848 performance engineer jobs at 267 companies in Scotts Valley, CA

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Performance Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$135k-$170k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Astera Labs
Astera LabsNASDAQ: ALAB: Designs connectivity solutions for cloud and AI infrastructure.
2+ YOEBachelor's in engineering/computer science, experience benchmarking and characterizing GPU cluster performance, proficiency with performance tooling and scripting (Python); strong systems and networking knowledge.
NVBandwidth, NCCL, Confluence, CUDA, MPI, Python, COSMOS, NVLink, PCIe, Ethernet, UALink, UEC
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Algorithm Performance Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$95k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Visionix
Visionix: Manufactures and distributes ophthalmic diagnostic and lens finishing systems.
Bachelor's in health information & data science, biomedical engineering, or related field; responsibilities include performance verification, debugging, prototype development, and supporting clinical validation under SOP and GCP standards.
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Senior Performance Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$138k-$206k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Samsung Semiconductor
Samsung SemiconductorKorea Exchange: 005930: Designs and manufactures memory chips, processors, and sensors.
0+ YOEAdvanced degree in CS/CE/EE or equivalent experience; strong LLM systems and NVIDIA GPU performance knowledge; experience profiling AI workloads with Nsight tools; proficiency in Python and C++; experience with PyTorch, DeepSpeed, Ray, or similar.
Nsight Systems, Nsight Compute, Python, C++, PyTorch, vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM, DeepSpeed, Ray, Megatron-LM
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CoDesign & NextGen Performance Engineer
Sunnyvale or Toronto
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Cerebras Systems
Cerebras SystemsNasdaq: CBRS: Manufactures specialized computer chips designed for AI.
3+ YOE3+ years experience in computer architecture/performance, strong analytical skills, low-level deep learning math exposure, experience with simulators, kernel optimization, and performance profiling; comfortable with C++ and Python.
C++, Python
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Senior Performance Engineer - DGX Cloud
Santa Clara or Austin or Redmond or Oregon or Washington
$224k-$431k/yr HybridFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs GPU-accelerated computing and artificial intelligence hardware.
12+ YOE12+ years experience; BS or higher in CS/CE or equivalent; strong C++ and Python skills; foundation in OS, computer architecture, distributed systems; performance engineering and profiling experience.
C++, Python, CUDA, PyTorch, JAX, XLA
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Performance Verification Engineer
Mountain View, California, United States
$200k-$350k/yr OnsiteFull Time
DensityAI
DensityAI: Designing custom AI hardware accelerators for large language models.
8+ YOEMaster's degree plus ~8 years experience in performance validation/verification of complex SoCs, performance modeling, debugging and correlation, tool-flow ownership, and collaboration with RTL designers and architects.
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Performance Engineer
Palo Alto, California, United States
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RadixArk
RadixArk: Building scalable open-source infrastructure for AI training and inference.
Strong systems engineering in performance-critical software; GPU/distributed systems; profiling tools; Python and C++; CUDA/Triton/ROCm/XLA familiarity; LLM inference concepts; ability to debug across software, hardware, and infra layers; strong communication.
CUDA, Triton, Pallas, ROCm, XLA, Python, C++
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Brake Performance Engineer
Foster City or Irvine
$115k-$130k/yr OnsiteFull Time
ALTEN
ALTENEuronext Paris: ATE: Provides engineering and technology consulting services to industrial clients.
5+ YOEBS or MS in Mechanical, Electrical, or Automotive Engineering; 5-8 years brake development/vehicle testing; strong braking system knowledge; travel within continental US.
CANalyzer, INCA, MDA, MATLAB/Simulink, Racelogic Vbox
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Product Performance Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$120k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Hark
Hark: Independent AI focused on multimodal intelligent systems
5+ YOE5+ years analyzing workload behavior and modeling system performance; BS in CS/EE; profiling/benchmarking/tracing tools; Python and systems language experience; translate analytics into architectural recommendations.
Python, C++, Rust, Profiling Tools, Benchmarking Tools, Tracing Tools
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Senior Performance Engineer - Apple Frameworks
Cupertino, California, United States
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Apple
AppleNASDAQ: AAPL: Designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and online services.
Analyze system and UI architecture, establish performance baselines, diagnose and resolve complex performance issues, and build regression-prevention mechanisms.
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Performance Library Engineer
San Jose or Pittsburgh
$130k-$230k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Efficient Computer
Efficient Computer: Developing ultra-low-power general-purpose processors for edge AI computing.
5+ YOE5+ years experience developing low-level C/C++ libraries for performance on hardware; experience with at least two RISC/DSP/GPU platforms, CUDA or HIP, profiling/benchmarking, EM/real-time library design, strong communication, and a Bachelor's in a technical field.
CUDA, HIP, PTX, LLVM IR, MLIR, C, C++
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AI/HPC Network Performance Engineer
Menlo Park, California, United States
$184k-$257k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Meta
MetaNASDAQ: META: Develops social networking platforms and virtual reality technologies.
8+ YOEBachelor's or equivalent,8+ years in system or network performance engineering for large-scale distributed/HPC environments; experience with datacenter networks, network automation, and coding in Python,C++,Go.
Python, C++, Go, IB, RDMA, RoCE
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Staff Performance Engineer, Data Protection & Security Platform Engineering
Santa Clara, California, United States
$203k-$226k/yr HybridFull Time
Cohesity
Cohesity: AI-powered data security and management software provider.
10+ YOE10+ years experience, BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent), expertise in performance analysis and modeling, strong OS/hardware knowledge, and scripting skills in GoLang and Python.
GoLang, Python
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Performance Engineer (Cloud Data Plane Engineering)
San Jose, California, United States
$148k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NetApp
NetAppNasdaq: NTAP: Provides intelligent data infrastructure for hybrid cloud environments.
4+ YOEMinimum 4 years experience in performance analysis, benchmarking, workload characterization; familiarity with AI/ML techniques, systems programming (C desirable), scripting (Python, shell, Perl), and notebooks (Jupyter); BS/MS/PhD in CS or EE or equivalent.
C, Python, Perl, Jupyter, Shell, AI/ML
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Senior GPU Inference Performance Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$144k-$246k/yr HybridFull Time
AMD
AMDNASDAQ: AMD: Designs and manufactures computer processors and graphics technology.
Hands-on GPU performance engineering experience; proficent in GPU profiling, distributed inference, AI serving frameworks, Python and C/C++; bachelor's degree preferred.
ROCm, rocProfiler, Omniperf, Omnitrace, CUDA, Nsight Systems, Nsight Compute, DCGM, vLLM, SGLang, FP8, MXFP4, INT4, AWQ, GPTQ, RDMA, RoCE, NCCL, RCCL, Pensando, ConnectX, Docker, containerd, Kubernetes, Python, C++, C, HIP, perftest, ib_write_bw, tcpdump
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GPU Performance Engineer
Sunnyvale or Bellevue
$120k-$160k/yr OnsiteFull Time
CoreWeave
CoreWeaveNASDAQ: CRWV: Cloud platform providing GPU-accelerated infrastructure for AI workloads.
2+ YOE2+ years software engineering experience; proficiency in Go and/or Python; production Kubernetes experience; develop performance tests, automation, and platform tooling; participate in on-call rotation.
Go, Python, Kubernetes
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Sr. Staff Performance Tuning Engineer (CPU PMU & Virtualization)
San Jose, California, United States
$192k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NIO
NIONYSE: NIO: Designs and manufactures premium smart electric vehicles and technology
8+ YOE8+ years in system performance engineering; strong Linux perf tools; CPU architecture knowledge; C/C++ and Python; virtualization experience.
perf, eBPF, BCC, bpftrace, ftrace, trace-cmd, C/C++, Python, Shell
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Performance Engineer (Cloud Data Plane Engineering) (San Jose, CA, US, 95128)
San Jose, California, United States
$148k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NetApp
NetAppNASDAQ: NTAP: Sells enterprise data storage and cloud management software.
4+ YOE4+ years experience in performance analysis, benchmarking, and workload characterization; AI/ML techniques applied to performance engineering; strong systems foundations; experience with C, Python, shell/Perl, and Jupyter; BS/MS/PhD in EE or CS or equivalent.
C, Python, Perl, Shell, Jupyter
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Senior Power and Performance Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$142k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Intel
IntelNasdaq: INTC: Designs and manufactures microprocessors and semiconductor components.
2+ YOEBS/MS in Computer/ Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, 2+ years post-silicon or Linux/Android test experience; familiarity with benchmarks, DAQ/JTAG/ITP, CPU microarchitecture (x86/ARM), and strong communication skills.
Linux, Android, Chromebook, SPEC CPU, Speedometer, Geekbench, MLPerf, Passmark, Antutu, ITP, JTAG, DAQ
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Senior Engineer, GPU Graphic Core Performance Verification
San Jose, California, United States
$139k-$208k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Samsung Electronics
Samsung ElectronicsKorea Exchange: 005930: Develops and manufactures consumer electronics, semiconductors, and mobile devices.
2+ YOE2+ years experience with a Bachelor’s in computer science/engineering (or Master’s). Strong GPU architecture and performance verification experience; proficiency in C++, Python, Linux; familiarity with OpenGL/Vulkan/OpenCL; performance test and profiling experience.
C++, Python, Linux, OpenGL, Vulkan, OpenCL, SystemC, Sparta, RTL