Oxide Computer Company
Performance Engineer
$275K
Remote / Emeryville, CA · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
About the job
Investigates and improves performance across Oxide systems, from hardware and operating systems to hypervisors and applications, and builds tools to analyze system behavior.
What you'll do
- Analyze performance bottlenecks and prototype system improvements, from small fixes to new subsystems.
- Work across Oxide software and hardware to understand and model performance effects.
- Develop infrastructure and tooling for performance analysis.
What they ask for
- Experience shipping software written in Rust, C, or another systems-oriented language.
Nice to have
- Experience using tools such as DTrace/eBPF, snoop/tcpdump, or truss/strace to understand systems behavior.
- Experience creating or extending tools when existing ones are insufficient.
Pay
$275,000 USD (total pay)
Tools
Rust, C, DTrace/eBPF, snoop/tcpdump, truss/strace
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