Database Research Scientist

Job summary

Responsibilities

As a Research Scientist at ClickHouse Labs, you will work on high-impact problems at the intersection of database systems, distributed systems, AI, and systems software engineering while collaborating with experienced researchers and engineers.

• Conduct applied research aimed at advancing the performance, scalability, reliability, and functionality of open-source database management systems, including ClickHouse and…
• Design and evaluate new algorithms, data structures, and system architectures for areas such as query optimization, indexing, storage management, query execution, and distributed…
• Develop high-quality research prototypes and production-grade implementations, and work with engineering teams to integrate successful techniques into open-source and production…
• Collaborate closely with database engine, infrastructure, and data-plane engineers to identify high-impact research problems and translate research results into practical system…
• Analyze large-scale database workloads, performance traces, benchmarks, and production telemetry to identify bottlenecks and optimization opportunities.

What they're looking for

• Masters/Ph.D. in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field, with research experience in databases, distributed systems, systems software, or machine learning systems.
• Strong publication record in leading peer-reviewed research venues such as SIGMOD, VLDB, SOSP, OSDI, NSDI, or NeurIPS, with work relevant to databases or systems.
• Strong programming and systems-development background, including experience working with database internals or other large systems codebases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL…
• Proficiency in systems programming using C, C++, Rust, Zig, or a comparable low-level programming language.
• Strong analytical, experimental, problem-solving, and technical communication skills.

Tech stack

• PostgreSQL
• C++
• Rust
• AWS
• GCP
• Azure
• Python
• Go