Senior Performance Engineer, Data Protection & Security Platform Engineering

Cerebras; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 179,056 - 198,951; Full time

Job summary

Cerebras is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer in Santa Clara, California to drive performance and scalability initiatives across Cohesity’s distributed platform. This role involves analyzing and optimizing product performance, developing automation frameworks, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates should have 5+ years of experience in performance engineering or related fields, strong programming skills in Golang and Python, and a solid understanding of cloud infrastructure. Pay range is $179,056.00 – $198,951.03.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in performance engineering, distributed systems, or related domains.
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems, operating systems, and hardware architecture.
• Strong understanding of performance analysis and benchmarking.

Responsibilities

• Measure, analyze, and optimize product performance.
• Design storage-oriented and cloud-scale performance workloads.
• Develop automation frameworks to improve performance testing.

Skills

Performance analysis

Benchmarking methodologies

Systems modeling

Programming in Golang

Programming in Python

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field

Job description

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Performance Engineer to join our Data Protection and Security engineering organization. In this role, you will be responsible for driving performance, scalability, and resiliency initiatives across Cohesity’s distributed platform and services. You will work closely with engineering, architecture, and product teams to benchmark, analyze, optimize, and scale next‑generation enterprise data management solutions across on‑prem and cloud environments.

The ideal candidate is system‑focused, analytical, automation‑driven, and passionate about solving complex performance challenges in large‑scale distributed systems.

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE

• Measure, analyze, and optimize product performance to identify scalability and efficiency improvements
• Design and execute storage‑oriented and cloud‑scale performance workloads, benchmarks, and simulations
• Develop automation frameworks, tools, and infrastructure to improve performance testing coverage and productivity
• Partner closely with development and architecture teams to drive performance optimization initiatives across the platform
• Evaluate architectural trade‑offs and prototype opportunities for performance enhancements
• Build analytical and simulation‑based models to predict system behavior under real‑world customer workloads
• Analyze bottlenecks across compute, storage, networking, and distributed services layers
• Drive performance reviews and communicate findings, recommendations, and risk areas to cross‑functional stakeholders and leadership
• Contribute to best practices around benchmarking, observability, telemetry, and systems tuning

WE’D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU IF YOU HAVE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 5+ years of experience in performance engineering, distributed systems, systems engineering, or related domains
• Prior experience working on enterprise infrastructure, storage, cloud, or security platforms preferred
• Strong understanding of performance analysis, benchmarking methodologies, and systems modeling
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems, operating systems, storage systems, hardware architecture, and data structures
• Experience with enterprise storage, backup/recovery, file systems, or data protection technologies
• Strong programming and scripting skills in Golang and/or Python
• Experience building automation frameworks and performance engineering infrastructure
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure, storage, networking, and resource limitations across public cloud environments
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to work on complex technical challenges
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence across teams and leadership levels
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced and rapidly evolving environment

Pay Range: $179,056.00 – $198,951.03

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEEO) Cohesity is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.