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Principal Database Performance Engineer - Core Engineering (C++)

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Remote · EuropeSalary not disclosedfull-timeClickHouse Careers

NOTE: this role can be located anywhere ClickHouse has a hiring presence. ClickHouse — Core Analytics Database ClickHouse is looking for a Principal Database Performance Engineer to join the team behind our high-performance analytics database service.

Responsibilities

  • Identify impactful performance and scalability opportunities in customer or benchmark workloads
  • Architect and implement optimized database algorithms and data structures across core relational operators, indexes, query processing, memory management and scheduling
  • Drive the performance roadmap for latency, throughput, memory efficiency and hardware utilization improvements
  • Participate in the development of a complex, high-performance database system, including meticulous testing and safe production rollout
  • Represent the company externally through presentations, blog posts, and community contributions
  • Mentor and support junior engineers on the team

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    Posted
    17 Sept 2026
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