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Lead Performance & AI Tools Engineer, Hybrid

Milpitas, California, USFull-time$187k2026-11-05 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Architect and deploy AI-assisted developer tools and performance engineering frameworks to accelerate software delivery and reduce developer cycle time.

Role type

Senior IC Lead Performance & AI Tools Engineer

Builds

Intelligent agents for automated PR analysis, CI failure diagnosis, and engineering knowledge retrieval; performance testing frameworks for distributed services.

Domain

Software Engineering / AI Productivity / Cloud-Native Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, LLM APIs, autonomous agent workflows, performance engineering, load testing, Kubernetes, observability platforms, CI/CD pipelines, distributed tracing

Preferred skills

Multi-agent orchestration, Model Context Protocol (MCP), quantitative developer productivity metrics, LLM inference endpoint optimization, UI/browser performance automation, AI-agent workflow design

Technologies

Python, Locust, Datadog, Grafana, Splunk, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, Playwright, Lighthouse

Responsibilities

Architect and deploy AI-assisted developer tools; Drive end-to-end performance engineering; Establish safe agent execution frameworks; Unify observability and telemetry pipelines; Build and ship developer productivity platforms; Drive measurable productivity improvements and adoption across engineering teams.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities