Principal Enterprise & Database Competitive Performance Engineer
Core
End-to-end performance engineer owning enterprise and database workloads to predict, validate, and explain competitive server CPU performance (AMD EPYC vs Intel Xeon, Arm) before market release.
Role type
Principal Enterprise & Database Competitive Performance Engineer
Builds
Competitive performance validation methods, tools, and operating models for server CPUs
Domain
Semiconductor / Server CPU Performance Engineering
Required skills
Enterprise workload taxonomy definition, software stack tuning, root-cause analysis, Linux system administration, profiling and hardware performance counters, NUMA analysis, technical writing, benchmark methodology design
Preferred skills
Relational/distributed databases, Java/JVM performance, analytics engines, virtualization/hypervisors, compiler/kernel/library tuning, Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC platforms, Oracle/SQL Server/PostgreSQL/MySQL/SAP, TCO dynamics, industry benchmark suites, Arm cross-ISA workloads
Technologies
Linux, Java, JVM, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SAP, Intel Xeon, AMD EPYC, Arm
Responsibilities
Define and maintain enterprise workload taxonomy; Develop rigorous methods for throughput, latency, and scaling; Analyze AMD vs Intel performance across configurations; Evaluate compiler, JVM, database, and kernel tuning; Use profiling to explain CPU stalls and bottlenecks; Measure performance-per-watt and TCO drivers; Translate bottleneck evidence into architecture assumptions; Maintain configuration manifests and runbooks; Create deep-dive technical reports and executive content; Support post-launch analysis.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC
