Senior Software Engineer Performance & Architecture
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Job Location:
Denver, CO - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 130 - 140
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Help us help keep people safeand businesses working as one ofBuilt In Colorados Best Places to Workfor six years in a rowKPAis made up of talented individuals working together for the greater here to help our clients buildsafe thriving organizations and were looking for people with a common goal to help us do it.
Position Description:
Were seeking a Senior Software Engineer Performance & Architecture who is passionate about building for scale and reliability. This role is ideal for engineers who think in systems enjoy profiling and optimizing complex applications and thrive on improving architectural design for speed scalability and maintainability. You will not be developing user-facing features instead your impact will be measured by how efficiently and reliably the platform performs.
KPAs Flex platform helps clients build comprehensive EHS programs that foster safe productive workplaces. The platform powers real-time data collection audits incident management training and analytics all delivered through a modern web-based SaaS solution.
If youre an experienced software engineer with a deep understanding of distributed systems performance tuning and architecture best practices this is the role for you.
Responsibilities:
In the first 2 weeks you will:
- Establish a full local development environment and gain familiarity with KPA Flexs existing architecture and data flows.
- Review system metrics profiling tools and performance benchmarks to identify potential improvements.
- Begin collaborating with technical leaders on architectural priorities and bottlenecks.
In the first 30 days you will:
- Participate in agile ceremonies with a focus on system performance scalability and architecture reviews.
- Document architectural patterns and recommend opportunities for optimization and simplification.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (DevOps QA Product) to ensure consistent architectural alignment.
In the first 90 days you will:
- Lead performance-focused improvements including refactoring caching and load optimization.
- Participate in and influence design discussions with a focus on scalability reliability and efficiency.
- Establish performance testing frameworks and help guide engineering best practices.
In the first 6 months you will:
- Define and evangelize technical standards for performance reliability and architectural consistency.
- Support code and design reviews mentoring other engineers on sustainable performant patterns.
- Partner with leadership to shape long-term system architecture and technical strategy.
By the end of the first year you will have:
- Become a go-to subject matter expert on KPA Flexs architecture performance and scalability.
- Delivered measurable improvements in platform speed stability and maintainability.
- Played a key role in future-proofing the platforms design for continued growth.
Success Criteria:
- Ability to think at the system level with optimization and performance as the main drivers.
- Consistently deliver measurable improvements in system performance scalability and reliability.
- Actively shape architectural decisions that guide platform direction and technical quality.
- Collaborate across engineering teams to ensure performance-minded design at every layer.
- Provide mentorship on software efficiency architectural principles and secure coding practices (OWASP SDLC).
- Proactively identify and resolve system-level risks before they impact production.
Job Qualifications
- Ideally 8 years of software engineering experience including substantial exposure to distributed system design or SaaS application architecture.
- Deep expertise in NodeJS / JavaScript / TypeScript.
- Strong database skills with SQL / PostgreSQL MongoDB also preferred.
- Experience analyzing and improving application performance and system scalability.
- Familiarity with modern web frameworks (Vue React or WebPack) and cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP).
- Proficiency in profiling benchmarking and debugging tools.
- Experience with mobile architecture (Objective-C Swift Java Kotlin)
- Familiarly with multi-tenant SaaS platforms
- Familiar with Bash YAML or Python development experience
Preference for:
Compensation:
- Annual base salary between $130-140k
- Bonus potential of 10% annually
- This is a full-time exempt position
Physical Requirements:
- Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
-Working at a computer typing and view a screen - Constantly
- Stationary sitting or standing - Constantly
-Visual Recognition - Constantly
-Hearing/Listening - Occasionally
- Communicating verbally and/or in writing - Occasionally
-Travel - Seldom
Dont meet every job requirement At KPA we are dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace. Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they meet every requirement. If youre excited about the role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification we still encourage you to apply! You might just be the right candidate for this or other roles.
About KPA
Founded in 1986KPAis a leading provider of Environment Health & Safety (EHS) and Workforce Compliance software and consulting services. KPA solutions help clients identify remedy and prevent workplace safety and compliance problems across their entire enterprise. The combination of KPAssoftware consulting services and award-winning training content helps organizations minimize risk so they can focus on whats importanttheir core business.
We are passionate about what we do how we do and why we do it. Our culture is driven by the KPA core values Integrity Helpful Excellence Agile Respectful and Teamwork. Success will be determined by the capabilities energy and character of the people we bring into our organization and the performance they achieve.
KPA with headquarters in Colorado and teammates throughout the United Sates is recognized as one of Colorados Best Midsize Places to Work by Built In Colorado for 2024.
To be ranked in Built Ins Best Places to Work Awards is a recognition of KPAs dedication to creating a team of outstanding professionals and our efforts to create a positive and safe workplace culture for everyone said Chris Fanning KPA President and CEO. I believe weve developed a high caliber organization comprised of passionate people who are experts in their respective fields and deliver great value to our customers.
KPA is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices including selection hiring promotion transfer and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race religion religious dress/grooming color ethnicity sex (including sex stereotyping) sexual orientation gender identity or gender expression national origin ancestry citizenship status creed uniform service member status military or veteran status marital status pregnancy breast-feeding and/or pregnancy-related conditions age protected medical condition leave status physical or mental disability genetic characteristics or any other legally-protected status in accordance with the requirements of all federal state and local compliance with federal law all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
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We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- JProfiler
- Splunk
- Performance Testing
- Fiddler
- Apache
- HP Performance Center
- LoadRunner
- New Relic
- Scalability
- J2EE
- Java
- Scripting
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