Senior Performance Engineer
Company: Quanta Search
Location: Portola Valley
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Our client's team is solving one of the most difficult open
problems in the software database industry today: scaling SQL. They
have their own distributed relational database, built from the
ground up with a shared nothing architecture, distributed query
execution, and automatic data distribution. As their customer base
grows, both in number and in size of deployment, so too has the
performance demands on the product and staff. The clusters are
getting bigger, databases are growing larger, and workloads are
growing more complex. We are looking for a Senior Performance
Engineer to join the team who can lead performance investigations
which push the limits of our technology. Responsibilities As a
member of Performance Engineering Team: You will own defining test
strategies and designing and implementing measurement and analysis
tools needed in our performance studies. You will work
collaboratively with other engineering teams to help profile
performance and scalability, identify areas for improvement, and
influencing changes to the database. You will work on a variety of
workloads ranging from traditional OLTP and decision support
performance benchmarks, to more complex, evolving hybrid
transaction and analytical processing workloads. You will work
closely with sales engineering and support teams to do deep-dive
and root cause analysis of key customer performance issues. You
will work in conjunction with marketing and sales to investigate
the competitive performance of our product resulting in potential
technical blog posts for either internal or external publication.
Qualifications Do you have passion for performance engineering? Do
you like to push the limits of the performance of a database
product? Do you have the mindset of a scientist? Do you like to
discover knowledge through controlled experimentation? Knowledge of
Linux operating system with familiarity with bash shell programing
skills. Knowledge of database systems and familiarity with the SQL
query language. Programming skills using C, Python and/or Java.
Knowledge of database performance benchmarks, measurement and
analysis. Familiarity with applications and their interaction with
databases is a major plus What’s in it for you? Impact the world of
technology by pushing the boundaries of technology and business
models. Be part of a game-changing organization that encourages
outside-the-box thinking, empowerment, and is truly shaping the
future of the software industry. You’ll be collaborating with
high-caliber colleagues around the world, offering unparalleled
learning and growth opportunities. We provide a very competitive
compensation package, 25 days paid annual leave (plus holidays),
stock options, a massive degree of flexibility and freedom, and
more. Here are some of the reasons why you’ll enjoy being a part of
the team: Our team is small, so you will own significant projects
and contribute in a big way to the product. We have a lot of
interesting problems to work on, in a variety of areas. Our
customers love us. We help them do things they could never do with
their legacy SQL databases. We are passionate about making our
software work better and faster Thank you for illuminating hiring
with Quanta Search! www.quantasearch.com
Keywords: Quanta Search, Carmichael , Senior Performance Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Portola Valley, California
