Core Software Engineer, C++

🔥 19 minutes ago

💵 $195k - $260k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

Where this job comes from

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First seen by Remote Rocketship 19 minutes ago

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ClickHouse

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2021

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $400M Series D on 2026-01

SaaS • Enterprise • Artificial Intelligence

ClickHouse is an open-source, column-oriented OLAP database and real-time data warehouse that delivers extremely fast, resource-efficient analytics at petabyte scale. ClickHouse offers both self-managed open-source software and managed cloud services (ClickHouse Cloud available on AWS, GCP, Azure), as well as complementary products like ClickHouse Managed Postgres, ClickStack (an open-source observability stack), Langfuse for LLM observability, Agentic Data Stack for AI applications, and chDB in-process SQL engine. It targets use cases such as real-time analytics, observability, data warehousing, machine learning and GenAI, and provides integrations with BI tools, data ingestion, and language clients. ClickHouse is used by enterprises across industries (e. g. , financial services, cybersecurity, e-commerce, gaming, automotive) and emphasizes performance, cost-efficiency, developer-friendliness, and open-source community adoption.

📋 Description

• Contribute to, analyze, and optimize the performance of the core ClickHouse database • Work on query optimization, distributed query optimization, relational operators, caching, and low-level SIMD optimizations • Extend existing and add new performance tests using real-world or synthetic datasets • Serve as a resource for Support Engineering by debugging advanced customer performance issues • Participate in an on-call rotation and external community support channels • Collaborate with other teams to assess the performance and reliability impact of new features • Resolve open-source issues, review and finish pull requests, and answer questions across mail, chats, Google Groups, and external Slack channels

🎯 Requirements

• Solid professional software development experience in C++ • Experience with Unix/Linux systems • Strong knowledge of database internals and design • Experience in performance engineering • Ability to communicate and work effectively within and across engineering teams • Ability to work closely with the open-source community • Code review experience with patience and attention to detail • Strong problem-solving and production debugging skills • Passion for efficiency, availability, scalability, and data governance • High level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability • Experience with ClickHouse is a bonus • Experience in security, privacy, and compliance is a bonus • Experience with TCP/IP and network programming is a bonus • Experience developing cloud infrastructure services, preferably with Kubernetes, is a bonus • Experience giving public talks at technical conferences and meetups is a bonus • Previous contributions to open-source projects are a bonus

🏖️ Benefits

• Employer contributions towards healthcare • Equity/stock options for every new team member • Flexible time off in the US • Generous time-off entitlement in other countries • USD$500 home office setup allowance for remote employees • Opportunities to participate in company-wide global offsites • Flexible, remote-friendly work environment

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