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Perforce1d ago
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USD 120850–169000/yr

Principal Software Engineer In Test I

United StatesUnited States·AlamedaRemoteFull-Timelead
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Perforce is a community of collaborative experts, problem solvers, and possibility seekers who believe work should be both challenging and fun. We are proud to inspire creativity, foster belonging, support collaboration, and encourage wellness.

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Perforce is a community of collaborative experts, problem solvers, and possibility seekers who believe work should be both challenging and fun. We are proud to inspire creativity, foster belonging, support collaboration, and encourage wellness. At Perforce, you’ll work with and learn from some of the best and brightest in business. Before you know it, you’ll be in the middle of a rewarding career at a company headed in one direction: upward.  
  
With a global footprint spanning more than 80 countries and including over 75% of the Fortune 100, Perforce Software, Inc. is trusted by the world’s leading brands to deliver solutions for the toughest challenges. The best run DevOps teams in the world choose Perforce.  

Archie Mitchell, Software Engineering Manager for P4 (Helix Core) at Perforce, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Test I to join the team. A Principal Software Engineer in Test evaluates and optimizes the performance of software, hardware, and systems to ensure they are fast, reliable, and efficient. Their responsibilities include identifying bottlenecks, designing solutions, testing performance under various loads, collaborating with development teams to improve the system's overall architecture and user experience, and evaluating software functionality for performance, including CPU, memory, and I/O usage.

•    Performance testing platforms: Performance and scalability testing of new and advanced cross-platform features in C++/Rust on a variety of Linux/UNIX/Mac OSX/Windows platforms.
•    Performance analysis: Identify and analyze performance issues and bottlenecks across system layers, from applications and databases to infrastructure and networking.
•    Solution development: Develop software or automation solutions to address performance problems and improve system efficiency.
•    Performance testing: Design, script, run, and analyze performance tests to simulate different load conditions and validate non-functional requirements.
•    Collaboration: Work closely with development, infrastructure, and product teams to set performance goals and implement improvements.
•    Monitoring: Monitor systems after deployment to ensure ongoing performance and adherence to Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and
•    Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
•    Optimization: Influence architectural and design decisions to prioritize key performance goals, such as latency and throughput.
•    Customer Support: Simulate, reproduce, and troubleshoot production performance issues.
•    Performance Lab Support: servicing data center hardware and upgrading software.
 
 
•    Accountability 
•    Dealing with ambiguity 
•    Interpersonal savvy 
•    Organizational skills 
•    Learning Agility 
•    Technical skills: Expertise in scripting, performance testing tools, code profiling, and understanding of various technologies like databases, APIs, and infrastructure.
•    Problem-solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to tackle complex performance challenges.
•     AI first mindset and proven proficiency in using AI for testing
•    Domain knowledge: Understanding of the business domain to effectively communicate with stakeholders and developers.
•    Expertise in cross-platform Operating Systems (Linux/UNIX/Mac OSX/Windows), filesystems, databases, and networking.
•    Software knowledge: C/C++, Perl, Rust exposure; Linux OS, JMeter, BlazeMeter knowledge; system tools: strace, lsof, netstat, vmstat, and graphing.
•    10+ years of industry-level software performance engineering experience.
•    10+ years of experience with high-level programming languages, with a preference for C++/Rust.
•    Education: A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field is typically required.

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Where is the job
Alameda, United States
Remote within one country
Who can apply
US

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Posted
May 6, 2026
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Principal Software Engineer In Test IUSD 120850–169000