About the role
ClickHouse is the hottest analytic database on the planet and Altinity is the home of ClickHouse experts who build real-time data solutions that run anywhere. ClickHouse now has more contributors than ElasticSearch, previously the biggest open-source analytic project on GitHub. Altinity is looking for a great server internals engineer to work on contributions to ClickHouse. As a Server Engineer, you’ll be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting features of ClickHouse ranging from encryption to storage to query processing. We’re looking for imaginative engineers with a background in database internals and in high-performance languages like C++. We have lots of exciting projects underway as we help the community adapt ClickHouse to the cloud and Kubernetes. Our ideal candidate has: 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 A day in your life as a ClickHouse server engineer may include any or all of the following: 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 Our
