Senior Staff Software Engineer, Performance (Tech Lead) - Veza
Core
Own performance, scalability, and reliability across Veza's platform and product areas, combining deep hands-on engineering with technical leadership.
Role type
Senior Staff Software Engineer (Performance Tech Lead)
Builds
Veza's Access Graph platform for identity security and access governance
Domain
Identity security, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Performance engineering, scalability, distributed systems, microservices, Golang, AWS, profiling, testing, monitoring, database optimization
Preferred skills
Large-scale SaaS platforms, Kubernetes, observability tools, security/identity systems
Technologies
Golang, AWS, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Define performance benchmarks, SLAs, and best practices; Analyze and optimize services, databases, and infrastructure; Design and execute load, stress, and scalability tests; Build observability and monitor performance metrics of production systems; Partner with teams to influence scalable architecture decisions; Lead root cause analysis and long-term performance improvements; Mentor engineers and promote performance ownership across teams
