Remote Core C++ Engineer - Performance & Open Source Impact

ClickHouse; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Healthcare - Employer contributions

Equity in the company

Time off - Flexible time off

Home office setup - USD$500

Global Gatherings

Job summary

ClickHouse in a remote-first, globally distributed environment is seeking exceptional C++ engineers to join our Core Performance team. You will optimize core database performance, work on query and distributed optimization, and help ensure performance stays strong as the project evolves. You will engage with our open-source community and collaborate across engineering groups to drive efficiency and scalability.

Qualifications

• Solid professional software development experience in C++ (Unix systems).
• Strong knowledge of database internals and design.
• Experience in performance engineering for distributed systems or related domains.
• Excellent collaboration and communication across engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and optimize performance of the core ClickHouse database.
• Extend and create performance tests from real-world or synthetic data.
• Assist Support Engineering in debugging advanced performance issues.
• Collaborate with other core teams to assess feature impact on performance.
• Engage with the open-source community: reviews, PRs, questions across channels.

Skills

C++

Unix Systems

Database internals

Performance engineering

Open-source collaboration

Production debugging

Cross-team communication

Job description

ClickHouse in a remote-first, globally distributed environment is seeking exceptional C++ engineers to join our Core Performance team. You will optimize core database performance, work on query and distributed optimization, and help ensure performance stays strong as the project evolves. You will engage with our open-source community and collaborate across engineering groups to drive efficiency and scalability.