Core Software Engineer (C++) - Remote

About the Role

We're seeking exceptional C++ engineers to join our remote-first, global team and continue to scale and grow both our open source and ClickHouse Cloud offerings.

Responsibilities

As part of the ClickHouse Core Performance team, you will:

• Analyze and optimize the performance of the core ClickHouse database.
• Ensure that the database performance does not deteriorate over time by extending existing and adding new performance tests.
• Serve as a resource for the Support Engineering team, helping to debug the most advanced performance issues encountered by our customers.
• Closely collaborate with our other core teams to assess the impact of new features on performance and support colleagues with performance tests and advice.
• Work with our open-source community, resolving issues, reviewing and finishing PRs, and answering questions from various channels.

What You'll Need

You bring along:

• Solid professional software development experience in C++.
• Strong knowledge in database internals and design.
• Experience in performance engineering, ideally in a database but other areas are also okay.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• A strong problem-solving ability and solid production debugging skills.

Resume Tip

Bonus points for experience with ClickHouse, security, privacy, and compliance, TCP/IP, network programming, cloud infrastructure services, and public talks at technical conferences.