Core Software Engineer, C++

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Netherlands.

📋 Description

• Contribute to, analyze, and enhance the performance of the core ClickHouse database.

• Focus on query optimization, distributed query optimization, relational operators, caching, and low-level SIMD optimizations.

• Expand existing performance tests and create new ones using real-world or synthetic datasets.

• Act as a resource for Support Engineering by troubleshooting advanced customer performance issues.

• Participate in an on-call rotation and engage in external community support channels.

• Collaborate with other teams to evaluate the performance and reliability effects of new features.

• Address open-source issues, review and complete pull requests, and respond to inquiries via email, chat, Google Groups, and external Slack channels.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong professional software development experience in C++.

• Familiarity with Unix Systems.

• In-depth knowledge of database internals and design.

• Experience in performance engineering.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively within and across engineering teams.

• Willingness to collaborate closely with the open-source community.

• Strong problem-solving capabilities and production debugging skills.

• Passion for efficiency, availability, scalability, and data governance.

• Ability to excel in a fast-paced start-up environment.

• High level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability.

• Bonus: experience with ClickHouse.

• Bonus: background in security, privacy, and compliance.

• Bonus: familiarity with TCP/IP and network programming.

• Bonus: experience in developing cloud infrastructure services, ideally with Kubernetes.

• Bonus: experience delivering public talks at technical conferences and meetups.

• Bonus: prior contributions to open-source projects.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment; a 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 connect with colleagues at company-wide offsites.