Senior Performance Engineer

A global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions.
$127,000 - $225,000
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Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
7+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS

Description For Senior Performance Engineer

Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation division is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to join their VCF Performance Engineering R&D group. This role is integral to their mission of enabling organizations to run business-critical applications securely and efficiently. The position focuses on advanced storage solutions, particularly vSAN, involving performance optimization, bottleneck analysis, and software architecture design for next-generation hardware.

The role combines deep technical expertise with customer-facing responsibilities, requiring someone who can bridge the gap between complex technical systems and stakeholder communication. You'll be working with VMware's flagship product vSphere and technologies including vSAN, NSX, and Aria, helping customers achieve the perfect balance of public cloud agility with private cloud security and performance.

As a Senior Performance Engineer, you'll be part of a dynamic team that values innovation, teamwork, and customer success. Your responsibilities will span from technical performance engineering to customer escalations, documentation, and direct engagement with partners. The position offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in enterprise cloud infrastructure.

The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in performance engineering, strong programming skills, and deep knowledge of system architectures. This role offers the chance to impact how the world's largest enterprises, governments, and institutions manage their cloud infrastructure, making it an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about performance optimization and large-scale systems.

Last updated 21 hours ago

Responsibilities For Senior Performance Engineer

  • Focus on data path performance of advanced storage solutions like vSAN
  • Perform bottleneck analysis and software architecture design
  • Design and build performance analytics and observability solutions
  • Handle customer escalations
  • Work with other performance engineers and developers to improve storage products
  • Develop best practices
  • Author blogs and whitepapers
  • Present internally and directly to partners and customers

Requirements For Senior Performance Engineer

Linux
  • Bachelors plus 12+ years OR Masters plus 10+ years OR PhD plus 7+ years in Computer Science or related field
  • 7+ Years of industry experience
  • Very good aptitude for performance engineering R&D and experience with performance benchmarks and methodology
  • Hands-on working experience in the development or performance engineering of Linux kernel, device drivers, file systems or the core storage stack
  • Good programming skills
  • Significant experience working on large distributed systems
  • Solid understanding of CPU, memory, network, and storage hardware and software subsystems
  • Basic hypervisor and Linux system administration skills
  • Excellent analytical skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Benefits For Senior Performance Engineer

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401k
Equity
  • Medical, dental and vision plans
  • 401(K) participation including company matching
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Company paid holidays
  • Paid sick leave
  • Vacation time
  • Paid Family Leave

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