System Performance Architect

DeepRec.ai; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

DeepRec.ai in Amsterdam, Netherlands is seeking a Senior Systems Performance Engineer for embedded technology. This hybrid role combines OS and kernel performance with hardware-aware optimisations to accelerate complex devices.

You will investigate performance bottlenecks, profile resource usage, and implement improvements across CPU, memory, GPU, and DVFS, collaborating with hardware and software teams to measure impact on real devices.

Qualifications

• Experience solving complex system-level performance problems.
• Proven ability to implement technical improvements.
• Experience with profiling and performance analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Investigate system-level performance bottlenecks across OS, kernel, and hardware.
• Profile and analyse resource use to identify time and energy hotspots.
• Design and implement performance improvements and validate on real hardware.
• Improve scheduling, resource allocation, and DVFS to optimise power and performance.
• Collaborate with hardware, OS, and software teams to deliver measurable results.
• Drive ideas from investigation to implementation and measurement.

Skills

Linux Kernel

Android Kernel

OS/Systems

CPU Scheduling

Performance Engineering

Power Management

DVFS

Memory/Graphics Performance

Embedded Systems

SoC/Chipset Performance

C/C++

Job description

Senior Systems Performance Engineer - Embedded Technology

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Working Pattern: Hybrid - 2 days per week in the office

Salary: €100,000 - €140,000 per annum + package

Job Type: Permanent

The Opportunity

We're working with a global technology organisation developing next-generation systems and connected devices, and they're looking for a Senior Systems Performance Engineer to join a specialist engineering and research team.

This is a highly technical role focused on making complex devices faster, smoother and more power-efficient.

You'll work at the intersection of operating systems, system software and hardware, investigating difficult performance problems and developing solutions that can ultimately be implemented and measured on real devices.

This isn't an AI model development role. The focus is on low-level systems performance, operating systems and device optimisation.

What You’ll Be Working On

Depending on your background, you could be working across areas including:

• Operating system and kernel performance optimisation
• CPU scheduling and resource allocation
• Processor and core selection
• Power and thermal management
• Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS)
• CPU, GPU and memory performance
• System profiling and performance analysis
• Application responsiveness and latency
• Graphics, rendering and frame performance
• Runtime and framework optimisation
• Hardware/software performance optimisation
• Performance improvements across heterogeneous computing environments

The team works on complex problems where improvements need to be measured, validated and demonstrated on real hardware.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Investigating complex system-level performance bottlenecks
• Profiling systems to understand where processing time and resources are being consumed
• Designing and implementing performance improvements
• Optimising scheduling and resource allocation
• Working with CPU, GPU, memory and other hardware resources
• Balancing performance, power consumption and thermal constraints
• Improving application responsiveness and system smoothness
• Collaborating closely with hardware, chipset, OS and software engineering teams
• Researching new approaches to system performance and evaluating their practical valueTaking ideas from investigation and prototyping through to implementation and measurement
• Contributing technical direction to future performance improvements

Your Background

We're open to different technical backgrounds. You do not need to have experience across every area listed above.

We're particularly interested in engineers with strong experience in one or more of the following:

• Linux Kernel / Android Kernel
• Operating Systems
• System Software
• CPU Scheduling
• Performance Engineering
• Power Management
• Thermal Management
• DVFS
• Memory Performance
• GPU / Graphics Performance
• Android Frameworks
• Runtime Optimisation
• Embedded Systems
• SoC / Chipset Performance

Relevant titles could include:

Senior, Staff or Principal Systems Engineer, Kernel Engineer, OS Engineer, System Software Engineer, Performance Engineer, Platform Engineer, Android Framework Engineer, Runtime Engineer or Graphics Engineer.

What We’re Looking For

We're particularly interested in engineers who can demonstrate that they have:

• Solved complex performance problems at system level
• Personally implemented technical improvements
• Used profiling or performance analysis tools to identify bottlenecks
• Measured the impact of their work using metrics such as latency, frame rate, power consumption, memory usage or processing efficiency
• Worked closely with hardware or chipset teams
• Delivered changes that have been deployed to real devices or embedded platforms
• Strong programming experience, particularly in C/C++ or other low-level/system programming environments

A typical strong candidate might come from an OS, kernel, Android, embedded, chipset or device-performance background.

Why This Role?

This is an opportunity to work on technically challenging problems where your work has a direct impact on real-world device performance.

Rather than simply analysing performance issues, you'll have the opportunity to investigate the underlying cause, develop solutions and see those solutions implemented and measured on physical hardware.

If you enjoy working close to the operating system, understanding how hardware and software interact, and solving problems that require genuine systems-level engineering, this could be a strong fit.

Location & Practical Details

• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Hybrid working, with approximately 2 days per week in the office
• Candidates already based in the Netherlands or willing to relocate are encouraged to apply
• Strong spoken and written English required
• Competitive salary in the region of €100,000 - €140,000, depending on experience and overall package
• Candidates with relevant notice periods are welcome to apply