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# System Performance Architect

- **Company:** Adecco
- **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** €750.0 - €917.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Animation, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Application Frameworks, Application Performance Management, Hardware Design, Linux Kernel, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering
- **Published:** September 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adecco.com/nl-nl/vacature/system-performance-architect-amsterdam/jn-0031043

## About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled professional with a strong background in operating systems and performance optimization.

 * 5-10 years of experience with operating system performance optimization, system scheduling, kernel development, or hardware-software co-optimization
 * Knowledge of CPU, GPU, and memory scheduling, including resource management, task prioritization, core allocation, and frequency scaling
 * Strong understanding of performance, power consumption, and thermal management strategies
 * Experience identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks in operating systems, applications, or core system components
 * Familiarity with high-performance application development, APIs, runtime optimization, and framework design
 * The ability to analyze new technologies, industry trends, and academic research and translate them into practical solutions
 * Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Personal skills:

 * You are analytical, curious and innovative
 * You enjoy working on complex technical projects and are motivated by creating solutions that make a real difference
 * You are comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and enjoy collaborating with experts from different technical disciplines

## Description

Are you passionate about operating systems, performance optimization, and cutting-edge technology? Do you enjoy solving complex technical challenges and improving the performance of software and hardware platforms? Then this could be the opportunity for you!
What are you going to do?

We are looking for a System Performance Architect in Amsterdam. In this role, you will help drive the performance strategy for a next-generation operating system. You will work on hardware-software optimization, system scheduling, and application performance improvements to deliver an outstanding user experience. As a System Performance Architect, you will play a key role in designing and improving system performance across the entire platform.

Your responsibilities will include:

 * Designing and developing hardware-software-chip optimization solutions for system performance and resource scheduling
 * Improving CPU, GPU, and memory (DDR) scheduling, including priority management, task allocation, core selection, and frequency scaling
 * Creating solutions that balance performance, power consumption, and thermal efficiency across devices
 * Optimizing application performance at the operating system level and resolving critical performance bottlenecks
 * Enhancing application responsiveness, animation smoothness, and overall user experience
 * Designing high-performance application frameworks and development solutions
 * Researching industry trends and emerging technologies to help define the future performance roadmap of the platform


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