Engineering Manager (Performance Engineering)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (Performance Engineering): Leading a team to build and optimize systems for measuring and improving the performance of hirify.global's distributed infrastructure across multiple clouds, with an accent on distributed performance frameworks, profilers, and hardware validation. Focus on shaping the roadmap for benchmarking, telemetry, and translating hardware insights into distributed-system optimizations for global scale and efficiency.

Location: Onsite in Berlin, Germany

Company

hirify.global is redefining how the world mobilizes data, building infrastructure as intelligent and efficient as the platform we deliver to customers.

What you will do

• Guide a team building software for continuous system performance improvement across multi-cloud fleets.
• Develop distributed performance frameworks and profilers that operate at hyperscale.
• Collaborate on adaptive scheduling, placement, and resource management systems.
• Partner with capacity and hardware engineering to validate new instance types, GPUs, and compute generations.
• Shape the roadmap for benchmarking, telemetry, and performance regression detection.
• Mentor engineers and foster a strong performance-engineering culture.

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, including 2+ years managing engineers.
• Proven background in distributed systems, large-scale infrastructure, or performance engineering.
• Deep understanding of how modern cloud hardware affects system performance.
• Experience with performance analysis tools, telemetry systems, and scalable monitoring frameworks.
• Proficiency across multiple cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong coding background (Python, C++, Java, or Go).

Nice to have

• Experience with workload benchmarking, fleet modeling, or predictive performance analysis.
• Exposure to large-scale compute scheduling systems (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with modern processor and GPU architectures.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture focused on impact, innovation, and collaboration.
• Opportunity to build big, move fast, and take technology to the next level.
• Emphasis on precision, speed, and impact in engineering practices.
• Mentoring engineers in building high-impact systems and developing a strong performance-engineering culture.
• Collaboration across product, infrastructure, and finance teams.