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This role pays less than
58%
of similar roles. Most pay
$172,125–$231,225
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$201k
versus about
$202k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Arm Holdings
Arm Holdings plc is a leading British semiconductor and software design firm, established in 1990 and recognized for developing energy-efficient processor architectures that power nearly all smartphones and a vast range of IoT and computing devices.
Arm Holdings currently has
113 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$208,450–$282,050
across 112 roles with salary data.
The Staff Software Engineer, Performance Tooling joins the Observe and Accelerate team to design, implement, and maintain performance analysis toolkits for Arm solutions. This hands-on role involves taking full ownership of software components from technical design through testing, integration, and release. You will investigate software behavior across applications, distributed systems, operating systems, VMs, containers, storage, and networking. Key responsibilities include analyzing and optimizing workload performance using profiling, tracing, benchmarking, and experimentation. You must demonstrate proficiency in multiple programming languages, frameworks, and technology stacks, with a focus on Linux systems and modern CPU architectures. The role requires translating user feedback into engineering improvements while solving complex systems problems related to how architectural differences affect software behavior and performance in cloud-native and distributed environments.
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Object-Oriented Programming
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