Senior Systems Performance Engineer

Job overview

Senior Systems Performance Engineer is an onsite role in Longmont, CO. The base salary range is $116,000–$198,000 per year. The role is part of Micron’s Data Center Workload Engineering team, which evaluates memory and storage products in data center systems. The engineer studies application workloads and system behavior to identify performance limits and recommend improvements. Through benchmarking, debugging, automation, and analysis, the role helps engineering and customer teams make informed decisions about SSD products and system architectures.

What you'll do

• Conduct repeatable studies of AI, database, virtualization, and distributed-storage workloads
• plan tests with hypotheses, realistic configurations, and controls
• trace application I/O to SSDs and measure efficiency, completion time, scaling, tail latency, consistency, and power
• identify bottlenecks and test SSD features, architectures, and competing solutions
• develop test automation and analysis tools
• share findings through reports, presentations, and customer-facing technical material.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior systems performance engineer

systems performance

ssd

data center

ai infrastructure

linux

benchmarking

storage i/o

python

test automation

micron

longmont co

$116k–$198k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• income-protection programs
• paid family leave
• paid time off and holidays
• benefits may also include bonuses and equity.

Why this role

Hands-on systems benchmarking and SSD I/O-path analysis across production-class systems and data-intensive workloads.

About the employer

Micron Technology, Inc. is hiring for this role. Industry: Electronic Computer Manufacturing. Sector: 33.