Principal Performance Engineer (database & Ai Benchmarking)

Jobgether

United Kingdom
On-site
Database and ai benchmarking expertise
Distributed cloud-native system knowledge
Scalable benchmarking system design
Jobgether is seeking a Principal Performance Engineer in the UK to lead performance excellence in large-scale database and AI systems. The role requires both strategic and hands-on engineering skills to establish benchmarking strategies and influence architectural decisions

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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Jobgether is seeking a Principal Performance Engineer in the UK to lead performance excellence in large-scale database and AI systems. The role requires both strategic and hands-on engineering skills to establish benchmarking strategies and influence architectural decisions.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Database and AI benchmarking expertise
  • Distributed cloud-native system knowledge
  • Scalable benchmarking system design
  • Performance predictability strategies
  • Real-world workload analysis

Nice-to-have

  • Strategic architectural influence
  • Cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Data-driven engineering mindset
  • High-impact technical leadership

Key Requirements

  • Senior technical role experience
  • Deep systems expertise required
  • Hands-on engineering capability

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