Principal Database Performance Engineer – Core Engineering, C++

🔥 12 hours ago

🌐 Germany, United Kingdom, +1 more countries – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend 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

• Identify impactful performance and scalability opportunities in customer or benchmark workloads • Architect and implement optimized database algorithms and data structures across relational operators, indexes, query processing, memory management, and scheduling • Drive the performance roadmap for latency, throughput, memory efficiency, and hardware utilization improvements • Participate in developing a complex, high-performance database system • Conduct meticulous testing and safe production rollouts • Represent ClickHouse externally through presentations, blog posts, and community contributions • Mentor and support junior engineers

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in database performance engineering or distributed systems • Master or PhD in databases or a related field • Strong fluency in C++ • Background in performance-critical software or systems programming • Track record of driving complex performance improvements end-to-end • Deep understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms • Excellent communication and leadership skills • Proactive, goal-driven mindset

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment and remote-friendly working arrangement • Employer contributions towards healthcare • 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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