Senior Systems Performance Engineer
Core
Identify and improve the performance of memory and storage products in data center systems by conducting repeatable studies of AI, database, virtualization, or distributed-storage workloads.
Role type
Senior Systems Performance Engineer (Individual Contributor)
Builds
Production-class data center systems, SSDs, and storage architectures
Domain
Semiconductor / Data Center / Storage Systems
Required skills
Systems performance analysis, application benchmarking, workload characterization, Linux debugging, storage I/O path knowledge (Linux I/O, file systems, block storage, NVMe, PCIe), Python for automation and analysis
Preferred skills
AI infrastructure testing, GPU-accelerated systems, AI frameworks, software-defined/object storage (WEKA, Ceph, Cloudian, MinIO), power/efficiency measurement, technical presentation
Technologies
Linux, NVMe, PCIe, Python, WEKA, Ceph, Cloudian, MinIO, AI tools (Copilot, Claude, GitHub Copilot)
Responsibilities
Conduct repeatable studies of AI, database, virtualization, or distributed-storage workloads; Plan tests with clear hypotheses and realistic configurations; Trace application I/O through the system to the SSD; Identify bottlenecks and test SSD features/system architectures; Develop test automation and analysis tools
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
