Senior Staff Software Engineer, Performance (Tech Lead)

As the Senior Staff Software Engineer, Performance (Tech Lead), you will own performance, scalability and reliability across Veza's platform and product areas. You will combine deep hands-on engineering with technical leadership — defining performance standards, driving instrumentation and observability, and working across teams to proactively identify and prevent degradation before it impacts customers.

• Define performance benchmarks, SLAs, and best practices
• Analyze and optimize services, databases, and infrastructure
• Design and execute load, stress, and scalability tests
• Build observability and monitor performance metrics of production systems
• Partner with teams to influence scalable architecture decisions
• Lead root cause analysis and long-term performance improvements
• Mentor engineers and promote performance ownership across teams

• 12+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong background in performance engineering and scalability
• Experience with distributed systems and microservices
• Proficiency in Golang
• Experience with AWS
• Hands-on with profiling, testing, and monitoring tools
• Strong database and query optimization skills

• Experience with large-scale SaaS platforms
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and observability tools
• Exposure to security or identity systems

For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $190,900 - $334,100 , plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location.

We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs.

Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location.

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What you bring to the table:

• 12+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong background in performance engineering and scalability
• Experience with distributed systems and microservices
• Proficiency in Golang
• Experience with AWS
• Hands-on with profiling, testing, and monitoring tools
• Strong database and query optimization skills

• Experience with large-scale SaaS platforms
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and observability tools
• Exposure to security or identity systems

For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $190,900 - $334,100 , plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location.

We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs.

Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location. As the Senior Staff Software Engineer, Performance (Tech Lead), you will own performance, scalability and reliability across Veza's platform and product areas. You will combine deep hands-on engineering with technical leadership — defining performance standards, driving instrumentation and observability, and working across teams to proactively identify and prevent degradation before it impacts customers.

• Define performance benchmarks, SLAs, and best practices
• Analyze and optimize services, databases, and infrastructure
• Design and execute load, stress, and scalability tests
• Build observability and monitor performance metrics of production systems
• Partner with teams to influence scalable architecture decisions
• Lead root cause analysis and long-term performance improvements
• Mentor engineers and promote performance ownership across teams