Cohesity

Cohesity

Senior Performance Engineer, Data Protection & Security Platform Engineering

Santa Clara, CA - USA (Office) · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$179k-$199kDetected 27 days ago
PythonGoDistributed SystemsData StructuresCloud PlatformsPlatform EngineeringCybersecurityDetection EngineeringPerformance ManagementSystems EngineeringElectrical EngineeringLoad TestingLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

  • Interested candidates based outside of the designated areas are welcome to apply, provided they have the indefinite right to work in the job location.
  • Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management.
  • The ideal candidate is systems-focused, analytical, automation-driven, and passionate about solving complex performance challenges in large-scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities

  • 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
  • Partner closely with development and architecture teams to drive performance optimization initiatives across the platform
  • Build analytical and simulation-based models to predict system behavior under real-world customer workloads
  • Drive performance reviews and communicate findings, recommendations, and risk areas to cross-functional stakeholders and leadership
  • Experience building automation frameworks and performance engineering infrastructure

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in performance engineering, distributed systems, systems engineering, or related domains
  • Strong understanding of performance analysis, benchmarking methodologies, and systems modeling
  • Experience with enterprise storage, backup/recovery, file systems, or data protection technologies

Nice to have

  • Prior experience working on enterprise infrastructure, storage, cloud, or security platforms preferred

Compensation

  • $179,056.00-$198,951.03
  • The compensation noted above is based on an annualized hourly rate assuming normal full-time employment.
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEOE)
  • Cohesity is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
  • In-Office Expectations
  • Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.

Benefits

  • Develop automation frameworks, tools, and infrastructure to improve performance testing coverage and productivity

Company info

  • If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the

Equal opportunity

  • Employer (EEOE)
  • 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.
  • If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us at 1-855-9COHESITY or recruiting@cohesity.com for assistance.
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