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Engineering Manager - China

ClickHouse· Engineering
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Hybrid (China)Full-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Engineering manager to lead a China-based software engineering team owning the Alibaba Cloud partnership, designing PB-scale real-time data warehouse architectures and driving integration, customer engagement, and product innovation.

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

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 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 in a high-velocity environment with significant autonomy
  • Founder's mindset with a focus on impact, innovation, and delivering measurable results

Skills

Required:English and Mandarin fluencyCustomer-facing communicationDatabase internals, query optimization, distributed systems, OLAPLarge-scale architecture designPB-scale real-time data warehouseCloud-Native & cloud providersTeam leadership

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment - globally distributed and remote-friendly
  • Healthcare - employer contributions towards healthcare
  • Equity in the company - stock options for new team members
  • Time off - flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries
  • A $500 Home office setup for remote employees
  • Global Gatherings – opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites
Last updated Aug 5, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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