Durham, NC, United States
13 hours ago
Lead Performance Engineer

About the Role 

We are looking a Lead Performance Engineer for marketing and eCommerce platforms, focusing on speed, scalability, and reliability across cloud, microservices, and containerized environments. The role involves designing and automating performance tests within CI/CD pipelines, analyzing system bottlenecks using tools like New Relic, AWS Logs, and X-Ray, and creating observability dashboards for real-time insights. you will mentor engineers within the CoE, champion continuous improvement and AI-driven innovation, and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to optimize system performance. This position offers the chance to shape engineering strategies, elevate customer experiences, and stay at the forefront of industry developments. 

Key Responsibilities: 

Collaborates with product and technical teams to analyze, design, and translate non-functional requirements.  Evaluates architecture, deployment, user base, and workloads to recommend the most effective performance engineering strategy.  Ensures system speed, scalability, and reliability while adapting CoE best practices and standards from shift-left to shift-right.  Analyzes slowdowns in frontend and backend, identifies root causes, and collaborates with teams for optimization.  Hands-on experience with JMeter, LoadRunner and other tools to test system reliability.  Use New Relic, AWS X-Ray, and logs to track system behavior and find issues early.  Builds observability dashboards using LGTM and implements distributed tracing and instrumentation.  Contribute actively to Performance Engineering CoE, Continues Improvement, Innovations, and Research   Optimize Cloud and Large-Scale Systems – Improve efficiency of cloud, microservices, and containerized environments.   Collaborates with cross-functional teams and leadership to ensure performance goals are met.  Proven ability to work in a team and communicate effectively with all stakeholders 

Preferred Skills: 

Experience with AWS cloud platforms and technologies.  Experience with JMeter, LoadRunner, Sitespeed.io, NewRelic , AWS CloudWatch.  Exposure with, Xray, GitHub, Grafana, etc,.  Knowledge of chaos engineering principles and practices.  Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.  Ability to work with Java, Python, or similar language  Qualifications:  Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or a related field.  10+ years of experience in performance engineering  Strong experience of performance testing & engineering tools and methodologies.  Experience with performance profiling, monitoring, and tuning of complex systems.  Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.  Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. 

Why Join Us? 

Work in a cutting-edge technology environment with a talented and passionate team.  Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement.  Comprehensive benefits package and competitive salary.  Be part of a company that values diversity, inclusion, and innovation. 

If you are a dedicated performance engineering leader looking for an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our team and help us drive performance excellence! 

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