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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

performance testinglinuxubuntusoftware optimizationremote collaborationperformance analysissystem optimizationopen-source collaborationbenchmarkingtroubleshooting
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Company
Canonical
Source
Estimated salary
$135k–185k/yr
Based on similar roles — not stated by the employer
Job Type
full time
Location
Remote · Asia-Pacific
Category
Seniority
mid
Posted
Jul 29, 2026

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This is a full time position.
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