Principal Database Performance Engineer - Core Engineering (C++)

The role

You will drive performance and scalability improvements across the stack for a high-performance analytics database service. You will own database performance end-to-end on a petabyte-scale cloud database.

What you will do

• Identify impactful performance and scalability opportunities in customer or benchmark workloads
• Architect and implement optimized database algorithms and data structures
• Drive the performance roadmap for latency, throughput, memory efficiency and hardware utilization improvements
• Participate in the development of a complex, high-performance database system
• Represent the company externally through presentations, blog posts, and community contributions
• Mentor and support junior engineers on the team

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in database performance engineering, distributed systems
• Master or PhD in databases or a related field
• Strong fluency in C++
• Background in performance-critical software or systems programming
• A 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

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Employer contributions towards your healthcare
• Stock options
• Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries
• USD$500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee
• Opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites

About the company

ClickHouse is a Core Analytics Database company. It is a globally distributed company operating in over 25 countries.