Core Software Engineer (C++) - Remote

NOTE: this role can be located anywhere ClickHouse has a hiring presence.

With over 49,000 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.  More specifically, our Performance Engineering team is seeking engineers who love optimizing the performance of distributed systems.

What will you do?

• As part of the ClickHouse Core Performance team, you will analyze and optimize the performance of the core ClickHouse database. The team works on many different topics such as query optimization, distributed query optimization, relational operators (e.g. aggregation and joins), caching, and low-level optimizations like SIMD instructions.
• You will ensure that the database performance does not deteriorate over time by extending existing and adding new performance tests, based on real-world or synthetic datasets.
• You will serve as a resource for the Support Engineering team, helping to debug the most advanced performance issues encountered by our customers.
• As the core ClickHouse database continues to move at a fast pace, you will closely collaborate with our other core teams to assess the impact of new features on performance and support colleagues with performance tests and advice.
• You will work with our open-source community. This will include resolvi

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