Certification Manager
ClickHouse · EMEA (Remote) ·
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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 4,000 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!
The Learning Team at ClickHouse is growing fast as more and more users discover the power of ClickHouse and need to understand how to use it effectively. As part of that growth, we want to expand our certification program. We currently offer credentialed badges for completion of courses and one performance-based ClickHouse Certified Developer exam for those who are subject matter experts. We are looking for someone to take ownership of our certification program, expand our certification exam offerings, and build a community around our ClickHouse certified professionals.
Responsibilities:
- Developing performance-based, hands-on ClickHouse certification exams on ClickHouse use cases like real-time analytics, observability and data warehousing
- Working with company SME's to create job task analyses for exams
- Grading and maintaining all certification exams, including writing grading scripts
- Developing quizzes for our course-completion badges
- Writing and deploying quizzes for ClickHouse credentials
- Establishing a community presence for ClickHouse certified professionals using popular social media outlets and also while attending ClickHouse user conferences and Meetups
- Tracking and reporting on the metrics and KPIs of the certification program
- Working with the certification and badging vendors to ensure proper delivery of the exams and badges
- Handling customer support from learners interested in obtaining our certifications
- Traveling occasionally to Meetups and conferences to promote ClickHouse to the community
Requirements:
- A self-motivated attitude that provides you with the desire and determination to complete projects in a fast-paced startup environment
- Proven experience developing certification exams and quizzes for a highly technical audience like software engineers and database developers
- Experience with SQL
- Technical breadth and depth in relevant subjects such as DBMS, OLAP, Cloud/SaaS platforms, distributed systems software engineering, and big data
- You have a high level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly and effectively
- Excellent communication skills
Bonus points:
- 5+ years of experience in certification in the technical software industry
- Experience with curriculum development or instruction for databases and/or distributed systems
- Experience with ClickHouse database
- Experience with one or more Cloud Service Providers such as AWS, GCP, Azure
- Experience building software certification exams
- Ability to work cross-functionally amongst engineering, support, product and development teams
- Technical degree (e.g. Computer Science or related field)
You'll love this role if:
- You thrive in a customer-facing role, collaborating closely with Engineering, Marketing and Sales teams
- You are self-driven, curious, and eager to continuously learn and grow
- You possess a mindset of teamwork, global engagement, empathy, and a drive for solving challenging problems
- You have a sense of adventure and urgency in building the most scalable, highest performing, largest, and fastest databases in the world
Compensation
For roles based in the United States, the 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 ranges may be subject to future adjustments.
An individual’s placement within the range will depend on various factors, including (but not limited to) education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, location, performance, and the needs of the business or organization.
If you have any questions or comments about compensation as a candidate, please get in touch with us at [email protected].
Perks
- Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in over 20 countries.
- Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
- Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our company receives stock options.
- Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
- A $500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee.
- Global Gatherings – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.
Culture - We All Shape It
As part of a rapidly scaling start up, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.
Are you interested in finding out more about our culture? Learn more about our values here. Check out our blog posts or follow us on LinkedIn to find out more about what’s happening at ClickHouse.
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