Server C++ Engineer (Security & Distributed Systems)

Altinity is the home of ClickHouse experts who build real-time data solutions. They are seeking a Server C++ Engineer to design, implement, and support features of ClickHouse, focusing on encryption, storage, and query processing.

Responsibilities:

• Write good task-specific C++ code and solidify it with tests
• Debug issues reported by users, fix them and add tests to make sure they won’t happen again
• Profile existing code and make it faster (either by applying clever algorithms, adding vectorized intrinsics, or by implementing cool tricks), add performance tests
• Submit your own pull requests and review pull requests from others
• Help the Support Team investigate customer problems running ClickHouse
• Help new community members contribute to ClickHouse
• Attend meetups and make presentations on open-source development
• Write blog articles and share information about ClickHouse

Requirements:

• Proven experience in design, implementation, and testing high-performance DBMS features in a complex C++ codebase
• Excellent background in database internals including query languages, access methods, storage, and/or connectivity
• Demonstrated ability to read and write good C++
• Good understanding of networking and I/O on Linux
• Familiar with performance optimization techniques and tools
• History of getting pull requests vetted and merged in rapidly evolving open-source projects
• Sound knowledge of database testing, debugging, and low-level performance optimization
• Experience in secure distributed systems, cloud/database security, authentication & authorization, secure networking, or security hardening of large-scale C++ infrastructure
• Enthusiasm to learn more about database technology and data-related applications
• Good English language reading and writing skills
• Eager to work with a friendly, distributed team following open-source dev practices
• MAJOR PLUS: previous development experience on ClickHouse