🕒 2 days ago
Lead hands-on engineering at an established SaaS company: ship production software, modernize development practices, coach engineers, set the roadmap with the GM, and bring AI into products and workflows.
Performance Engineer Lead
📅 Jun 9
Apache JmeterAkamai CloudtestAzure Load TestingAzure Application Insights
📜 Description
- Lead enterprise performance engineering to ensure scalability, stability, reliability, and responsiveness.
- Design and execute load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing strategies.
- Identify bottlenecks across applications, APIs, databases, and infrastructure.
- Partner with Architecture, DevOps, QA, and Development teams to validate production readiness and optimize performance.
- Support high-availability cloud deployments in Azure and AKS environments.
- Lead, coach, and mentor offshore performance engineering staff.
🛠️ Requirements
- Performance and scalability testing
- Distributed systems and API architecture
- Azure cloud and Kubernetes (AKS)
- Performance metrics analysis and tuning
- CI/CD and automated performance pipelines
- Troubleshooting and root cause analysis
- Lead , coach and Mentor Performance Engineer staff offshore
- Mortgage or FinTech industry experience
- Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms and high-volume transaction systems
Full job description
This Engineer will be responsible to lead the enterprise performance engineering efforts to ensure system scalability, stability, reliability, and responsiveness across distributed cloud and hybrid environments. Responsible for designing and executing load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing strategies while identifying bottlenecks across applications, APIs, databases, and infrastructure. Works closely with Architecture, DevOps, QA, and Development teams to validate production readiness, optimize system performance, and support high-availability cloud deployments within Azure and AKS environments.
Primary Tools
- Apache JMeter
- Akamai CloudTest
- Azure Load Testing
- Azure Application Insights
- Azure DB Metrics
- AKS Container Monitoring
- PowerShell Monitoring Scripts
Requirements
Key Skills
- Performance and scalability testing
- Distributed systems and API architecture
- Azure cloud and Kubernetes (AKS)
- Performance metrics analysis and tuning
- CI/CD and automated performance pipelines
- Troubleshooting and root cause analysis
- Lead , coach and Mentor Performance Engineer staff offshore
Nice to Have
- Mortgage or FinTech industry experience
- Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms and high-volume transaction systems
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