Location :
Newport Beach, CA - hybrid onsite (LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY!)
Salary Range :
Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.
Introduction
Join our dynamic team in the beautiful Newport Beach, CA, where you can enjoy a vibrant coastal lifestyle while advancing your career. We are seeking a passionate individual to lead our performance engineering efforts and ensure our systems are optimized for peak performance.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- A minimum of 8 years in performance engineering and testing, with at least 3 years in a lead architect role.
- Proficiency with tools such as JMeter, Gatling, k6, Dynatrace, New Relic, AppDynamics, Open Telemetry, and Jaeger.
- Strong skills in profiling (e.g., JFR, Async-Profiler), SQL tuning, and microservices.
- Experience with Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and CI / CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
Experience in defining performance NFRs, budgets, SLOs, and SLIs per service / user flow.Ability to architect and own load, stress, spike, soak, and concurrency test suites and test data.Experience embedding performance gates in CI / CD and enabling shift-left testing with reusable harnesses.Day-to-Day Responsibilities
Lead the end-to-end performance testing strategy, defining NFRs / SLOs and driving bottleneck analysis and tuning across app, data, and infrastructure.Analyze results with APM / tracing tools to pinpoint hotspots (CPU, GC, IO, DB, locks).Recommend and track code / config / DB / infra optimizations with before / after metrics.Lead capacity modeling and scaling plans to ensure release performance readiness.Create playbooks and dashboards, and coach teams on best practices.Company Benefits & Culture
Competitive benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance.Opportunities for professional development and career growth.A supportive and inclusive work environment that values diversity and innovation.For immediate consideration please click APPLY to begin the screening process with Alex.