## About the role
Altinity is looking for database geeks able to guide users around the globe in building ClickHouse applications. We serve a rapidly expanding customer base as well as the broader ClickHouse open source community. Your responsibilities will be divided as follows:
## Responsibilities
### Support (75% of time)
- Helping build production-grade systems based on ClickHouse: advise how to design schemas, plan clusters etc. Environments range from single node setups to clusters with 100s of nodes, including Altinity.Cloud, our managed ClickHouse service.
- Working with the community – GitHub, Stack Overflow, Telegram.
### Research and development (25% of time)
- Studying new usage patterns, ClickHouse functions, & integration with other products.
- Writing tech articles – for Altinity blog and internal KB.
- Working on infrastructure projects related to ClickHouse
- Improving ClickHouse itself – fixing bugs, improving docs, creating test-cases, etc.
## Requirements
- Experience with ClickHouse is a MUST
- Expert SQL knowledge for one of: ClickHouse (preferred), MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server.
- Strong Linux shell skills / bash scripting skills
- Experience with running production-grade systems
- Technical English writing and speaking skills
- Docker self-defense skills
- Basic knowledge of distributed system concepts and big data technology stacks
- Knowledge of at least one programming language (Python, C++, Java, Go)
- University degree (IT/math) or equivalent experience
## Nice to have
- Kubernetes knowledge and operating experience
- Experience with big data stack components like Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Nifi, …
- Experience with data science/data analysis
- Knowledge of SRE / DevOP stacks – monitoring/system management tools (Prometheus, Ansible, ELK, …)
- Version control using git
## What we offer
- Work from Anywhere, Anytime: We are not your typical nine-to-five shop! Enjoy the flexibility of working from literally wherever and whenever. Create a schedule that works for you and your family or lifestyle. Recharge your batteries with our open vacation policies
- Cultural Diversity: We love that we get to work with passionate people from around the world. Currently, our team is made of professionals from 12 different countries!
- Career Development: We provide opportunities to learn new technologies as well as try out new roles. We also offer access to training on leading-edge technologies, plus flexible work schedules for external education.
- USA Employees Benefits: We offer comprehensive PPO health care plans for our US-based employees that are incredibly flexible to meet the needs of individuals or families. 401K with company match also available.
- Company Travel: We come together in person two to three times per year in locations across the globe. During non-pandemic times, of course! We also fund travel to conferences and encourage presentations as well as contributions in open source communities.
## About the company
This is a full-time position and includes equity in the company. Altinity is venture-funded and financially stable. We are 100% remote. You may work anywhere you have work permits, though we prefer candidates from North America or Europe.
To apply, send your resume and a cover letter to
[email protected]