Clickhouse

Core Software Engineer (C++) - Remote

United Kingdom

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Database, Software DevelopmentIndustries

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Remote (United Kingdom)
  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Salary: Not specified

ClickHouse is the company behind the popular open-source, high-performance columnar OLAP database management system for real-time analytics. ClickHouse works 100-1000x faster than traditional approaches. By offering a true column-based DBMS, it allows for systems to generate reports from petabytes of raw data with sub-second latencies. With top adopters such as Lyft, Cisco, and eBay, ClickHouse is rapidly growing and is an open and collaborative company.

What You Will Do

  • Analyze and optimize the performance of the core ClickHouse database.
  • Extend and add new performance tests based on real-world or synthetic datasets.
  • Serve as a resource for the Support Engineering team, helping to debug advanced performance issues.
  • Collaborate with other core teams to assess the impact of new features on performance.
  • Work with the open-source community, resolving issues, reviewing PRs, and answering questions.

Requirements

  • Experience: Solid professional software development experience in C++.
  • Systems Knowledge: Strong knowledge in Unix Systems.
  • Database Knowledge: Strong knowledge in database internals and design.
  • Performance Engineering: Experience in performance engineering, ideally in a database.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze and optimize ClickHouse database performance.
  • Develop and execute performance tests.
  • Support the Support Engineering team with performance debugging.
  • Collaborate with other core teams on performance impact assessments.
  • Engage with the open-source community.

Company Information

ClickHouse is the company behind the popular open-source, high performance columnar OLAP database management system for real-time analytics. ClickHouse works 100-1000x faster than traditional approaches. With over 37,000 stars on GitHub, ClickHouse is the fastest and most resource efficient open-source database for real-time apps and analytics. Our Core Engineering teams own the heart of our ClickHouse Open Source project. We are looking for exceptional C++ engineers to join our remote-first, global team and continue to scale and grow both our open source and ClickHouse Cloud offerings.

Skills

C++
Unix Systems
Database internals
Performance engineering

Clickhouse

High-speed column-oriented database management system

About Clickhouse

ClickHouse provides a high-speed, column-oriented database management system designed for developers and businesses that manage large-scale data. Its primary product processes analytical queries quickly by storing data from the same columns together, making it significantly faster than traditional row-oriented databases, especially in Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) scenarios. ClickHouse stands out from competitors by offering a free, open-source database that can be deployed on local machines or in the cloud, along with a fully managed service on platforms like AWS, GCP, and Microsoft Azure. The company's goal is to deliver a cost-effective solution that simplifies data management for its clients, as evidenced by user feedback highlighting substantial cost savings.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2021Year Founded
$291.8MTotal Funding
SERIES_BCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
201-500Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Flexible Work Hours
Remote Work Options
Stock Options
Home Office Stipend

Risks

Redpanda Serverless poses a competitive threat in real-time data processing.
Integration challenges with PeerDB may delay expected benefits.
Dependency on Supabase could pose operational risks.

Differentiation

ClickHouse's column-oriented design offers superior speed for analytical queries.
The open-source model allows flexible deployment across various environments.
Integration with Grafana enhances data visualization capabilities.

Upsides

Partnership with Alibaba Cloud boosts presence in the Chinese market.
Acquisition of PeerDB enhances real-time analytics capabilities.
Launch of ClickPipes improves data processing efficiency for real-time updates.

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