Engineering Manager - Language clients
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About the role
ClickHouse is the fastest growing database in the OLAP space, and language clients are how the world talks to it. From Go and Python to Rust and Java, our client libraries are the first touch point for every developer who builds on ClickHouse, and the gateway to a rapidly expanding ecosystem of integrations, SDKs, and partner tooling. We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Language Clients team - a group of motivated engineers ready to do their best work. You will build a high-output culture, set a clear technical direction, and expand our reach from client libraries into the broader open source ecosystem. This is a high-ownership role. You will work closely with engineering leadership in your first months, with autonomy expanding as fast as you build confidence and context - there is no artificial timeline.
Responsibilities
- Collaboration. Build productive relationships with product, developer relations, and sales engineering without losing engineering focus. Know when to protect team capacity and scope - and make that case clearly upward.
Requirements
- Why This Team
- Shape how developers around the world interact with ClickHouse from the first line of code to production at scale.
- Lead a team that is motivated and capable, your investment in them will compound.
- High visibility: language clients are the front door to the ClickHouse ecosystem, directly impacting developer adoption, community growth, and product direction.
- ClickHouse is the fastest-growing database in the OLAP space - you will be building at the frontier of a category that is still being defined.
- Operate with high ownership and autonomy in a company that stays lean and moves fast.
Benefits
Additional Information
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! Engineering Manager - Language clients
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