Technical Customer Support Engineer – AMER (EST) – Distributed Database Support
Remote
US/Canada
Posted 7 days ago
This is a full-time, remote Technical Customer Support Engineer role at ClickHouse, a fast-growing company specializing in real-time analytics and distributed databases. This role is focused on the Eastern Time Zone (EST) to support North American customers and is a customer-facing position requiring strong technical depth and communication skills. The role spans traditional support, pre-sales technical assistance (POCs), community engagement, and knowledge creation.
- Location: Remote, must be located in the United States or Canada (Eastern Time Zone required).
- Focus: Providing first-line technical support, professional response, and on-call coverage for complex issues related to ClickHouse Cloud and ClickHouse open-source.
- Communication Requirement: Strong written and verbal English and German communication skills.
- Support Model: 24×7 Support in a global, distributed environment (requires presence/availability according to scheduling).
- Perks: Stock options, flexible time off, and a $500 home office setup allowance.
What You Will Be Doing: Technical Guidance and Knowledge Sharing
The engineer will own a variety of tasks from direct customer interaction and case management to content development and cross-functional partnership.
- Customer Support: Supporting and guiding users, customers, and prospects via cases, chat, Slack, community, and virtual meetings. Delivering excellent customer service and providing on-call coverage within required SLAs.
- Pre- and Post-Sales Support: Partnering with the Go-To-Market team on deeply technical aspects of Proofs-of-Concept (POCs), in addition to post-sales case resolution.
- Knowledge Creation: Develop solutions that can be shared via documentation, knowledge base, blogs, meetups, webinars, and training.
- Collaboration & Feedback: Work closely with global Support Services, Engineering, Go-to-Market, and Product Management teams to help define functionality required by users and customers.
- Mentorship: Assist with mentoring, training, and sharing knowledge with colleagues, users, and customers.
Required Technical Breadth and Qualifications
The role requires experience in distributed systems and database administration, coupled with specific language proficiency.
- Domain Expertise: Technical breadth and depth in ClickHouse open-source or ClickHouse Cloud, or in domains relevant to ClickHouse, such as: SQL databases, OLAP, cloud-native SaaS, distributed systems.
- Prior Experience: Previous technical experience in roles such as Support Engineer, Consultant, Database Administrator, Site Reliability Engineer, Solutions Engineer, Software Engineer, and/or Systems Engineer.
- Language Skills: Strong written and verbal English and German communication skills.
- Schedule: Be present and available according to the scheduling required to deliver high-quality 24×7 Support in a global, distributed environment.
- Soft Skills: Mindset of teamwork, global engagement, empathy, and solving challenging problems. Self-driven, curious, and eager to continuously learn and grow.
Bonus Points
- Experience with ClickHouse.
- Experience with OSS and open-source technologies.
- Experience with Azure, GCP or AWS.
- Experience with data pipelines such as Kafka, Kinesis, Spark, RabbitMQ, or others.
Job Features
| Job Category | Customer Success, Support Service, Technical Services |