Principal Software Engineer - Postgres
ClickHouse3 months ago
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of advanced systems features for storage, replication, query execution, and performance optimization
- Contribute to and extend PostgreSQL internals to improve reliability, scalability, and efficiency
- Prototype and build PostgreSQL extensions that integrate with cloud-native infrastructure
- Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and cloud platform teams to deliver robust developer experiences
- Profile and optimize database performance using low-level instrumentation and benchmarking
- Set engineering standards, provide technical leadership, and mentor senior engineers
- Drive projects from concept through production
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience building systems software in C, C++, or Rust
- Go experience is a plus
- Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL or other database engine internals, including storage, execution, or replication subsystems
- Strong understanding of concurrency, operating systems, and performance engineering
- Proven ability to ship large-scale systems or core infrastructure features end-to-end
- Experience contributing to open-source databases or similarly complex systems is highly desirable
- Ability to work independently with significant autonomy and ownership
Benefits
- Remote-friendly flexible work environment with a globally distributed workforce operating in over 20 countries
- Employer healthcare contributions
- Company stock options for new team members
- Flexible time off in the US and generous time-off entitlement in other countries
- $500 home office setup benefit for remote employees
- Opportunities to participate in company-wide offsites and global gatherings
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About ClickHouse
ClickHouse is a fast, open-source columnar database built for real-time data processing and analytics at scale. ClickHouse Cloud delivers the query speed and concurrency that applications demanding instant insight from large volumes of data require. As AI agents become more embedded in software, generating higher query volumes at tighter latency, ClickHouse provides a high-throughput, low-latency engine purpose-built for that workload.