System Performance Architect

Senior Systems Performance Engineer - Embedded Technology

Location:

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Working Pattern:

Hybrid - 2 days per week in the office

Salary:

€100,000 - €140,000 per annum + package

Job Type:

Permanent

The Opportunity

We're working with a global technology organisation developing next-generation systems and connected devices, and they're looking for a Senior Systems Performance Engineer to join a specialist engineering and research team.

This is a highly technical role focused on making complex devices faster, smoother and more power-efficient.

You'll work at the intersection of operating systems, system software and hardware, investigating difficult performance problems and developing solutions that can ultimately be implemented and measured on real devices.

This isn't an AI model development role. The focus is on low-level systems performance, operating systems and device optimisation.

What You’ll Be Working On

Depending on your background, you could be working across areas including:

Operating system and kernel performance optimisation

CPU scheduling and resource allocation

Processor and core selection

Power and thermal management

Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS)

CPU, GPU and memory performance

System profiling and performance analysis

Application responsiveness and latency

Graphics, rendering and frame performance

Runtime and framework optimisation

Hardware/software performance optimisation

Performance improvements across heterogeneous computing environments

The team works on complex problems where improvements need to be measured, validated and demonstrated on real hardware.

What You’ll Be Doing

Investigating complex system-level performance bottlenecks

Profiling systems to understand where processing time and resources are being consumed

Designing and implementing performance improvements

Optimising scheduling and resource allocation

Working with CPU, GPU, memory and other hardware resources

Balancing performance, power consumption and thermal constraints

Improving application responsiveness and system smoothness

Collaborating closely with hardware, chipset, OS and software engineering teams

Researching new approaches to system performance and evaluating their practical valueTaking ideas from investigation and prototyping through to implementation and measurement

Contributing technical direction to future performance improvements

Your Background

We're open to different technical backgrounds. You do not need to have experience across every area listed above.

We're particularly interested in engineers with strong experience in one or more of the following:

Linux Kernel / Android Kernel

Operating Systems

System Software

CPU Scheduling

Performance Engineering

Power Management

Thermal Management

DVFS

Memory Performance

GPU / Graphics Performance

Android Frameworks

Runtime Optimisation

Embedded Systems

SoC / Chipset Performance

Relevant titles could include:

Senior, Staff or Principal Systems Engineer, Kernel Engineer, OS Engineer, System Software Engineer, Performance Engineer, Platform Engineer, Android Framework Engineer, Runtime Engineer or Graphics Engineer.

What We’re Looking For

We're particularly interested in engineers who can demonstrate that they have:

Solved complex performance problems at system level

Personally implemented technical improvements

Used profiling or performance analysis tools to identify bottlenecks

Measured the impact of their work using metrics such as latency, frame rate, power consumption, memory usage or processing efficiency

Worked closely with hardware or chipset teams

Delivered changes that have been deployed to real devices or embedded platforms

Strong programming experience, particularly in C/C++ or other low-level/system programming environments

A typical strong candidate might come from an OS, kernel, Android, embedded, chipset or device-performance background.

Why This Role?

This is an opportunity to work on technically challenging problems where your work has a direct impact on real-world device performance.

Rather than simply analysing performance issues, you'll have the opportunity to investigate the underlying cause, develop solutions and see those solutions implemented and measured on physical hardware.

If you enjoy working close to the operating system, understanding how hardware and software interact, and solving problems that require genuine systems-level engineering, this could be a strong fit.

Location & Practical Details

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hybrid working, with approximately 2 days per week in the office

Candidates already based in the Netherlands or willing to relocate are encouraged to apply

Strong spoken and written English required

Competitive salary in the region of €100,000 - €140,000, depending on experience and overall package

Candidates with relevant notice periods are welcome to apply

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