Senior Staff Software Engineer, Performance (Tech Lead) - Veza

ServiceNow • Santa Clara, CA

3d • $190,900 - $334,100

About The Position

As the Senior Staff Software Engineer, Performance (Tech Lead), you will own performance, scalability, and reliability across Veza's platform and product areas. The role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership: defining performance standards, driving instrumentation and observability, and collaborating across teams to identify and prevent degradation before it affects customers.

Requirements

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong background in performance engineering and scalability.
• Experience with distributed systems and microservices.
• Proficiency in Golang.
• Experience with AWS.
• Hands-on experience with profiling, testing, and monitoring tools.
• Strong database and query optimization skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with large-scale SaaS platforms.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and observability tools.
• Exposure to security or identity systems.

Responsibilities

• Define performance benchmarks, SLAs, and best practices.
• Analyze and optimize services, databases, and infrastructure.
• Design and execute load, stress, and scalability tests.
• Build observability and monitor performance metrics of production systems.
• Partner with teams to influence scalable architecture decisions.
• Lead root cause analysis and long-term performance improvements.
• Mentor engineers and promote performance ownership across teams.

Benefits

• Health plans, including flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Matching donations.
• Flexible time away plan.
• Family leave programs.
• Equity, when applicable.
• Variable/incentive compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed