Principal Performance Engineer

Ready to shape the future of data? Matillion is the intelligent data integration platform. We're changing how the world works with data – and we need driven, curious people who think big and move fast.

Requirements

• Define and drive the Performance Vision and Strategy, establishing clear, measurable targets for latency, throughput, cost efficiency, and workload scalability across the Data Productivity Cloud.
• Conduct deep-dive profiling and complex root cause analysis across distributed systems, investigating API latency, memory/CPU pressure, queue back-pressure, and network bottlenecks.
• Build, maintain, and own repeatable, scalable benchmarking frameworks covering agent performance, concurrency, workflow orchestration throughput, and end-to-end user journeys.
• Drive significant Cost Performance and Efficiency improvements by utilizing telemetry and empirical data to reduce runtime operational costs (compute, memory, storage, network).
• Act as the technical performance expert to influence feature design, technical architecture, and implementation patterns across engineering teams to prevent regressions and embed performance guardrails.

Benefits

• Company Equity
• 27 days paid time off
• 12 days of Company Holiday
• 5 days paid volunteering leave
• Group Mediclaim (GMC)
• Enhanced parental leave policies
• MacBook Pro
• Access to various tools to aid your career development