Staff Data Engineer - Observability Data Lake
CVS Health- Full Time
- Junior (1 to 2 years)
Candidates should possess solid professional software development experience in C++, including experience with Unix/Linux systems, and strong knowledge in database internals and design.
As a Core Software Engineer, you will contribute to, analyze, and optimize the performance of the core ClickHouse database, ensuring database performance does not deteriorate over time by extending and adding new performance tests, serving as a resource for the Support Engineering team to debug advanced performance issues, collaborating with other teams to assess the impact of new features on performance and reliability, and working with the open-source community by resolving issues, reviewing and finishing PRs, and answering questions from various support channels.
High-speed column-oriented database management system
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.