Workato is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join the Infra-Storage team and lead the evolution of its database platform. The role involves building, scaling, and operating ClickHouse and other critical databases on Kubernetes, ensuring reliability and performance for Workato's enterprise automation platform processing billions of events daily.
What You'll Do
- Design, deploy, and maintain ClickHouse clusters on Kubernetes at global scale.
- Build and operate database infrastructure for multiple database technologies (PostgreSQL, Opensearch, etc.) in Kubernetes.
- Develop automation for database provisioning, scaling, backup, and recovery workflows.
- Optimize database performance, reliability, and resource efficiency in containerized environments.
- Create and maintain Kubernetes operators and manifests for database workloads.
- Manage infrastructure through Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
- Lead incident response and post-mortem processes for database-related issues.
- Collaborate with Data Engineers and application teams on architecture and capacity planning.
- Build internal tooling to improve database observability and operational workflows.
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of experience in infrastructure or database engineering roles.
- Strong experience running stateful workloads on Kubernetes (operators, StatefulSets, persistent volumes).
- Proficiency with Linux systems, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and configuration management.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems architecture and database internals.
- Proven track record building automation and improving system reliability.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred).
- Strong analytical and incident management skills.
Nice to Have
- Expertise with ClickHouse administration, optimization, and scaling in production.
- Experience with PostgreSQL, Opensearch, Redis, or other database systems.
- Familiarity with Golang or Python for tooling or operators.
- Experience with Kafka, VictoriaMetrics, ArgoCD, or Vault.
- Contributions to database-related open-source projects.
- Understanding of database replication, sharding, and high-availability patterns.
Technical Stack
- Kubernetes
- ClickHouse
- PostgreSQL
- Opensearch
- Redis
- Terraform
- AWS
- Linux
- Golang
- Python
- Kafka
- VictoriaMetrics
- ArgoCD
- Vault
Team & Environment
Infra-Storage team within Infrastructure Engineering
Benefits & Compensation
- Flexible, trust-oriented culture
- Vibrant and dynamic work environment
- Balance of productivity and self-care
- Relocation support (implied by job title 'relocation')
Work Mode
Flexible work environment; company ranked #1 best company for remote workers by Quartz
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Workato. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
