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Mikhail Shustov

Critic · DISC type C
Director of Engineering at ClickHouse
📍 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Mikhail Shustov is the Director of Engineering at ClickHouse, where he leads the open-source software ecosystem. He specializes in building high-performance, real-time data ingestion platforms capable of processing billions of rows per second using Golang. He holds a Masters degree from Moscow Power Engineering Institute and is described by colleagues as having strong technical capabilities and a can-do attitude.

Beyond his primary responsibilities, Mikhail demonstrates a deep interest in various programming paradigms, having undertaken courses in both Functional and Reactive Programming. He actively follows the evolution of database technologies and developer tooling, showing a keen interest in modern solutions for schema management and data pipelines.

Unique fact: Mikhail architects data systems engineered to handle the immense scale of ingesting over one billion rows of data per second.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Personality Overview

How Mikhail shows up

ROI Driven
Negotiator
Critic

They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms. They prefer to analyze logically and value objective facts over emotions.

Priorities

Topics Mikhail cares about

Real-time Data Ingestion
He leads teams building platforms to bring data into ClickHouse from sources like Postgres, MySQL, and BigQuery, focusing on extreme speed and reliability.
High-Performance Go
Actively promotes and hires for Golang engineering roles to solve challenges where "every millisecond matters and scale is limitless" for peak performance.
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Career

Work history

12-2024
Director of Engineering
ClickHouse
8-2022 - 12-2024
Engineering Manager
ClickHouse
6-2022 - 8-2022
Senior Software Engineer
ClickHouse
5-2020 - 6-2022
Principal Software Engineer
Elastic
2-2019 - 5-2020
Senior Software Engineer
Elastic
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Media appearances

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Education
2003 - 2009
Master's degree
Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University)
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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