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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Server C++ Engineer - **Company:** Altinity Inc. - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, C++ (Programming Language), Databases, Query Languages, Database Testing, Software Debugging, Linux, Open Source Technology, Performance Tuning, Software Systems, Software Vulnerability Management, Kubernetes, Codebase, Data Management, Vertica - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=db49573bba312609 ## About the Role * 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, * Work from Anywhere, Anytime: We are not your typical nine-to-five shop! 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. ## Description 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., * 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 ## Related Videos - [Getting to Know Your Legacy (System) with AI-Driven Software Archeology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1437-getting-to-know-your-legacy-system-with-ai-driven-software-archeology) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [How building an industry DBMS differs from building a research one](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/768-how-building-an-industry-dbms-differs-from-building-a-research-one) - [Why your codebase lies to AI?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100281-why-your-codebase-lies-to-ai) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 131 - AI'm not sure about OSS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/472-dev-digest-131-ai-m-not-sure-about-oss) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Dev Digest 132 - Binging WADFlix?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/473-dev-digest-132-binging-wadflix)