Principal Performance Engineer (database & Ai Benchmarking)

Jobgether

France, France
On-site
Database performance engineering
Ai workload benchmarking
Cloud-native system architecture
The Principal Performance Engineer role focuses on enhancing performance across large-scale database and AI systems in a cloud-native setting. The position requires a blend of strategic thinking and hands-on engineering to establish benchmarking strategies and collaborate with various teams for architectural insights

Job Summary

  • This senior technical role focuses on defining and driving performance excellence across large-scale database and AI systems in a distributed, cloud-native environment.
  • You will be responsible for establishing benchmarking strategy, ensuring performance predictability, and building rigorous frameworks that measure how systems behave under real-world workloads.
  • Acting as a key technical authority, you will collaborate closely with engineering, product, and field teams to translate performance insights into architectural decisions and roadmap direction.

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The Principal Performance Engineer role focuses on enhancing performance across large-scale database and AI systems in a cloud-native setting. The position requires a blend of strategic thinking and hands-on engineering to establish benchmarking strategies and collaborate with various teams for architectural insights.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Database performance engineering
  • AI workload benchmarking
  • Cloud-native system architecture
  • Distributed systems expertise
  • Scalable benchmarking frameworks

Nice-to-have

  • Strategic technical leadership
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Cross-functional collaboration skills

Key Requirements

  • Senior level experience in systems engineering
  • Deep expertise in database and AI systems
  • Proven track record in performance benchmarking

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