Senior Database Administrator (ClickHouse)

Tabby
Ukraine
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Troubleshooting","Communication","Proactive monitoring","Incident response","Root-cause analysis"]

Own the reliability and performance of Tabby’s production ClickHouse clusters, whether self-hosted on Kubernetes or run via managed services. Design scalable standard architectures and automate cluster lifecycle work in Kubernetes—provisioning, scaling, upgrades, and migrations with minimal downtime. Build monitoring/alerting, handle backup and disaster recovery, enforce security best practices, and step in during production emergencies to restore service and drive root-cause fixes.

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Tabby
Tabby
11 hours ago

Senior Database Administrator (ClickHouse)

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Job Summary

Own the reliability and performance of Tabby’s production ClickHouse clusters, whether self-hosted on Kubernetes or run via managed services. Design scalable standard architectures and automate cluster lifecycle work in Kubernetes—provisioning, scaling, upgrades, and migrations with minimal downtime. Build monitoring/alerting, handle backup and disaster recovery, enforce security best practices, and step in during production emergencies to restore service and drive root-cause fixes.
Location: Ukraine
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the reliability and performance of production ClickHouse clusters, self-hosted on Kubernetes or managed services.
  • •Design a standard architecture and tooling to scale to dozens of multi-node clusters without linear growth in operational effort.
  • •Manage the cluster lifecycle as code (provisioning, configuration, scaling, upgrades, migrations).
  • •Build monitoring and alerting to catch problems before users notice, and own backups and disaster recovery with regular restore tests.
  • •Act as the go-to ClickHouse expert for developers and DBAs, handle routine requests via automation, and step in during rare production emergencies (including outside business hours).

Pay and Benefits

Perks:EquityPaid LeaveTax AllowanceRelocation SupportLearning BudgetTravel AllowanceWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •Deep DBA-level knowledge of ClickHouse in production, including how it stores, merges, replicates, and queries data.
  • •Strong SQL skills, including optimizing complex analytical queries and reviewing schema design.
  • •Hands-on operation of stateful database workloads on Kubernetes in production, including experience with a Kubernetes operator.
  • •Experience with version upgrades, backup/restore, and migrating large datasets between clusters or regions with zero or minimal downtime.
  • •Troubleshooting across queries/schema through Kubernetes, Linux, storage, and networking, plus proactive monitoring and alerting and practical security (encryption, access control, secrets).
Experience:FinTech
Skills:TroubleshootingCommunicationProactive monitoringIncident responseRoot-cause analysis
Tech Stack:ClickHouseSQLKubernetesLinuxCloudNativePGZalando Postgres OperatorAltinityClickHouse operator

Company Brief

Tabby
Tabby is a MENA buy‑now‑pay‑later and fintech platform that enables customers to split purchases into installments, offers in‑store and online payment products, a consumer app, and merchant services across Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait and the wider region.
Industry: Lending
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Founded: 2019
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