Job Description :
Senior Performance Engineer – Permanent – Denver, CO
Position Description:
As a Senior Performance Engineer on the Cloud Product Development team, you will be working closely with the Engineering and DevOps teams building tests that measure the performance and reliability of our products. This role is a solid individual contributor on an Agile team with responsibilities as following:
Work closely with Platform Architect and Product Managers to define performance and reliability (P&R) requirements of our products.
Build automated test suites to execute P&R test plans.
Analyze test results, debug problems, and perform root cause analysis where possible.
Provide suggestions for code and/or infrastructure improvements where appropriate, and coordinate with team members as required.
Communicate effectively with Management and other stakeholders regarding project status and testing progress.
Required Skills:
At least 5 years in a Performance Test role working with web applications.
Strong knowledge of Load, Scalability and Endurance/Soak test methodology
Understanding of SaaS and Service Oriented Architecture systems
Hands on experience with load testing tools (preferably JMeter or other open source tools such as Grinder or Gatling)
Strong knowledge of Java programming language
Strong knowledge of Java Virtual Machine (JVM) internals (memory management, garbage collection)
Experience with performance and resource monitoring tools (New Relic or Zabbix an asset)
Experience with hardware and software performance tuning
Experience with performance profiling and memory analysis tools (such as VisualVM, JConsole, Eclipse MAT, jstat, jhat)
Great attention to detail and ability to identify, isolate and communicate defects
Strong ability to work with, and understand, complex setups; including troubleshooting issues
Ability to work in a fast paced / rapid turnaround Agile development environment
Ability to work as part of remote team with members located in various office locations around the world
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Passion to learn and try new things
Desired Skills:
Jenkins plugin development
Configuration automation experience, such as Puppet, ansible, or vagrant
Experience in single sign-on protocols, such as OAuth, SAML, or OIDC
Working knowledge of relational (MySQL) and non-relational databases (Cassandra, MongoDB)