Senior Performance Engineer (JVM & Java Optimisation) | Relocate to Abu Dhabi -

JR Spain; Torrejón de Ardoz; Híbrido; EUR 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A tech innovator in the UAE is looking for a Senior Performance Engineer specializing in JVM and Java optimization. This role involves owning performance optimization across Java-based microservices and working with a collaborative team in a high-performance culture. Alongside a tax-free salary, you'll receive full relocation support to Abu Dhabi, including visa and health insurance for you and dependants.

Servicios

Full relocation support to Abu Dhabi

Visa & health insurance for dependants

Tax-free salary

Formación

• 7+ years of experience in performance engineering.
• Proven expertise in JVM, Java, and Spring Boot.
• Hands-on performance tuning in Kubernetes environments.

Responsabilidades

• End-to-end performance tuning for Java microservices in a cloud environment.
• Optimizing JVM settings and Spring Boot applications for performance.
• Building performance testing frameworks integrated with CI/CD.

Conocimientos

JVM Optimisation

Java Performance Tuning

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Performance Testing

Herramientas

JMeter

YourKit

JProfiler

OpenTelemetry

Descripción del empleo

Senior Performance Engineer (JVM & Java Optimisation) | Relocate to Abu Dhabi

Must relocate to Abu Dhabi – Full relocation support provided

Join our client—an innovator in the Cyber Security industry—at the heart of the UAE’s thriving tech ecosystem, a region known for rapid innovation, a vibrant engineering community, and fast-growing opportunities.

Our client is hiring a Senior Performance Engineer (JVM & Java Optimisation) to take ownership of performance optimisation across a containerised, Java-based microservices architecture running at scale in the cloud. You’ll be the go-to expert for JVM tuning, Spring Boot optimisation, database performance, and container orchestration—ensuring low latency and high efficiency on critical systems.

What you’ll be working on:

• End-to-end performance tuning for Java microservices in Kubernetes
• JVM Optimisation (GC, threading, memory allocation)
• Spring Boot profiling & tuning (reactive streams, caching, thread pools)
• SQL, NoSQL, and in-memory DB performance (PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Redis, DynamoDB)
• Performance testing with JMeter, k6
• Observability using JFR, JVisualVM, OpenTelemetry
• Optimising event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Building CI-integrated performance testing frameworks

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience
• Proven expertise in JVM, Java, and Spring Boot optimisation
• Hands-on Kubernetes performance tuning in production environments
• Cloud-native experience and CI/CD performance testing integration
• Proficiency with profiling & monitoring tools (e.g., YourKit, JProfiler, Zipkin)
• Comfortable operating as an Individual Contributor

What’s in it for you?

Performance ownership in a high-scale product

A genuinely collaborative team & high-performance culture

Relocation support to Abu Dhabi

Visa & Health insurance for you + dependants

Live and work in one of the safest countries in the world

Tax-Free Salary

If you'd like to discuss the role and company further, please apply with your latest CV to be considered!