1 to 25 of 57 Performance Engineering Jobs in the UK excluding London

Performance Tester - Financial Technology - Peterborough/Hybrid (Key skills: Performance Testing, LoadRunner, VuGen, Dynatrace, Splunk, SQL Server, .NET Framework, IIS, Windows Server, Agile, Test Analysis, System Monitoring, Scalability Testing, Financial Services, Application Performance Engineering) Are you a meticulous Performance Tester with a passion for precision, scalability, and delivering smooth digital experiences? Are you looking to … technology provider based in Peterborough, supporting high-volume enterprise platforms across payroll, HR, and compliance systems. As part of their continued investment in operational excellence, they are seeking a Performance Tester to join their performance engineering function and ensure that critical applications meet stringent scalability, performance and availability requirements. In this role, you'll be responsible … for developing and executing performance test strategies using industry-standard tools including LoadRunner, Dynatrace and Splunk. Working within an Agile delivery model, you'll collaborate closely with developers, engineers and QA specialists to validate non-functional performance requirements and support the early detection and resolution of bottlenecks. You'll help build out usage models that emulate real-world 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 ❯

C++ Engineer (GPU and Compute Architect focus) - HFT On behalf of a leading HFT firm, we are supporting the formation of a specialised performance engineering team focused on optimising the most compute-intensive R&D workloads. This role sits at the intersection of systems architecture, software engineering, and quantitative research, with a mandate to push the boundaries … of throughput, latency, and resource efficiency across heterogeneous compute environments. This is an ideal opportunity for engineers with a background in GPU architecture , HPC systems , or semiconductor performance tuning to apply their expertise in one of the most latency-sensitive domains in tech. Core Responsibilities Architect and optimise distributed compute pipelines across CPU/GPU, memory, storage, and interconnects … Profile and tune performance of AI/ML, simulation, and research workloads across containerised environments Collaborate with Software and Infra teams to identify architectural bottlenecks and implement low-level improvements Evaluate and integrate HPC technologies to support scale-out and latency-sensitive workloads Required Skills 3 - 10 years of professional proficiency in Python and C++ Hands-on experience with More ❯

C++ Engineer (GPU and Compute Architect focus) - HFT On behalf of a leading HFT firm, we are supporting the formation of a specialised performance engineering team focused on optimising the most compute-intensive R&D workloads. This role sits at the intersection of systems architecture, software engineering, and quantitative research, with a mandate to push the boundaries … of throughput, latency, and resource efficiency across heterogeneous compute environments. This is an ideal opportunity for engineers with a background in GPU architecture , HPC systems , or semiconductor performance tuning to apply their expertise in one of the most latency-sensitive domains in tech. Core Responsibilities Architect and optimise distributed compute pipelines across CPU/GPU, memory, storage, and interconnects … Profile and tune performance of AI/ML, simulation, and research workloads across containerised environments Collaborate with Software and Infra teams to identify architectural bottlenecks and implement low-level improvements Evaluate and integrate HPC technologies to support scale-out and latency-sensitive workloads Required Skills 3 - 10 years of professional proficiency in Python and C++ Hands-on experience with More ❯

Engineering Manager with a fast-growing SaaS business in the healthcare space. This is a hybrid role, based in London two days a week. As an experienced Engineering Manager, you’ll be joining the business at a pivotal growth stage. Our client has tripled their team in the past year and is now focused on scaling its engineering culture and capabilities, with the backing of leading investors. You will play a key role in doubling the size of the engineering team in the next 12 months. If you're looking to work in tech-for-good, this position offers the opportunity to help develop and shape data-driven clinical tools that transform healthcare. The business is … looking for a high-impact Engineering Manager to help lead this transformation to a scale-up: guiding teams of around 12 engineers (in-house team, based in the UK and Europe), setting the pace, and helping shape a high-performance engineering culture from the ground up. This role would best suit someone who thrives in high-growth More ❯

Engineering Manager with a fast-growing SaaS business in the healthcare space. This is a hybrid role, based in London two days a week. As an experienced Engineering Manager, you’ll be joining the business at a pivotal growth stage. Our client has tripled their team in the past year and is now focused on scaling its engineering culture and capabilities, with the backing of leading investors. You will play a key role in doubling the size of the engineering team in the next 12 months. If you're looking to work in tech-for-good, this position offers the opportunity to help develop and shape data-driven clinical tools that transform healthcare. The business is … looking for a high-impact Engineering Manager to help lead this transformation to a scale-up: guiding teams of around 12 engineers (in-house team, based in the UK and Europe), setting the pace, and helping shape a high-performance engineering culture from the ground up. This role would best suit someone who thrives in high-growth More ❯

Engineering Manager with a fast-growing SaaS business in the healthcare space. This is a hybrid role, based in London two days a week. As an experienced Engineering Manager, you’ll be joining the business at a pivotal growth stage. Our client has tripled their team in the past year and is now focused on scaling its engineering culture and capabilities, with the backing of leading investors. You will play a key role in doubling the size of the engineering team in the next 12 months. If you're looking to work in tech-for-good, this position offers the opportunity to help develop and shape data-driven clinical tools that transform healthcare. The business is … looking for a high-impact Engineering Manager to help lead this transformation to a scale-up: guiding teams of around 12 engineers (in-house team, based in the UK and Europe), setting the pace, and helping shape a high-performance engineering culture from the ground up. This role would best suit someone who thrives in high-growth 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 ❯

Software Engineering Manager/Software Team Lead Hybrid – Manchester We're working with a rapidly growing company seeking a hands-off Software Engineering Leader to guide and inspire a talented, multi-skilled engineering team. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead from the front, not by coding, but by setting vision, driving delivery, and fostering a high … performance engineering culture. You’ll be responsible for leading a team of exceptional engineers building slick, scalable digital consumer products using modern and complex technology stacks. The systems need to be resilient, high-performing, and elegant, supporting both customers and internal teams alike. What You’ll Be Doing: Leading a high-calibre team of senior software engineers. Driving … delivery, best practices, and engineering excellence. Championing modern development practices: TDD, automation, CI/CD, DevOps, and scalable architecture. Supporting the team’s growth, both technically and professionally. Influencing wider tech direction and fostering a strong engineering culture. What We’re Looking For: Proven experience in leading high-performing engineering teams. Solid technical background, ideally in software More ❯

Software Engineering Manager/Software Team Lead Hybrid – Manchester We're working with a rapidly growing company seeking a hands-off Software Engineering Leader to guide and inspire a talented, multi-skilled engineering team. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead from the front, not by coding, but by setting vision, driving delivery, and fostering a high … performance engineering culture. You’ll be responsible for leading a team of exceptional engineers building slick, scalable digital consumer products using modern and complex technology stacks. The systems need to be resilient, high-performing, and elegant, supporting both customers and internal teams alike. What You’ll Be Doing: Leading a high-calibre team of senior software engineers. Driving … delivery, best practices, and engineering excellence. Championing modern development practices: TDD, automation, CI/CD, DevOps, and scalable architecture. Supporting the team’s growth, both technically and professionally. Influencing wider tech direction and fostering a strong engineering culture. What We’re Looking For: Proven experience in leading high-performing engineering teams. Solid technical background, ideally in software More ❯

SQL Performance Engineer - Hybrid (Glasgow or Edinburgh) - Up to £50,000 Are you passionate about optimising high-volume data systems and solving complex performance challenges? We're hiring a Performance Engineer to join a growing tech team working on a cutting-edge financial data platform. This is a hybrid role, with 2 days in the office (Glasgow … or Edinburgh) and 3 days working from home . What You'll Be Doing Tuning and optimising complex SQL queries to improve system performance Building tooling for diagnostics and deployment risk management Automating performance testing and benchmarking across environments Collaborating with Engineering, DevOps, and Product teams to improve throughput and scalability Supporting deployment strategies for high-risk … releases Designing and testing new performance features What We're Looking For Proven experience in SQL performance tuning and query optimisation Familiarity with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, k6) Experience with observability platforms (e.g., Azure Monitor, Grafana) Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset Ability to develop and interpret MI for decision-making Bonus Skills Experience More ❯

SQL Performance Engineer - Hybrid (Glasgow or Edinburgh) - Up to £50,000 Are you passionate about optimising high-volume data systems and solving complex performance challenges? We're hiring a Performance Engineer to join a growing tech team working on a cutting-edge financial data platform. This is a hybrid role, with 2 days in the office (Glasgow … or Edinburgh) and 3 days working from home . What You'll Be Doing Tuning and optimising complex SQL queries to improve system performance Building tooling for diagnostics and deployment risk management Automating performance testing and benchmarking across environments Collaborating with Engineering, DevOps, and Product teams to improve throughput and scalability Supporting deployment strategies for high-risk … releases Designing and testing new performance features What We're Looking For Proven experience in SQL performance tuning and query optimisation Familiarity with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, k6) Experience with observability platforms (e.g., Azure Monitor, Grafana) Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset Ability to develop and interpret MI for decision-making Bonus Skills Experience More ❯

the future of our customer-facing investment experiences. Your will be joining a cross functional development team which has a philosophy of continuous improvement, and a strong focus on engineering excellence. We are a growing team focussed on providing our customers with innovative web and app based tools and services to help them grow as investors no matter what … adoption of cutting edge technologies, as well as providing a robust experience in production. What to expect: Agile methodologies and a passion for continuous improvement and building a high-performance engineering team Guide and mentor the team to design and deliver high quality products Consider architectural and non-functional requirements and work with the team to break down More ❯

What to expect Agile methodologies and a passion for continuous improvement and building a high-performance engineering team Guide and mentor the team to design and deliver high quality products Consider architectural and non-functional requirements and work with the team to break down and refine these into development tasks Foster a build it, run it, own it More ❯

team, with team members working on all areas of our technology stack and propositions. What to expect: Agile methodologies and a passion for continuous improvement and building a high-performance engineering team Guide and mentor the team to design and deliver high quality products Consider architectural and non-functional requirements and work with the team to deliver Tech More ❯

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for an Engineering Manager to join a fast growth SaaS organisation as it expands its Technology team. We are looking for an experienced leader who has worked at senior level along with implementing the latest tech stacks and growing teams in a busy environment. You will be experienced in scaling teams in a … work with some of the latest technology. Ideally you will have experience of building teams in a start-up environment. You must have experience with: A strong background in engineering along with experience of building large scale teams. Knowledge across a variety of cloud platforms including GCP. Experience with Typescript and Node.js Experienced with CI/CD, Docker and … Terraform. Knowledge of modern serverless technologies. Experience of building a high-performance engineering team culture with mentoring and coaching processes implemented. Experienced in utilising the latest software tools along with developing full stack platform concepts. This role is perfect for an experienced Engineering leader who wants the opportunity to build a Software team in a start-up More ❯

ambitious Head of Applications to lead their global Application Technology team across the UK, Singapore, and the US. This is a high-impact leadership role where you’ll shape engineering culture, drive technical excellence, and scale customer-facing SaaS systems used by some of the largest enterprises in the world. What you’ll be doing: Leading and growing a … global application engineering team , spanning backend and frontend systems Building critical SaaS capabilities for enterprise clients: account lifecycle, access control, notifications, logging, multi-tenancy, and more Partnering with local leads to ensure global alignment and consistent delivery standards Driving a high-performance engineering culture through structured reviews, coaching, and career development pathways Partnering with Product Design to … robust enterprise workflows Tackling complex technical challenges across large-scale data pipelines, secure access, event-driven systems, and multi-tenant architectures Embedding Agile, DevOps, and best practices into the engineering organisation What they’re looking for: 10+ years of experience building and managing distributed engineering teams across multiple regions Proven track record as a global leader , managing local More ❯

ambitious Head of Applications to lead their global Application Technology team across the UK, Singapore, and the US. This is a high-impact leadership role where you’ll shape engineering culture, drive technical excellence, and scale customer-facing SaaS systems used by some of the largest enterprises in the world. What you’ll be doing: Leading and growing a … global application engineering team , spanning backend and frontend systems Building critical SaaS capabilities for enterprise clients: account lifecycle, access control, notifications, logging, multi-tenancy, and more Partnering with local leads to ensure global alignment and consistent delivery standards Driving a high-performance engineering culture through structured reviews, coaching, and career development pathways Partnering with Product Design to … robust enterprise workflows Tackling complex technical challenges across large-scale data pipelines, secure access, event-driven systems, and multi-tenant architectures Embedding Agile, DevOps, and best practices into the engineering organisation What they’re looking for: 10+ years of experience building and managing distributed engineering teams across multiple regions Proven track record as a global leader , managing local More ❯

success and each role contributes to the Groups ongoing progress in communities around the world. The Role Due to the continued growth and success of our undergraduate and postgraduate engineering teaching, we wish to appoint a Technical Skills Instructor (TSI) in Aerospace to provide technical and practical support to students and staff in the High-Performance Engineering … support for the aerospace courses and include activities that range from aircraft maintenance, aerospace systems testing (avionics, propulsion, structures), flight simulation, manufacturing, and workshop practice. You will share your engineering knowledge and experience with the next generation of engineers, who are keen to learn. You will also have the opportunity to support students with project work and entry to … Precision measurement equipment Range of specialist aerospace rigs Training will be provided. Our Successful Candidate: We are seeking a person with a good level of general education in an engineering discipline. Experience of aircraft engineering or maintenance would be advantageous but not essential. Relevant industrial or educational experience will also be considered, as will experience in a teaching More ❯

is going through the gears, backed by world-class investors, and heading towards a big future. Theyve built a platform already trusted by global enterprise brands and now the engineering team is growing fast to take things to the next level. Youll join as a Senior Backend Engineer , taking ownership of complex Python/Django services that power enterprise … decarbonisation. Expect to design elegant APIs, tackle data-heavy challenges, and collaborate closely with sustainability experts and product teams. What makes this special? High-performance engineering team smart, passionate, and collaborative Big mission accelerating how the worlds largest businesses understand and reduce carbon footprints Cutting-edge scale-up energy late seed, gearing up for Series A, equity on … a great fit if you bring: 7+ years backend experience (Python expertise essential) Strong knowledge of Django (or similar) and API design Experience scaling apps, with an eye for performance and reliability A proactive, problem-solving mindset and love for collaboration Package highlights: Competitive salary, share options, private healthcare, and 29+ days holiday (including birthday and Christmas extras). More ❯

The Role An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled Software Engineer to join a growing Agile development team, working on advanced software solutions for complex engineering applications. This is a technical development role with a strong focus on modern C++ and software engineering best practices. You will be involved in the full development lifecycle, from requirements gathering … Visual Studio, Git, Jira etc Great communication skills Desirable Strong Maths/Physics background React and JavaScript The Company This is a well-established organisation recognised for delivering high-performance engineering software used worldwide. Their teams are highly collaborative, technically driven, and committed to pushing the boundaries of precision and performance. They provide an environment that values innovation More ❯

support (approx. 20% of time). Technical Skills & Capabilities Proven experience building production-ready services on AWS (e.g. Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, S3, Kinesis). Strong focus on backend performance engineering in high-throughput, data-intensive systems. Practical experience implementing comprehensive automated testing strategies . Skilled at debugging and resolving issues in live systems. Comfortable contributing to frontend … Thrives as an individual contributor—hands-on, detail-oriented, and motivated by technical challenges. Enjoys designing, specifying, writing, and testing code, rather than focusing on project management. Balances core engineering work with customer and internal support. Is excited to contribute in a flat organisation where ownership, collaboration, and initiative matter more than hierarchy. Is eager to share knowledge while More ❯

support (approx. 20% of time). Technical Skills & Capabilities Proven experience building production-ready services on AWS (e.g. Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, S3, Kinesis). Strong focus on backend performance engineering in high-throughput, data-intensive systems. Practical experience implementing comprehensive automated testing strategies . Skilled at debugging and resolving issues in live systems. Comfortable contributing to frontend … Thrives as an individual contributor—hands-on, detail-oriented, and motivated by technical challenges. Enjoys designing, specifying, writing, and testing code, rather than focusing on project management. Balances core engineering work with customer and internal support. Is excited to contribute in a flat organisation where ownership, collaboration, and initiative matter more than hierarchy. Is eager to share knowledge while 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 ❯

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 ❯