Core Software Engineer, C++

🔥 12 hours ago

🇳🇱 Netherlands – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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ClickHouse

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2016

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

SaaS • Enterprise • Artificial Intelligence

ClickHouse is a fast and resource-efficient real-time data warehouse and open-source database that is designed to deliver superior query performance for mission-critical and time-sensitive applications. It is available as a cloud service on major platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure, with a "Bring Your Own Cloud" option and a wide range of integrations for seamless operation within diverse tech stacks. ClickHouse excels in real-time analytics, machine learning, business intelligence, and observability, making it an ideal choice for tasks such as financial services, fraud detection, and gaming analytics. It supports developer-friendly SQL operations, offers cost-effective storage solutions, and provides an open-source alternative to traditional databases. Companies like Sony, Lyft, Cisco, GitLab, and Twilio leverage ClickHouse for its scalability, efficiency, and ease of use.

📋 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 email, chats, Google Groups, and external Slack channels

🎯 Requirements

• Solid professional software development experience in C++ • Experience with Unix Systems • Strong knowledge of database internals and design • Experience in performance engineering • Ability to communicate and work well within and across engineering teams • Willingness to work closely with the open-source community • Strong problem-solving and production debugging skills • Passion for efficiency, availability, scalability, and data governance • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment • High level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability • Bonus: experience with ClickHouse • Bonus: experience in security, privacy, and compliance • Bonus: experience with TCP/IP and network programming • Bonus: experience developing cloud infrastructure services, preferably with Kubernetes • Bonus: experience giving public talks at technical conferences and meetups • Bonus: previous contributions to open-source projects

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment; remote-friendly globally distributed company • Employer contributions towards healthcare • Equity in the company; 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 engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites

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