Senior Software Engineer, Performance Engineering

Veeam Software
San Jose, CA
On-site

Who this role is best for

Candidates with distributed systems expertise and Go experience will find this performance engineering role suitable, especially those with a background in cloud infrastructure and a focus on scalability and resource optimization.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years of enterprise software development and distributed systems experience
    — “5+ years of experience developing enterprise solutions in a high-level programming language such as Go, C++ or Java”
  • Individuals with a track record in optimizing large-scale ingestion pipelines and debugging complex bottlenecks
    — “Debug the full stack end to end (Go runtime, OS, network, datastores, Kubernetes, cloud) to root-cause bottlenecks and regressions”
  • Candidates who have worked with cloud platforms like AWS and Azure and have experience in Kubernetes environments
    — “Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, AWS, and Azure, including diagnosing resource, scheduling, networking, and API-limit issues in running workloads”

Things to consider

  • The role involves ownership of customer-reported performance issues and collaboration with multiple teams
    — “Own customer-reported performance issues through root cause and resolution, in partnership with Support and Engineering”
  • Compensation is likely to be below the midpoint of the provided range, which is $234,840—$436,080 USD
    — “Offers are typically made below the midpoint of the range”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize experience with performance testing and debugging in distributed, high-scale environments
    — “Design and run performance and scalability tests for connectors and ingestion pipelines”
  • Highlight skills in building and optimizing data ingestion pipelines with REST, gRPC, or Kafka
    — “Experience building data connectors or ingestion pipelines (REST, gRPC, CDC, Kafka, or similar)”
  • Showcase your ability to use profiling tools and analyze production telemetry for performance improvements
    — “Analyze production workloads and telemetry in Prometheus and Kibana to find bottlenecks”
  • Demonstrate your experience with tuning PostgreSQL, Redis, and Databricks in cloud environments
    — “Tune PostgreSQL, Redis, and Databricks usage on the ingestion path”
  • Demonstrate your ability to build tooling that automates performance analysis and regression detection
    — “Build tooling that speeds up bottleneck analysis, such as automated pprof and trace capture”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • design and run performance tests
  • debug full stack end to end
  • analyze production workloads
  • build tooling for bottleneck analysis
  • fix performance issues
Typical background
5+ years of experience in developing enterprise solutions

Skills & requirements

Required

Performance EngineeringDistributed SystemsKubernetesAWSAzureGoC++Java

Preferred

Data ConnectorsIngestion PipelinesPostgreSQLRedisDatabricks

Stack & domain

GoC++JavaDistributed SystemsKubernetesAWSAzurePostgreSQLRedisDatabricksProblem-solvingTeamworkCommunicationData ResilienceData SecurityAI Risk

About the role

Original posting from Veeam Software via Greenhouse

Veeam is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient to enable the acceleration of safe AI at scale. As the market leader in both data resilience and data security posture management, Veeam is built for the convergence of identity, data, security, and AI risk. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we go fearlessly forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Performance Engineering team for Data Connectors & High-Scale Ingestion. You will own the throughput, latency, scalability, and resource efficiency of multi-source ingestion pipelines that move data from SaaS, cloud, and on-premises sources into the platform at very large scale. 

In this role, you will write performance tests, generate realistic datasets, build tooling that helps the team locate bottlenecks, and ship fixes and new features that improve the scalability of the product. You will also work customer-reported performance issues through to root cause and resolution. 

What You’ll Do

Design and run performance and scalability tests for connectors and ingestion pipelines (throughput, latency, concurrency, soak), with dataset generators that reproduce realistic source data shapes, object counts, payload sizes, and change rates 

Debug the full stack end to end (Go runtime, OS, network, datastores, Kubernetes, cloud) to root-cause bottlenecks and regressions such as goroutine leaks, lock and channel contention, GC pressure, connection pool exhaustion, TCP/TLS behavior, API rate limiting, and slow queries 

Analyze production workloads and telemetry in Prometheus and Kibana to find bottlenecks, and build proofs of concept that become product improvements 

Build tooling that speeds up bottleneck analysis, such as automated pprof and trace capture and run-to-run regression comparison 

Fix performance issues and implement new features in product code, including parallelism and pipelining, batching, back-pressure handling, and connection and memory reuse 

Tune PostgreSQL, Redis, and Databricks usage on the ingestion path, and optimize resource usage and autoscaling of ingestion workloads on Kubernetes across AWS and Azure 

Own customer-reported performance issues through root cause and resolution, in partnership with Support and Engineering 

Participate in design and code reviews so new features are performant by design, and document sizing guidance and best practices 

What You’ll Bring

5+ years of experience developing enterprise solutions in a high-level programming language such as Go, C++, or Java 

Experience with distributed systems concepts and client-server architectures 

Expertise in developing, testing, and debugging production-quality, scalable, multi-threaded, and concurrent systems 

Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, and concurrency) 

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, AWS, and Azure, including diagnosing resource, scheduling, networking, and API-limit issues in running workloads 

Bonus Skills

Experience building data connectors or ingestion pipelines (REST, gRPC, CDC, Kafka, or similar) 

Experience profiling and tuning production services (CPU, memory, lock contention), including eBPF-based or continuous profiling tools 

Experience with databases and/or storage systems, especially in the public cloud 

What you'll get

Unlimited paid time off, 12 paid holidays including 4 global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares

Paid parental leave: 8 weeks for all parents, 16 weeks for birthing parents

Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on your first day

Mental health support, therapy sessions, and digital wellness tools via our Employee Assistance Program

401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions

Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support through Maven, plus paid volunteer time

AirVet: 24/7 virtual veterinary care at no cost

Legal services, identity protection, and supplemental health insurance options

Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuting

Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops, and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning

Pay Transparency

Veeam is committed to pay transparency and equitable compensation. For this role, the compensation range below reflects the expected total target compensation (TTC), inclusive of base pay and a competitive performance-based bonus. For roles with a commission plan, the compensation range represents On Target Earnings (OTE), which includes base salary plus variable commission. When determining compensation, Veeam takes into consideration factors such as experience, education, skills, and geographic zone. Offers are typically made below the midpoint of the range.

In addition to compensation, Veeam provides a comprehensive benefits package, including health coverage, retirement plans, and unlimited time off.

Compensation Range (TTC / OTE)$234,840—$436,080 USD

Veeam Software is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination in any form on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. All your information will be kept confidential.

Personal data collected during the recruitment process will be processed in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Notice, which explains how your information is collected, used, and handled in connection with hiring activities. By applying for this position, you consent to this processing. 

By submitting your application, you confirm that the information provided, including any supporting documents, is complete and accurate to the best of your knowledge. Any misrepresentation, omission, or falsification may result in disqualification from consideration or, if discovered after employment begins, termination of employment.

Source: Veeam Software careers (Greenhouse)

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