughput data pipelines and APIs
- Collaborate with open-source contributors and incorporate feedback
- Design scalable systems for ingesting and querying petabytes of data
- Solve technical challenges related to production issue resolution
What you'll need
- 5+ years of software engineering experience focused on backend development
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js
- Experience with frameworks like Express or Fastify
- Solid understanding of API design and distributed systems
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes environments
- Passion for open source and building developer tools
Nice to have
- Experience with Go for contributing to specific services
- Knowledge of ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, or similar databases
- Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and logging pipelines
- Experience designing SDKs or client libraries
- Exposure to Kafka, NATS, or event-driven architectures
Stack
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- Go
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- ClickHouse
- PostgreSQL
- OpenTelemetry
- Kafka
- NATS
How you'll work
- Fully remote within a globally distributed company
- Flexible work environment across 25+ countries
- Opportunities for global in-person gatherings
What you get
- Employer contributions towards healthcare
- Stock options for every new team member
- Flexible time off in the US and generous entitlements elsewhere
- $500 USD allowance for home office setup