Senior Backend Engineer - ClickStack
Core
Building a petabyte-scale, high-performance observability platform (ClickStack) that ingests, processes, and queries telemetry data to help developers monitor, debug, and scale production applications.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (Infrastructure/Developer Tools)
Builds
Backend services, APIs, and infrastructure for real-time analytics and observability.
Domain
Cloud infrastructure, observability, data warehousing, developer tools.
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
TypeScript, Node.js, API design, distributed systems, data modeling, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), building developer tooling
Preferred skills
Go, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, OpenTelemetry, SDK/client library design, message queues (Kafka, NATS), event-driven architectures
Technologies
TypeScript, Node.js, Express, Fastify, Go, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, NATS, OpenTelemetry
Responsibilities
Own and build key backend services and infrastructure ensuring reliable, high-throughput data pipelines and APIs; Collaborate with open-source contributors and customers to incorporate feedback into backend architecture and API design; Design and implement scalable backend systems capable of ingesting, processing, and querying petabytes of observability data.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
