Member of Technical Staff; Performance Engineering

Member of Technical Staff (Performance Engineering)

New York, NY

Lots of tech companies disrupt. But, many fail when they try to scale. We're different. Cockroach DB makes it easier for companies to build and scale apps. This is how and why we're helping some of the most innovative companies on the planet. We tackle problems head‑on and focus on solutions that create lasting impact.

We are hiring performance engineers to expand our ongoing investment in performance and efficiency. As a performance engineer, you will pair up with engineers to tackle all aspects of evaluating database performance under a wide spectrum of workloads and configurations.

The work encompasses measuring and defining performance baselines, guiding other teams, performing root cause analysis across the entire stack, performing competitive benchmarking, building new workloads, and more. You will have a large impact on shaping the performance of the database.

This is a high‑impact team, which owns database performance end‑to‑end, connecting all of Engineering, Product and Marketing. As an ideal candidate, you will have worked with massively complex codebases and possess broad experience in databases, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, as well as deep experience in performance analysis and benchmarking. You are passionate about benchmarking, and you have read "Always measure one level deeper" several times throughout your career.

You are an intuitive communicator and author and can adapt your writing to any target audience.

• Increase our performance coverage and understanding of Cockroach DB
• Develop new workload strategies and methodologies
• Investigate performance issues
• Guide other teams on benchmarking and performance testing methodologies
• Build automation tools and frameworks
• Translate customers' workloads to automated performance tests

In your first 30 days, you will become an integrated member of our performance engineering team. You’ll become familiar with our production systems, software development workflows, and architecture of Cockroach DB. We believe that it’s essential for you to take the first month to get to know our technology and our company. You’ll be given a “starter project” to help you learn about a particular area and start to get the lay of the land.

After your first month, you will align with the team’s development objectives and you will own and complete a medium‑sized starter project. By the end of the starter project, you will be a fully‑contributing member of the Performance Engineering team. You will also have developed enough familiarity with our engineering processes to propose, scope, and own future projects.

• 5+ years of experience as a performance engineer
• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer writing clean, idiomatic code
• 1+ years of hands‑on experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure
• Exceptional communication (oral and written) skills and a collaborative mindset
• MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

• Stock Options
• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Professional Development Funds
• Flexible Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Sick Days
• And more!

The annual anticipated base salary range for U.S. candidates for this role is $180,000 - $238,100 USD. Salary is one component of Cockroach Labs’ Total Rewards package, which also includes stock options, medical insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, life and disability insurance, funds toward professional development resources, flexible paid time off, 11 paid holidays a year, 10 paid sick days a year, paid parental leave, a 401(k) plan, and wellbeing benefits.

We set standard ranges for all U.S.

-based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Actual salaries may vary and fall outside of this range depending on factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, geographic location, skills, experience, and competencies. In addition, we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted.

Salaries for candidates outside the U.S. will vary based on local compensation structures.

Annual Anticipated Base Salary Range (U.S.)

$180,000 - $238,100 USD

Cockroach Labs is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer building a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Cockroach Labs has a hybrid work model, with Roachers that are local to one of our offices coming in on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays and working flexibly the rest of the week.