Software Engineer III, V8, Performance Engineering

This role is based in Munich, Germany.

Responsibilities:

• Identify performance hotspots via profiling to design and implement novel solutions.
• Contribute to long-term architectural projects to improve V8’s maintainability and its integration with Chrome’s rendering engine Blink.
• Manage bug fixes, triage issues, and participate in the regular V8 workflows necessary for seamless Chrome releases.
• Work closely with V8's Technical Leads (TLs) and other relevant teams to determine project priorities within Chrome.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• 2 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).
• 2 years of experience coding in C++.
• Experience with runtimes and performance tuning.

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
• Experience in JavaScript and WebAssembly.
• Experience in performance engineering using a wide variety of profiling tools.
• Experience in low-level programming, profiling, and debugging in C++.
• Experience with compilers and memory management.
• Experience with open source development.