SQL Performance Engineer

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.

• 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

• 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

• 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.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.