Senior Staff Software Engineer (Performance Engineering)

Overview

Senior Staff Software Engineer focused on performance engineering for the company’s Identity Security SaaS product.

What you'll do

• Identify and fix performance bottlenecks including memory leaks, CPU spikes, and thread contention.
• Investigate and debug code- and database-level issues affecting IAM system speed and scalability.
• Analyze complex queries, optimize execution plans, and tune databases to remove deadlocks and contention.
• Build diagnostic and automation frameworks using AI/LLMs and prompt engineering.
• Create performance test suites (e.g., K6 or Gatling) and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.
• Set up telemetry dashboards using DataDog, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry and automate bottleneck detection.
• Model high-concurrency identity workloads and validate resiliency with chaos engineering.

What you'll need

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience, or Master’s with 3, or a PhD in a related field.
• 3+ years of dedicated system performance optimisation and development experience.
• Experience with at least one language: C#/.NET, Java, or Python.
• Willingness to work with the C#/.NET technology stack.
• Robust SQL query fine-tuning skills.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills with familiarity with system design principles and software design patterns.
• Experience working in high-performing cross-functional Agile squads.

Details

• Location: Office - India - CyberArk Hyderabad.
• Work model: Teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed.