Manager, Software Performance Engineering

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We are seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a high-impact Software Performance Engineering (SPE) team based in Europe. This team focuses on improving real-world software performance across modern computing platforms, including CPU, GPU, and AI/ML workloads. 

This role combines people leadership, technical program ownership, and hands-on project oversight, with responsibility for delivering measurable performance improvements and driving collaboration across global engineering, architecture, and partner teams. 

 Team Leadership & People Management 

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 10–15 performance engineers across Europe

• Drive hiring, onboarding, and career development aligned with SPE growth objectives

• Foster a high-performance culture focused on technical excellence, accountability, and execution

• Provide regular feedback, coaching, and performance management

 

Program & Project Ownership 

• Own delivery of multiple concurrent development and optimization projects

• Define project scope, timelines, and success criteria tied to benchmark and application performance improvements

• Ensure consistent execution against milestones, with clear tracking and reporting

• Balance strategic initiatives with near-term deliverables

 

Technical Leadership 

• Guide the team in performance analysis, bottleneck identification, and optimization strategies

• Ensure strong grounding in:

• Application performance profiling and analysis

• Benchmark development and validation

• System-level and hardware/software co-optimization

• Partner with architecture and silicon teams to translate insights into product impact

• Promote data-driven decision-making and reproducible performance results

 

Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Collaborate with global SPE teams across US, India, and Europe to align priorities and execution

• Work closely with:

• Internal architecture and platform teams

• External ISVs and ecosystem partners

• Drive co-engineering efforts to improve performance in real-world applications and benchmarks

Strategic Impact 

• Contribute to defining SPE priorities in areas such as:

• Competitive performance analysis

• Benchmark strategy and methodology

• Ecosystem and open-source optimization efforts

• Identify opportunities to expand impact across new workloads, platforms, and partners

 

Required Qualifications 

• 8+ years of experience in software development, with strong focus on performance engineering or systems programming

• 3+ years of experience managing or leading engineering teams

• Strong technical background in:

• C/C++ or systems-level programming

• Performance profiling and optimization techniques

• Operating systems and modern CPU architecture concepts

• Proven track record delivering complex engineering projects

 

Preferred Experience 

• Experience in performance domains such as:

• CPU/GPU optimization

• Benchmarking and workload analysis

• Browser, OS, or application performance

• Familiarity with tools such as profilers, performance analyzers, and benchmarking frameworks

• Experience working with global and distributed teams

• Exposure to open-source ecosystems and ISV collaboration

 

Leadership Profile 

• Results-oriented leader with strong execution discipline

• Able to operate at both technical depth and organizational scale

• Strong communicator capable of aligning diverse stakeholders

• Comfortable managing ambiguity and scaling teams in a growing organization

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.