Server C++ Engineer (Security & Distributed Systems)

About the Position

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 help maintain and improve the security posture of 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. The primary focus of this role is identifying, analyzing, validating, and resolving security vulnerabilities that affect ClickHouse and its dependencies. You will work closely with the open-source community and Altinity engineering teams to ensure security issues are addressed quickly and correctly.

We have lots of exciting projects underway as we help the community adapt ClickHouse to the cloud and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support features of ClickHouse ranging from encryption to storage to query processing.
• Identify, analyze, validate, and resolve security vulnerabilities that affect ClickHouse and its dependencies.
• Work closely with the open-source community and Altinity engineering teams.
• 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, 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Ability to assess the applicability and severity of newly disclosed vulnerabilities in large software systems and their dependency chains.
• Experience reproducing security issues, performing root cause analysis, and developing robust, testable fixes.
• Familiarity with common vulnerability classes including memory corruption, denial of service, privilege escalation, authentication bypass, injection vulnerabilities, and information disclosure.
• Familiarity with CVSS scoring, threat modeling, and security risk assessment.
• Understanding of software supply chain security and dependency risk management.
• Ability to independently investigate ambiguous technical problems and make sound engineering decisions.
• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to document vulnerabilities, mitigations, and security recommendations clearly.
• 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.
• 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 experience with ClickHouse development and vulnerability management processes.

We Offer

• Work from Anywhere, Anytime: Enjoy the flexibility of working from literally wherever and whenever. Create a schedule that works for you and your family or lifestyle. Recharge your batteries with our open vacation policies.
• Cultural Diversity: Work with passionate people from around the world. Currently, our team is made of professionals from 24 different countries!
• Career Development: Opportunities to learn new technologies and try out new roles. Access to training on leading-edge technologies, plus flexible work schedules for external education.
• USA Employees Benefits: Comprehensive PPO health care plans that are incredibly flexible to meet the needs of individuals or families. 401K with company match also available.
• Company Travel: We come together in person two to three times per year in locations across the globe. We also fund travel to conferences and encourage presentations as well as contributions to open-source communities.

This is a full-time position and includes equity in the company. Altinity is venture-funded and financially stable. We are 100% remote. You may work anywhere you have work permits.

Check out our many other benefits including flexible work hours, career development, and open vacation policies.

About the Company

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. We are passionate about building secure, high-performance databases and are committed to working with the open-source community to drive innovation.

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