Job Description
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 in financial services or data-heavy enterprise environments
- Knowledge of reconciliation or financial data processing systems
- Exposure to containerised environments (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric and lakehouse architecture
What’s On Offer
Up to 50,000 salary, hybrid working, generous annual leave, private healthcare, bonus schemes, and access to top-tier learning platforms.
Carbon60, Lorien & SRG – The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
