Join the league of elite professionals by exploring opportunities in Systems Performance Engineering. These roles require extensive knowledge in diagnosing and improving software, system performance, and scalability across a range of applications and platforms.
Systems Performance Engineers are the backbone of any technological driven entity. They enhance business processes, increase system capabilities, and ultimately drive profitability. Discover job opportunities that offer challenges, innovation, and high compensation.
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Senior Performance Consultant – Digital Experience (DEX) & SaaS Transitions
$120K - $150K *
Unlock potential by leading complex Digital Experience (DEX) solutions in SaaS for enterprise clients. Serve as a trusted advisor, ensuring successful Aternity adoption while addressing performance vi...
3 weeks ago
Principal Operations Engineer, Mechanical - Data Center Operations
$150K - $250K *
Transform operations by leading critical mechanical systems in AI data centers. Drive technical readiness, oversee audits, and enhance cooling infrastructure to meet rigorous demands while mentoring u...
3 days ago
Senior Technical Program Manager - Enterprise
$118K - $148K *
Manage high-impact, cross-functional programs that align strategy with execution. Partner closely with senior leaders to drive outcomes, enhance visibility, and ensure smooth collaboration across dive...
1 week ago
Senior Services Engineer (Orchestration)
$160K - $240K *
Transform the online gaming experience by driving backend orchestration for our global containerized game servers. Collaborate in a passionate team to enhance systems, ensuring smooth operation, secur...
3 weeks ago
Staff, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
$130K - $160K *
Contribute to the reliability and security foundations that enhance last-mile healthcare delivery. Collaborate across teams to optimize infrastructure, improve incident response, and elevate operation...
5 days ago
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Operations
$110K - $140K *
Solve complex challenges as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, ensuring system reliability and performance. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to automate operations and implement best practices...
2 weeks ago
$90K - $130K *
Drive performance excellence by developing AWS Lambda observability solutions, analyzing telemetry and logs, and optimizing serverless architectures. Collaborate with teams to ensure scalable, reliabl...
3 weeks ago
$100K - $130K *
Transform your career by enhancing our flagship software platform and innovating new products in a fully remote environment. Collaborate directly with the CTO in a nimble, adaptable team focused on im...
1 week ago
$120K - $160K *
Lead, mentor, and contribute to engineering excellence while managing a team of engineers. Spearhead complex software projects across diverse tech stacks and drive technical solutions that deliver val...
3 weeks ago
Software Engineer II, Developer Experience
$103K - $129K *
Join a team that enhances our platform by developing features for code deployment, integrating with VCS providers, and ensuring performance excellence, all while using modern technologies in a collabo...
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Technical Support Engineer, Graphite
$70K - $100K *
Contribute to our customer support team by triaging issues, debugging technical problems, and collaborating across functions. Help us improve workflows and documentation while enhancing user experienc...
3 weeks ago
$70K - $95K *
Join a dynamic team as you tackle complex technical challenges, ensuring system stability and performance. Provide exceptional support, collaborate with engineers, and enhance IT processes in a fully...
3 weeks ago
$130K - $155K *
Join a team that's dedicated to enhancing infrastructure reliability through innovative DevOps practices. You'll drive incident management, deploy strategic improvements, and collaborate with engineer...
3 weeks ago
Principal AI Platform Engineer
$190K - $225K *
Join a dynamic team to engineer a robust AI platform that integrates diverse tools into a coherent system. Focus on backend infrastructure, cloud services, and production protocols, empowering AI-assi...
2 weeks ago
Senior Technical Program Manager
$109K - $137K *
Empower cross-functional teams by leading strategic technical programs that drive organizational success. As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you'll shape execution strategies, enhance delivery pro...
1 week ago
$105K - $195K *
Explore new challenges as you support large-scale infrastructure deployment, validation, and operational reliability, collaborating closely with senior engineers to ensure optimal performance and syst...
2 weeks ago
SR. SYSTEMS ENGINEER-TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATIONS
$110K - $125K *
Elevate your career by leading technology integration and migration projects, focusing on enterprise transformation and modernization during critical phases, ensuring seamless transitions and heighten...
2 weeks ago
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure
$125K - $135K *
Join us to shape the future of cloud infrastructure by building and owning the observability pipeline for our datacenter hardware. This role requires refining raw telemetry into actionable insights cr...
4 days ago
Senior Software Engineer - AWS
$120K - $150K *
Elevate healthcare interoperability by designing and building robust APIs for secure patient data retrieval. Collaborate with a remote team to solve complex challenges and influence architectural deci...
3 weeks ago
Principal Site Reliability Engineer - Observability and Telemetry Platform
$248K - $396K *
Take ownership of designing and supporting a large-scale observability platform. Collaborate throughout the service lifecycle, enhancing performance, automation, and reliability while ensuring system...
1 week ago
$120K - $150K *
Transform innovative reactor development by leading regulatory strategy and compliance efforts. Drive engagement with DOE and NRC to ensure seamless authorization, delivering on cutting-edge safety pr...
3 weeks ago
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
$113K - $205K *
Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance service reliability, tackling complex production issues across stacks. Drive automation and utilize AI tools for effective problem-solving and documentati...
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Principal Platform & Release Governance Engineer
$120K - $150K *
Transform governance by engineering automated, measurable release processes. This role involves designing a maturity-based release framework, embedding controls in CI/CD pipelines, and scaling automat...
1 week ago
Sr Engineering Technical Program Manager - Internal Platform Infrastructure
$159K - $206K *
Drive the Internal Platform Infrastructure program, enhancing cross-functional integrations and security initiatives while managing multiple complex workstreams and vendor relationships for operationa...
2 weeks ago
Sr Engineering Technical Program Manager - Internal Platform Infrastructure
$145K - $188K *
Support the platform infrastructure program, enhancing internal tooling and integrations while aligning with cross-functional teams to drive effective technical solutions and strategic initiatives acr...
2 weeks ago
What does a Systems Performance Engineer do?
A Systems Performance Engineer evaluates the comprehensive workflow of a system, diagnoses performance issues, and provides strategies for improvement.
What skills are necessary for a Systems Performance Engineer?
The job requires skills in analyzing system workflows, understanding complex algorithms, familiarity with programming languages, and a thorough understanding of databases.
What is the average salary for a Systems Performance Engineer?
The average salary varies greatly, but on Ladders, all jobs listed have a base salary of $100K, giving professionals a higher earning potential.