# Member of Technical Staff, Performance Optimization

**Company:** [Fireworks AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fireworks-ai)
**Location:** San Mateo, CA
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $175k – $220k/yr
**Skills:** Performance Optimization, Distributed Systems, Systems Programming, Profiling Tools, Caching, Load Balancing, Cloud Infrastructure, C++, Go, Kubernetes
**Posted:** 2026-03-05

> Optimizes performance of high-scale systems by analyzing latency, throughput, and resource usage. Requires expertise in profiling, systems programming, and distributed scaling techniques.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Optimize system performance for high-scale applications.
- Analyze and improve latency, throughput, and resource utilization.
- Implement caching, load balancing, and other performance techniques.

## Requirements

- Strong experience in performance profiling and optimization.
- Proficiency in systems programming and low-level optimizations.
- Knowledge of distributed systems and scaling challenges.

## Nice-to-Haves

- Experience with specific tools like profilers (e.g., perf, VTune).
- Background in cloud infrastructure optimization.

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