Lead Performance Engineer
Lead Performance Engineer
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Job Description
This job requires a strong background in performance engineering and exceptional organizational analytical collaborative and communication skills along with the ability to Lead Mentor and guide engineers within the team. As a member of the Performance Engineering team the expectation is to use industry methods and tools to solve complex performance and stability issues and innovate new methods and reports to provide value to the organization. The job responsibility includes collaborating and partnering across the entire organization which may include external vendor partners. As a member of the performance engineering team the job role is both technically competent and business oriented.
The Expertise you have
- Establish and enhance application performance testing framework and infrastructure and provide actionable metrics / reports to help identify performance bottlenecks / issues.
- Through understanding of microservices architecture on Docker Container and Kubernetes infrastructure.
- Expertise in creating performance test cases / suites / framework using performance tools like JMeter or similar tools and using pipelines to trigger the tests.
- Build and improve standard methodology for performance load stress chaos along with analytics and reporting based on business requirements.
- Expertise in building Datadog dashboards for better visibility and observability.
- Sophisticated knowledge in performance engineering area.
- Ability to work independently Manage and Prioritize workload in fast paced dynamic environment and effectively meet challenging deadlines.
- Ability to partner with and influence individuals across team boundaries and at all levels of the organization.
- Strong presentation facilitation time management and prioritization skills.
- Demonstrates positive can-do attitude and flexibility to accommodate evolving needs.
- Organized flexible self-starting individual that is very diligent in details.
- Knowledge and expertise in agile way of working.
- Foster collaboration by identifying and conveying common interests and priorities (including removing barriers and breaking down silos).
- Applying key aspects of continuous improvement process and evaluating impact on quality / efficiency of own work.
- Must be able to multi-task in a self-motivated fashion
- Triage defects with Development Partners and Project Management Team.
- Provide performance tuning recommendations to development teams as needed.
- Ability to work with multiple teams at various levels.
The skills you bring
- 10-15 years of IT experience with 10 years in performance engineering / analysis
- Experience in software performance benchmarking tools (JMeter LoadRunner Akamai CloudTest K6 etc.)
- Experience in monitoring and observability tools like Splunk and Datadog.
- Experience in migration / tuning cloud-based applications both in AWS and Azure.
- Experience on environment focused on agile software development Devops and CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins and GitHub / Bitbucket.
- Intermediate experience with Java / Python.
- Experience with LINUX / UNIX / Windows Operating systems.
- Must have a crisp clear communications skills to all levels of interaction (technical non technical and all levels of management)
- Bachelors degree in computer science information technology or Engineering.
The value you deliver
- Identifying bottlenecks and providing tuning recommendations to help improve performance of the application to enhance stability and availability of applications.
- Development Maintenance and Monitoring existing test suites and observability dashboards.
- Coordinate and encourage the adoption of new tools and processes within the team.
Application Window closes 8/31/2025
All job offers will be based on a candidates skills and prior relevant experience applicable degrees/certifications as well as internal equity and market data.
Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical Dental Vision Life STD/LTD 401(k) Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO) Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Casual PRN & Part Time employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan only. For more detailed information pleaseclick here.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
