Principal Database Performance Engineer - Core Engineering (C++) is open at ClickHouse in Germany (remote). Posted on Sep 17, 2026, and still on ClickHouse’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
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…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on ClickHouse’s careers page.
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