Incident Response Security Engineer
The full posting
The Security Team is responsible for providing key security capabilities covering application, cloud and enterprise security, incident response, detection and GRC. Our team is looking for an experienced, hands-on security practitioner, who will drive the adoption of modern security processes and tooling, with focus on supporting our detection and incident response capabilities.
What you will do
- Develop processes, tooling and automation to scale incident management response and mitigate risks to the business
- Collaborate with other security functions, engineering, product, support, business operations to identify appropriate detection use cases and automation
- Apply a threat modeling centric approach to incident detection and response
- Maintain security logging platform
- Stay up to date with the latest threats, attack vectors to improve our detection mechanisms and attack surface management
- Handle information security events and incidents across the ClickHouse products and services
What you bring along
- Background in product security / red teaming / penetration testing / threat modeling, combined with incident detection and response experience
- Strong knowledge of and experience with one or more cloud service providers (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience securing large-scale customer-facing cloud infrastructures
- Significant development and automation experience; preference for Golang and Python
Bonus Points
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related field
- Previous contributions to open source projects
- Security or cloud related certifications (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Perks
- Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in over 25 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 USD$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.
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Equal Opportunity & Privacy
ClickHouse provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type based on factors such as race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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Where you can work
This role is 100% remote, for applicants located in United States.
Text as ClickHouse published it; last compared with the original on 11 Nov 2026.
The application
Your details and CV, then 3 questions.
- 1.What is your current location?Short answer
- 2.Will you now or in the future require sponsorship by ClickHouse for the right to work in your current location?Yes or no
- 3.By selecting Yes, I am consenting to the use of AI for evaluating my candidacy.Yes or no
Taken from ClickHouse's application form as it stood on 11 Nov 2026.
The employer: ClickHouse
ClickHouse develops the open-source columnar database and its managed cloud; its security engineers handle cloud security, incident response, product security and offensive testing.
Pay and benefits: Remote-friendly roles across the US and Europe at a venture-backed database company.
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