Performance Engineer - Open Source
Analyze and optimize open-source software performance for enterprise deployments
As a Performance Engineer at Canonical, you will analyze and optimize the performance of open-source software to ensure efficiency and scalability in enterprise environments. Your work will focus on identifying bottlenecks, improving resource utilization, and enhancing system responsiveness across Canonical’s open-source portfolio. This role involves collaboration with engineering teams to integrate performance improvements into upstream proje...
Why This Role?
Work on impactful open-source projects with direct visibility into upstream performance improvements
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze performance characteristics of open-source software under various workloads
- Identify and diagnose performance bottlenecks in system components
- Develop and implement optimizations to improve efficiency and scalability
- Collaborate with engineering teams to upstream performance improvements
- Benchmark and validate performance changes across hardware and software configurations
- Contribute to performance testing frameworks and tooling
Requirements
- Strong understanding of Linux systems and open-source software
- Experience with performance analysis and profiling tools
- Knowledge of computer architecture and operating systems internals
- Proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, Go, or Python
- Ability to work effectively in distributed, remote teams
- Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source projects
Required Skills
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- Is Performance Engineer - Open Source at Canonical a remote job?
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