PostHog
ClickHouse Operations Engineer
About this role
PostHog is seeking a ClickHouse Operations Engineer to oversee the automation, management, and maintenance of their core data infrastructure. This role is essential to support the company's growth as they aim to handle trillions of events annually, ensuring efficient data ingestion, storage, and querying.
What you'll do
- Automate ClickHouse deployment and management
- Maintain performance and reliability of ClickHouse infrastructure
- Monitor data ingestion and storage processes
- Collaborate with product teams to enhance data usage
- Implement best practices for database management
- Troubleshoot and optimize ClickHouse queries
What they're looking for
- Experience with ClickHouse or similar databases
- Strong SQL skills
- Knowledge of data infrastructure management
- Ability to automate processes
- Familiarity with monitoring tools
- Problem-solving skills
- Collaboration and communication skills
- Experience in a remote work environment
Benefits
- Remote work flexibility
- Competitive salary
- Equity options
- Strong career development opportunities
- Supportive team culture
- Health and wellness benefits
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PostHog
PostHog builds product analytics and data infrastructure that processes massive volumes of events and data. The company is hiring Backend Engineers, ClickHouse Operations Engineers, Context Engineers, and Developer Advocates to enhance its core platform, infrastructure, documentation, and community engagement.
- Website
- posthog.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through your experience operating ClickHouse at scale—what were the biggest challenges you faced around ingestion, storage, or query performance?
- How do you approach capacity planning and cost optimization for a high-volume distributed database like ClickHouse?