Matillion - Principal Performance Engineer
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Requirements
• Proven experience as a Principal Engineer specializing in performance for large distributed systems, ideally within a high-growth SaaS or data platform environment. • Deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot, with strong JVM performance engineering skills, including GC tuning, heap/thread optimization, and low-latency design. • Strong systems-level understanding of technologies like Kubernetes, container runtimes, Python performance, network behavior, and cloud architecture (AWS). • The ability to influence engineers across teams without direct authority, shaping architecture, patterns, threading models, and concurrency to eliminate bottlenecks. • Expertise with modern observability stacks (e.g., OTel, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) and hands-on experience designing and running meaningful load, chaos, and stress scenarios.
Responsibilities
• 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
• We operate a flexible working culture that promotes work-life balance, with benefits including: • 27 days paid time off • 12 days of Company Holiday • 5 days paid volunteering leave • Group Mediclaim (GMC) • Enhanced Parental leave policies • Matillion recruiters will only contact you from @matillion.com email addresses. We occasionally work with trusted recruiting partners; they will always tell you they are working on our behalf. We will never ask for money, fees, or bank details at any point in the hiring process. If something feels off, trust that instinct. Don't click any links. Go straight to matillion.com/careers to verify open roles or reach us at [email protected]. • Want to know more? • Don't tick every box? Apply anyway. We hire for potential, not just experience. A member of our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch. • Cannot find anything suitable role right now? We still want to hear from you. Drop us a line at [email protected]. • Find out more about life on #TeamGreen here.
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