Mid Level Performance Engineer Jobs

Mid level performance engineer jobs go to engineers ready to own end-to-end optimization work, drive architectural decisions with limited oversight, and mentor the engineers around them. Openings run heavily remote and hybrid across Technology & Software, Electronics & Hardware, and Healthcare & Medical Services, with employers like Apple, NVIDIA, and Google hiring at this level now.

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Open roles367+
Top stateCalifornia
Top employerApple
Top cityAustin, TX
Work type70% On-site
Top industryTechnology

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Johnson Brothers
Supplier Performance Manager
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Johnson Brothers
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Supplier Performance Manager
Johnson Brothers
Irving, Texas
Account Management
Business Development
Sales
Bachelor of Science
1,001-5,000

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Apple
Graphics (GPU) Performance Tools/Content Engineer
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Apple
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Graphics (GPU) Performance Tools/Content Engineer
Apple
Austin, Texas
Product Management
Software Engineering
Technical Product & Program Management
$147k - $272k/yr
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
10,000+

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AMD
CPU Core Performance Staff Engineer
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AMD
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CPU Core Performance Staff Engineer
AMD
Austin, Texas
Customer Service & Support
Customer Support
Product Management
Technical Program Management
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
5,001-10,000

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Verizon
Retail Performance Manager
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Verizon
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Retail Performance Manager
Verizon
Cincinnati, Ohio
Brand & Social Media
Marketing
Partnerships & Business Development
Sales
$73k - $127k/yr
On-Site
Bachelor's degree
10,000+

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PubMatic
Senior Performance Advertising Engineer
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PubMatic
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Senior Performance Advertising Engineer
PubMatic
New York, New York
Compliance & Risk
Cybersecurity
Security Engineering
$260k - $330k/yr
Master's degree in physics
201-500

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Mid Level Performance Engineer Job Market

Who's Hiring

  • Apple
    Apple30
  • NVIDIA
    NVIDIA16
  • Google
    Google9
  • Amazon
    Amazon7
  • Amazon Web Services
    Amazon Web Services7

Top Industries Hiring

  • Technology & Software82
  • Electronics & Hardware41
  • Healthcare & Medical Services38
  • Retail17
  • Banking & Financial Services14

Mid Level Performance Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions

How do I get a mid level performance engineer job?

Position your experience around concrete ownership: systems you profiled and improved, bottlenecks you diagnosed independently, and results you can quantify in latency, throughput, or error rates. Highlight comfort with APM tooling, load testing frameworks, and cross-team collaboration. Recruiters at this level want engineers who can scope a performance investigation and close it without handholding, so lead your resume with specific impact rather than task lists.

Which companies hire mid level performance engineers?

Companies hiring mid level performance engineers right now include Apple, NVIDIA, and Google, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. Hiring at this level covers large product companies building at scale, financial services firms with strict latency requirements, and software vendors where performance directly affects customer retention.

Are there remote mid level performance engineer jobs?

Yes, and remote availability at this level is strong. About 30% of mid level performance engineer openings are remote or hybrid as of July 2026, reflecting how distributed engineering teams have normalized for this kind of individual-contributor, tools-heavy work. Filtering by work setting on Migrate Mate lets you see only the arrangements that fit your situation.

How do I move up to a mid level performance engineer role?

The path from entry level centers on building measurable depth over time: moving from running tests someone else designed to owning the full performance testing strategy for a feature or service. Engineers who get there have typically taken on progressively broader scopes, documented their findings in ways that influenced engineering decisions, and demonstrated that they can correlate infrastructure metrics with user-facing outcomes without being guided step by step.

Which industries hire the most mid level performance engineers?

Mid Level performance engineer roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Electronics & Hardware, and Healthcare & Medical Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. These sectors share a common driver: user-facing systems where degraded performance has a direct, measurable cost, whether in lost transactions, churn, or SLA penalties, making performance engineering a sustained hiring priority rather than a project-based need.