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 Retail, with employers like Apple, Amazon, and Amazon Web Services hiring at this level now.
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SUMMARY
Do you have an uncommon desire to seek out and solve exceedingly difficult challenges rather than the easy ones? Do you believe that truly valuable, and meaningful accomplishments are the result of pushing the limits of perseverance? Do you believe that a world-class team with relentless drive can surpass even their own high expectations? We do! But we also realize this job isn’t for everyone. What we do is not easy but you do not take the easy path. We are seeking a highly motivated, innovative, and confident individuals to join the GPU Performance Modeling Team; we are a group that is driving advanced exploration for next generation GPU architectures and micro-architectures. In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a chip design effort working with all disciplines, with a critical impact on getting high performant products to millions of customers quickly.
DESCRIPTION
As a Performance Modeling Engineer you will be part of a team that is defining and optimizing Apple's GPU micro-architecture. With others you will seek out areas for improvement while collecting data and measurements that either confirm the idea or rule it out. You will collaborate with experienced designers in micro-architecture and RTL to assess the feasibility of ideas, refine ideas, and seed new ones. The role requires the analysis of interesting workloads across existing and new product categories to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement. You’ll be architecting new simulator features and brainstorming novel ideas to boost simulation performance. You’ll collaborate with world-class GPU and SoC Architects to steer and improve the implementation of GPU simulators and performance models used for research, performance analysis, and microarchitecture tuning. We also cross-collaborate as a larger architecture and performance team to maintain and improve the simulation environment and look for ways to boost the productivity of the entire team. In this position you will be expected to:
- C++ performance modeling of proposed architectural solutions and features.
- Gathering, analyzing, and validating measured and simulated results to compare architectural design alternatives.
- Carefully analyze and present results to enable data specific architecture/design.
- Writing architectural specification documents in collaboration with engineers across different disciplines.
- Work with the multi-functional teams to develop architectural solutions.
- Improve Apple’s modeling platform by developing APIs, tools, and optimal standard examples that can be used throughout the company.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum of BS + 3 years of relevant experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Familiarity with a range of performance and/or power simulation environments
- Strong coding skills including object-oriented programming with C & C++
- Strong understanding of common data structures and algorithms
- Knowledgeable in software design patterns
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or Ruby
- You should have strong knowledge of computer architecture & micro-architecture
- Be comfortable in an environment of uncertainty and able to work through ambiguities
- You will need strong communication, influence and negotiation skills to enable right data driven decisions are taken
- Experience in C++ programming.
- Experience with C++ modeling of Computer Architectures.
- Experience with scripting languages Python, Ruby, or Perl.
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.
At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong.
Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.
SUMMARY
Do you have an uncommon desire to seek out and solve exceedingly difficult challenges rather than the easy ones? Do you believe that truly valuable, and meaningful accomplishments are the result of pushing the limits of perseverance? Do you believe that a world-class team with relentless drive can surpass even their own high expectations? We do! But we also realize this job isn’t for everyone. What we do is not easy but you do not take the easy path. We are seeking a highly motivated, innovative, and confident individuals to join the GPU Performance Modeling Team; we are a group that is driving advanced exploration for next generation GPU architectures and micro-architectures. In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a chip design effort working with all disciplines, with a critical impact on getting high performant products to millions of customers quickly.
DESCRIPTION
As a Performance Modeling Engineer you will be part of a team that is defining and optimizing Apple's GPU micro-architecture. With others you will seek out areas for improvement while collecting data and measurements that either confirm the idea or rule it out. You will collaborate with experienced designers in micro-architecture and RTL to assess the feasibility of ideas, refine ideas, and seed new ones. The role requires the analysis of interesting workloads across existing and new product categories to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement. You’ll be architecting new simulator features and brainstorming novel ideas to boost simulation performance. You’ll collaborate with world-class GPU and SoC Architects to steer and improve the implementation of GPU simulators and performance models used for research, performance analysis, and microarchitecture tuning. We also cross-collaborate as a larger architecture and performance team to maintain and improve the simulation environment and look for ways to boost the productivity of the entire team. In this position you will be expected to:
- C++ performance modeling of proposed architectural solutions and features.
- Gathering, analyzing, and validating measured and simulated results to compare architectural design alternatives.
- Carefully analyze and present results to enable data specific architecture/design.
- Writing architectural specification documents in collaboration with engineers across different disciplines.
- Work with the multi-functional teams to develop architectural solutions.
- Improve Apple’s modeling platform by developing APIs, tools, and optimal standard examples that can be used throughout the company.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum of BS + 3 years of relevant experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Familiarity with a range of performance and/or power simulation environments
- Strong coding skills including object-oriented programming with C & C++
- Strong understanding of common data structures and algorithms
- Knowledgeable in software design patterns
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or Ruby
- You should have strong knowledge of computer architecture & micro-architecture
- Be comfortable in an environment of uncertainty and able to work through ambiguities
- You will need strong communication, influence and negotiation skills to enable right data driven decisions are taken
- Experience in C++ programming.
- Experience with C++ modeling of Computer Architectures.
- Experience with scripting languages Python, Ruby, or Perl.
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.
At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong.
Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.
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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, Amazon, and Amazon Web Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 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 39% of mid level performance engineer openings are remote or hybrid as of November 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 Retail, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 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.