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From the employer's careers site First seen 4 Nov 2026

Core Software Engineer (C++) - Remote

ClickHouse San Francisco Remote senior full-time

Salary

$195K - $260K per year

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Description

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.

As part of the ClickHouse Core teams, you will contribute to, analyze, and optimize the performance of the core ClickHouse database.

Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to, analyze, and optimize the performance of the core ClickHouse database.
  • Ensure that the database performance does not deteriorate over time by extending existing and adding new performance tests.
  • Serve as a resource for the Support Engineering team, helping to debug the most advanced performance issues encountered by our customers.
  • Collaborate with other teams to assess the impact of new features on performance and reliability.
  • Work with our open-source community, including resolving issues, reviewing and finishing PRs, and answering questions.

About you:

  • Solid professional software development experience in C++.
  • Strong knowledge in database internals and design.
  • Experience in performance engineering.
  • Good communication skills and ability to work well within and across engineering teams.
  • Ready to work closely with our open-source community.

Perks:

  • Flexible work environment.
  • Healthcare.
  • Equity in the company.
  • Time off.
  • A USD$500 Home office setup.
  • Global Gatherings.

Skills

Required

  • C++
  • Unix/Linux Systems
  • database internals
  • performance engineering

Nice to have

  • Experience with ClickHouse
  • security
  • privacy
  • compliance
  • TCP/IP and network programming
  • cloud infrastructure services
  • Kubernetes
  • public speaking
  • open source projects

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clickhouse/368bda6e-28bf-43ff-b2ec-3e3a6ad66a8d

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