Principal Database Performance Engineer - Core Engineering (C++)
Clickhouse · Germany · United Kingdom
- Level
- Staff
- Type
- full-time
- Mode
- On-site / hybrid
- Posted
- 2026-09-17
- Team
- Engineering, Core Database Engineering
Role description
NOTE: this role can be located anywhere ClickHouse has a hiring presence. ClickHouse — Core Analytics Database About the Role: ClickHouse is looking for a Principal Database Performance Engineer to join the team behind our high-performance analytics database service. In this role, you will drive performance and scalability improvements across the stack, taking on ambiguous, high-impact technical challenges most engineers never get to touch. Our performance team owns the core of query execution - filters, aggregation, joins, and the index structures that make them fast.…
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