10 of 10 Performance Engineering Jobs in the East of England

Head of Performance & Reliability Engineering Full-Time - Hybrid (3 days in Cambridgeshire) Up to £95,000 + Bonus This is an exceptional opportunity to join a major organisation at a pivotal stage in their digital transformation. As Head of Performance & Reliability Engineering You'll shape strategy, lead performance testing and chaos engineering initiatives, and … embed reliability best practices across engineering, DevOps, and infrastructure teams. This is a senior, strategic leadership role focused on system excellence, observability, and continuous improvement. Ideal Candidate: Proven experience leading Performance Engineering, Reliability, or SRE functions Deep expertise in performance testing methodologies (load, stress, spike, soak) Strong hands-on background with LoadRunner and Dynatrace (plus tools … such as NeoLoad, k6, or JMeter) Skilled in chaos engineering , resilience testing , and system scalability Experience defining and managing SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets Strong knowledge of distributed systems , cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and microservice architectures Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and embed performance and reliability into the SDLC Inspirational leader with experience building, mentoring More ❯

Head of Performance & Reliability EngineeringFull-Time - Hybrid (3 days in Cambridgeshire) Up to £95,000 + Bonus This is an exceptional opportunity to join a major organisation at a pivotal stage in their digital transformation. As Head of Performance & Reliability Engineering You'll shape strategy, lead performance testing and chaos engineering initiatives, and embed reliability … best practices across engineering, DevOps, and infrastructure teams. This is a senior, strategic leadership role focused on system excellence, observability, and continuous improvement. Ideal Candidate: Proven experience leading Performance Engineering, Reliability, or SRE functions Deep expertise in performance testing methodologies (load, stress, spike, soak) Strong hands-on background with LoadRunner and Dynatrace (plus tools such as … NeoLoad, k6, or JMeter) Skilled in chaos engineering , resilience testing , and system scalability Experience defining and managing SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets Strong knowledge of distributed systems , cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and microservice architectures Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and embed performance and reliability into the SDLC Inspirational leader with experience building, mentoring, and enabling More ❯

Performance & Reliability Manager – Software House – Peterborough/Hybrid The information below covers the role requirements, expected candidate experience, and accompanying qualifications. (Key skills: Performance Engineering, Reliability Engineering, SRE, Load Testing, Observability, Chaos Testing, Cloud Platforms, Microservices, Leadership, CI/CD, APM Tools) Are you a technology leader passionate about driving performance, scalability, and reliability across … complex software platforms? Do you thrive in high-growth environments where innovation, engineering excellence, and resilience are core values? If so, this is a rare opportunity to define the performance strategy for a fast-moving, product-focused software house. Our client, a leading Software House based in Peterborough, is seeking a Performance & Reliability Manager to lead its … global performance and reliability initiatives. This role offers the chance to shape the technical vision for scalable, high-performing systems that underpin enterprise-grade software solutions used by clients worldwide. As Performance & Reliability Manager, you'll lead cross-functional teams across development, DevOps, and infrastructure, embedding performance and resilience best practices throughout the software lifecycle. You'll More ❯

Performance & Reliability Director - Software House - Peterborough/Hybrid (Key skills: Performance Engineering, Reliability Engineering, SRE, Load Testing, Observability, Chaos Testing, Cloud Platforms, Microservices, Leadership, CI/CD, APM Tools) Are you a technology leader passionate about driving performance, scalability, and reliability across complex software platforms? Do you thrive in high-growth environments where innovation, engineering excellence, and resilience are core values? If so, this is a rare opportunity to define the performance strategy for a fast-moving, product-focused software house. Our client, a leading Software House based in Peterborough, is seeking a Performance & Reliability Director to lead its global performance and reliability initiatives. This role offers the chance to shape … the technical vision for scalable, high-performing systems that underpin enterprise-grade software solutions used by clients worldwide. As Performance & Reliability Director, you'll lead cross-functional teams across development, DevOps, and infrastructure, embedding performance and resilience best practices throughout the software lifecycle. You'll oversee system profiling, capacity planning, and test strategies - ensuring every release meets the More ❯

As a Systems Performance Engineer, within one of our systems engineering teams, you will provide performance prediction and analysis expertise to major defence programmes, developing the latest Complex Weapons capabilities for the UK Armed Forces in response to advanced threats in all domains (Air, Land, Sea). Expect assignments across concept, assessment or demonstration phase contracts, covering … one of the MBDA product lines. System Performance is an essential part of the system design process and a key indicator as to whether the design is suitable. Salary : Circa £43,000 depending on experience Dynamic (hybrid) working : 5 days per week on-site due to workload classification Security Clearance : British Citizen Restrictions and/or limitations relating to … and UK Security Check (SC) clearance, which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team. What we can offer you: Company bonus : Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year) Pension : maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14% Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days More ❯

Finance, HR, Supply Chain, Manufacturing etc.) Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies, Software development best practices and coding standards, Design principles and architecture concepts, Performance engineering and quality assurance processes, Version control systems (e.g., Git) Prior experience of with OAF remediations for the eBS Upgrade project will be an added advantage. More ❯

A Senior Systems Performance Architect is sought by this global leader in ICT development to be based at their design centre in Cambridge. The Senior Systems Performance Engineer will be spearheading advanced OS system performance, workload analysis, modelling and simulation for next generation CPU and Mobile operating system architectures. The Senior Systems Performance Architect will be … responsible for identifying execution hotspots, performance metrics, software-hardware co-design and optimisation and for enhancing product performance and energy efficiency. Having successfully completed your Masters (or equiv.) you will have extensive experience with chip performance, CPU microarchitectures, modelling, simulation and software – hardware optimisation. Your background will also include a deep understanding of chip design processes and … system performance modelling, workload analysis and simulation tools (gem5, QEMU etc.). Exposure to software/hardware co-design methodologies would also be a bonus. On offer you will find a very attractive base salary, bonuses and an extensive benefits package. Take that first step to joining this world leading organisation, contact Adrian Wagstaff on +44 1189 840948 or More ❯

A Senior Systems Performance Architect is sought by this global leader in ICT development to be based at their design centre in Cambridge. The Senior Systems Performance Engineer will be spearheading advanced OS system performance, workload analysis, modelling and simulation for next generation CPU and Mobile operating system architectures. The Senior Systems Performance Architect will be … responsible for identifying execution hotspots, performance metrics, software-hardware co-design and optimisation and for enhancing product performance and energy efficiency. Having successfully completed your Masters (or equiv.) you will have extensive experience with chip performance, CPU microarchitectures, modelling, simulation and software – hardware optimisation. Your background will also include a deep understanding of chip design processes and … system performance modelling, workload analysis and simulation tools (gem5, QEMU etc.). Exposure to software/hardware co-design methodologies would also be a bonus. On offer you will find a very attractive base salary, bonuses and an extensive benefits package. Take that first step to joining this world leading organisation, contact Adrian Wagstaff on +44 1189 840948 or More ❯

A Senior Systems Performance Architect is sought by this global leader in ICT development to be based at their design centre in Cambridge. The Senior Systems Performance Engineer will be spearheading advanced OS system performance, workload analysis, modelling and simulation for next generation CPU and Mobile operating system architectures. The Senior Systems Performance Architect will be … responsible for identifying execution hotspots, performance metrics, software-hardware co-design and optimisation and for enhancing product performance and energy efficiency. Having successfully completed your Masters (or equiv.) you will have extensive experience with chip performance, CPU microarchitectures, modelling, simulation and software – hardware optimisation. Your background will also include a deep understanding of chip design processes and … system performance modelling, workload analysis and simulation tools (gem5, QEMU etc.). Exposure to software/hardware co-design methodologies would also be a bonus. On offer you will find a very attractive base salary, bonuses and an extensive benefits package. Take that first step to joining this world leading organisation, contact Adrian Wagstaff on +44 1189 840948 or More ❯

As a Systems Performance Engineer, within one of our systems engineering teams, you will provide performance prediction and analysis expertise to major defence programmes, developing the latest Complex Weapons capabilities for the UK Armed Forces in response to advanced threats in all domains (Air, Land, Sea). Expect assignments across concept, assessment or demonstration phase contracts, covering More ❯