Senior Performance Tools Engineer
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Job description
- Build & evolve Telemetry solution so developers can apply performance methodologies on Arm and act on performance signals.
- Work with architects & analysis teams to translate findings and requirements into features, tests, examples and documentation.
- Validate performance methodologies with synthetic workloads and targeted microbenchmarks (occasionally in Arm assembly).
- Partner with kernel and firmware teams to ensure the right performance-measurement primitives (PMUs, perf_event interfaces, etc) exist and are usable.
Requirements
- Strong Python for tooling, data processing, and workflow automation.
- Comfortable in C/C++ to reason across kernel and userspace low level performance systems.
- Proficient debugging & problem-solving skills.
- Experience shipping developer-facing tools and iterating with real users.
"Nice To Have" Skills and Experience :
- SQL (e.g., SQLite) for trace querying/analysis.
- Web technologies (TS/JS, HTML, WebSocket) for static web apps frontend.
- Exposure to hardware system architecture (pipelines, caches, MMUs, interconnects, timers, multithreading).
- Open-source contributions and modern CI/CD experience.
- Good understanding of OS primitives (processes, threads, locks, virtual memory) and how they relate to application performance.
- Assembly basics and familiarity with Arm architecture.
In return:
You will have the opportunity to learn about and influence the latest Arm architecture features, working closely with highly skilled engineering teams on ground-breaking technology. You will collaborate with diverse compiler and runtime teams and open-source communities, contributing to language implementations used by millions of developers worldwide. You will be empowered to continually identify and roll out improvements to our ways of working.
If skilled worker sponsorship is required, Arm will meet costs associated with sponsorship for the employer only. All fees associated with the individual's application e.g. visa application fee and Immigration Health Surcharge, will be the responsibility of the successful candidate.
Benefits & conditions
£73,500
- £99,500
per year