Engineering Manager - China

About ClickHouse Recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list, ClickHouse is one of the most innovative and fast-growing private cloud companies. With more than 3,000 customers and ARR that has grown over 250 percent year over year, ClickHouse leads the market in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads. The company’s sustained, accelerating momentum was recently validated by a $400M Series D financing round. Over the past three months, customers including Capital One, Lovable, Decagon, Polymarket, and Airwallex have adopted the platform or expanded existing deployments. These customers join an established base of AI innovators and global brands such as Meta, Cursor, Sony, and Tesla. We’re on a mission to transform how companies use data. Come be a part of our journey! ClickHouse is seeking an engineering manager to lead our team of software engineers based in China who own our partnership with Alibaba Cloud. Key Responsibilities Build and lead a high-performing technical team in China, fostering a culture of technical excellence and customer obsession Support Alibaba Cloud & ClickHouse partnership with deep technical expertise, driving integration, optimization, and go-to-market strategies Lead enterprise customer POCs from architecture design to production deployment, translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions Design PB-scale real-time data warehouse architectures , leveraging ClickHouse's exceptional performance for mission-critical workloads Partner with global Sales, Product, and Engineering teams , representing customer needs and driving product innovation Represent ClickHouse at technical conferences, meetups, and community events in China Required Qualifications Fluent English and Mandarin for seamless technical discussions with global teams and Chinese customers Outstanding customer-facing communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships at all organizational levels Deep database expertise - internals, query optimization, distributed systems, OLAP technologies Strong architecture design capabilities for large-scale, mission-critical data platforms PB-scale real-time data warehouse hands-on experience building and operating production systems Cloud-Native proficiency - solid experience with cloud-native architecture and infrastructure, with hands-on knowledge of at least one major cloud service provider (AWS, GCP, Azure, Alibaba Cloud) Team leadership experience managing technical teams of 10+ engineers 8+ years in database/data warehouse/big data technologies High level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability - thrives in a high-velocity environment with significant autonomy Founder's mindset with a focus on impact, innovation, and delivering measurable results Preferred Qualifications ClickHouse community contributor - active participation through code, documentation, or advocacy Experience with columnar databases (ClickHouse, Druid, Pinot) and real-time analytics systems Kubernetes expertise - practical experience deploying and managing stateful applications on K8s at scale Data engineering skills - strong background in ETL pipelines, data replication, CDC, and streaming platforms (Kafka, Flink, Spark) Technical writing/speaking experience - blogs, conference presentations, technical documentation Open-source contributions in the database or cloud-native ecosystem Exceptional problem-solving skills with proven experience debugging complex production issues Compensation For roles based in the United States , t he typical starting salary range for this position is listed above. In certain locations, such as the San Francisco Bay Area and the New York City Metro Area, a premium market range may apply, as listed. These salary ranges reflect what we reasonably and in good faith believe to be the minimum and maximum pay for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation may be higher or lower than the amounts listed, and the ran