performance profiling jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, performance profiling appears in 392 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning performance profiling, with demand share up 5.1% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
392
Demand vs prior month
up 5.1% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 41.8% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about performance profiling

+Is performance profiling in demand in 2026?

Yes. performance profiling appears in 392 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning performance profiling (41.8% of all postings mentioning performance profiling).

+What jobs require performance profiling?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning performance profiling are Platform Software Engineer (16.9% of that role’s postings mention performance profiling), AI Applied Software Engineer (10.0% of that role’s postings mention performance profiling), C++ Software Engineer (8.3% of that role’s postings mention performance profiling).

+What skills are commonly paired with performance profiling?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), performance profiling most often appears alongside C++, Python, debugging, Java, observability.

+Where is performance profiling most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring performance profiling are San Francisco, New York City, Nashville, Dublin, Sydney, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new performance profiling content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning performance profiling alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new performance profiling content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after performance profiling?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring performance profiling — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around performance profiling

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before performance profiling

Before performance profilingautomation → performance profiling: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairPerl → performance profiling: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairNode.js → performance profiling: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairsockets → performance profiling: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairScraper → performance profiling: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairPython scripting → performance profiling: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS Textract → performance profiling: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairPDF → performance profiling: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairperformanceprofilingautomation: 1 movesautomation1 movesPerl: 1 movesPerl1 movesNode.js: 1 movesNode.js1 movessockets: 1 movessockets1 movesScraper: 1 movesScraper1 movesPython scripting: 1 movesPython scripting1 movesAWS Textract: 1 movesAWS Textract1 movesPDF: 1 movesPDF1 moves

Skills after performance profiling

After performance profilingperformance profiling → AWS: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairperformance profiling → Node.js: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairperformance profiling → PHP: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairperformance profiling → python: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairperformance profiling → reliability: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairperformance profiling → WebSocket: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairperformance profiling → docker: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairperformance profiling → SPI: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairperformanceprofilingAWS: 2 movesAWS2 movesNode.js: 2 movesNode.js2 movesPHP: 1 movesPHP1 movespython: 1 movespython1 movesreliability: 1 movesreliability1 movesWebSocket: 1 movesWebSocket1 movesdocker: 1 movesdocker1 movesSPI: 1 movesSPI1 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: automation1
Before: Perl1
Before: Node.js1
Before: sockets1
Before: Scraper1
Before: Python scripting1
Before: AWS Textract1
Before: PDF1
After: AWS2
After: Node.js2
After: PHP1
After: python1
After: reliability1
After: WebSocket1
After: docker1
After: SPI1

Roles most likely to require performance profiling

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Platform Software Engineer2316.9%
AI Applied Software Engineer210.0%
C++ Software Engineer48.3%
ML Infrastructure Engineer48.3%
Performance Engineer47.8%
Staff Engineer135.7%
Back-End Developer15.0%
Android Software Engineer94.8%
Applied ML Engineer14.8%
Back-end Engineer34.1%

Roles with the most performance profiling postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer16441.8%
Platform Software Engineer235.9%
Backend Engineer133.3%
Staff Engineer133.3%
Android Software Engineer92.3%
ML Engineer92.3%
Frontend Engineer71.8%
Embedded Software Engineer61.5%
C++ Software Engineer41.0%
ML Infrastructure Engineer41.0%

Top companies posting jobs requiring performance profiling

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring performance profiling
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Oracle24
MongoDB13
Canva11
NVIDIA11
Bjakcareer9
Mirage9
Cerebras8
Later7
Behavox6
General Motors6

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for performance profiling

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco205.1%
New York City194.8%
Nashville164.1%
Dublin102.6%
Sydney102.6%
Austin92.3%
San Jose82.0%
London71.8%
Sunnyvale71.8%

Skills commonly paired with performance profiling

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning performance profiling by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s performance profiling postings by all performance profiling postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.2% to 0.2%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,595 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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data_as_of
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index