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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer - Scalability and Performance - **Company:** super AI - **Location:** Germany - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Applications Architecture, Profiling, Databases, Database Servers, Shard (Database Architecture), Web Development, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Query Optimization, Software Engineering, Load Balancing, Firewalls (Computer Science), Docker - **Published:** July 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/4931305248 ## About the Role We are looking for a highly motivated senior scalability and performance engineer who can help drive performance and scaling optimizations as super.AI. Our ideal candidate is someone who loves to collaborate with others but can also work independently to take an idea from concept to implementation., * 5+ years of software engineering experience * Develop solutions to evaluate and improve performance and scalability * You love large complex systems. Experience in working on distributed systems or a passion for finding edge cases that appear at scale. * Ability to find the root cause of performance bottlenecks with profiling tools * Analyze performance issues and propose/perform application changes * Experience in tackling problems of load, scale, and optimizations of complex large-scale deployments * Expert in distributed computing system and stack * Passionate to optimize the performance bottlenecks and improve the product * Solid foundational knowledge of Java, Python * Familiarity with container frameworks such as Docker and Kubernetes * Experience with the latest machine learning infrastructure developments is a plus Desired Skills * Expert knowledge of HTTP load generation/measurement software * Skilled with web development technology * Broad, general knowledge of internal technologies, such as load balancers, firewalls, and database servers * Expert knowledge of database scalability and profiling (sharding, query optimization, high-performance configuration). * Strong communication skills with peer developers * Team player ## Description Imagine yourself designing and implementing the next breakthrough AI/Machine-Learning services, enabling AI for everyone at the start of the company's explosive growth. At super.AI, we are building services to enable AI/Machine Learning technologies for the masses. We are at the exciting stage where the growth of our company forces us to do aggressive hirings to realize our visions quicker. We are a group of ex-Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and MIT engineers and data scientists who spent the last 2 years creating the new programming interface for AI. What you'll do: * Define, develop and perform performance/scalability benchmarks. * Oversee the system performance lifecycle and identify key metrics for performance improvements. * Efficiently working with various profiling tools to identify performance and concurrency bottleneck, propose and implement optimizations to improve the product. * Mentor fellow engineers * Lead application architecture decisions * Support troubleshooting of customer reported scale and performance bugs * Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers * Write well-designed, maintainable & testable code ## Related Videos - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [Profiling Symfony & PHP apps with Blackfire](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/265-profiling-symfony-php-apps-with-blackfire) - [From AI Assistance to Agentic Systems: Scaling Sovereign AI in Banking](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100070-from-ai-assistance-to-agentic-systems-scaling-sovereign-ai-in-banking) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) - [The Software Engineer 2030: From Coder To AI Orchestrator? - Patrick Schnell](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1825-the-software-engineer-2030-from-coder-to-ai-orchestrator-patrick-schnell) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers)