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PrincipalPerformanceEngineer(Database&AIBenchmarking)
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“Principal Performance Engineer (Database & AI Benchmarking) at EDB. Skills: Performance engineering, Benchmarking, Database performance, AI benchmarking. Set performance engineering strategy. Define benchmarks”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver predictable performance at scale
Industry & Context.
Identify systemic bottlenecks; Recommend fixes; Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years performance engineering, 8+ years benchmarking, 8+ years SRE, 8+ years systems engineering, Understanding performance concepts, Understanding stochastic modeling, Understanding database internals, Hands-on benchmarking databases, Hands-on benchmarking distributed systems, Proficient in Python, Proficient in Go, Proficient in Bash scripting, Proficient in eBPF, Experience with Linux performance profiling
Nice to Have
Experience with active benchmarking, Experience with vector databases, Experience with vector search benchmarking, PostgreSQL performance tuning, Familiarity with RAG pipelines, Familiarity with AI stack components, Background in storage performance, Background in networking performance
What You'll Do.
Set performance engineering strategy
Define realistic workloads
Define regression detection
Define executive-ready reporting
Partner with Engineering
Partner with Solutions Verification
Ensure predictable performance
Identify systemic bottlenecks
Shape architectural decisions
Shape roadmap decisions
Lead cross-team initiatives
Assess cost/performance tradeoffs
Develop reproducible environments
Run benchmarks consistently
Produce clear reports
Define performance goals
Define acceptance criteria
Establish standards for test hygiene
Establish standards for statistical rigor
Establish standards for hardware normalization
Establish standards for benchmark governance
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Engineering; Partner with Solutions Verification; Partner with Product; Partner with database engineers; Partner with AI engineers; Partner with field teams; Partner with product management
Communication Scope
Executive-ready reporting; Communicate findings clearly
Process & Methodology
Roadmap decisions
Full Job Description
A Little About Us EDB provides a data and AI platform that enables organizations to harness the full power of Postgres for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads across any cloud, anywhere. EDB empowers enterprises to control risk, manage costs and scale efficiently for a data and AI led world. Serving more than 1,500 customers globally and as the leading contributor to the vibrant and fast-growing PostgreSQL community, EDB supports major government organizations, financial services, media and information technology companies. EDB’s data-driven solutions enable customers to modernize legacy systems and break data silos while leveraging enterprise-grade open source technologies. EDB delivers the confidence of up to 99.999% high availability with mission critical capabilities built in such as security, compliance controls, and observability. For more information, visit www.enterprisedb.com We are hiring a Principal Performance Engineer to make performance a core company competency across our database and AI workloads. You will set the performance engineering strategy—defining benchmarks, realistic workloads, regression detection and gating, and clear executive-ready reporting—and partner with Engineering, Solutions Verification, and Product to ensure we deliver predictable performance at scale. You will influence product direction by identifying systemic bottlenecks, shaping architectural and roadmap decisions, and leading cross-team initiatives What you will be doing: Benchmark design assess cost/performance tradeoffs. Tooling & automation: Develop harnesses, scripts, dashboards, and reproducible environments to run benchmarks consistently. Analysis & reporting: Produce clear reports, identify bottlenecks, and recommend fixes. Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with database engineers, AI engineers, the field teams and product management to define performance goals and acceptance criteria. Performance best practices: Establish standards for test hygiene, st
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