Lead Performance Engineer - Distributed Database Systems

Leadout Capital seeks a Senior/Lead Performance Engineer to advance distributed database systems powering a major platform. You will collaborate with database, storage, and analytics teams to push performance and scalability across production fleets, build benchmarks, and deliver telemetry-driven insights. The role emphasizes rigorous root-cause analysis, profiling, and end-to-end ownership from research to production, with opportunities to publish work and impact scale.