Senior Performance Software Engineer, Hyperscale Line of Business
Pure StorageSanta Clara, California
Full Time
Posted February 17, 2026
$180k - $270k
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Job Description
The role involves developing and optimizing high-performance storage solutions for large-scale cloud environments, focusing on benchmarking, debugging, and analyzing system performance to support AI and hyperscale workloads.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and review performance benchmarking requirements and metrics for storage solutions
- Research and develop performance benchmarking and debugging strategies
- Analyze system performance issues and recommend optimization solutions
- Collaborate with engineering teams to validate customer scenarios and requirements
Requirements
- A Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree with comparable experience.
- At least 3 years of experience in system level performance testing for servers, storage, and databases.
- Experience in systems performance analysis using techniques like CPU profiling, tracing, and standard Linux tools.
- Experience in running benchmarks, analyzing results, and communicating findings to development teams.
- Extensive knowledge of operating system concepts, including scheduling policies, locking primitives, data structures, and x86 hardware architecture.
- Strong experience with Linux systems network configuration, storage stack, system settings, and common command utilities.
- Prior experience in programming with Python and C is preferred.
- Prior experience with NAND flash storage and FIO (Flexible I/O Tester) is a plus.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Commitment to delivering high-quality software and releasing it efficiently.
Benefits & Perks
Salary range: 180,000 - 270,000 USD
Work environment: primarily in-office at Santa Clara
Perks: flexible time off, wellness resources, company-sponsored team events
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