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Senior Performance Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
16 days ago
Salary
$160K - $210K / year
Bachelor DegreeEnglishAWSCloudDistributed SystemsKubernetes
Job Description
• Lead end-to-end performance analysis across frontend, backend, and infrastructure layers.
• Profile and optimize application code, APIs, and database queries for maximum efficiency.
• Investigate and resolve performance bottlenecks using observability and monitoring tools.
• Collaborate with development, DevOps, and product teams to design scalable, high-performance solutions.
• Build and maintain performance dashboards, metrics, and automated monitoring systems.
• Conduct root cause analysis for performance incidents and drive long-term improvements.
• Develop and implement strategies for continuous performance optimization and capacity planning.
• Stay current with industry trends, tools, and best practices in performance engineering.
Job Requirements
- Strong experience with complex web application debugging, profiling, and performance optimization.
- Deep understanding of browser performance traces, network analysis, and client-side profiling.
- Proven background in performance engineering, including bottleneck analysis and root cause identification.
- Hands-on experience with APM and observability tools (e.g., Datadog RUM, APM, DBM) for monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Proficiency in analyzing and interpreting network HAR files and performance metrics.
- Experience optimizing across multiple application layers (frontend, backend, API, database).
- Solid knowledge of logging, monitoring, and alerting best practices for both frontend and backend systems.
- Familiarity with performance testing tools and frameworks (e.g., memlab, Chrome Dev tools).
- Strong understanding of system architecture, distributed systems, and cloud environments (AWS, Kubernetes, CDN).
- Passion for delivering a fast, stable, and scalable user experience.
Benefits
- Equity
- 401k
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
- Spending accounts
- Life & Disability
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible paid time off
- Enhanced employee assistance program
- Employee wellness stipend
- Professional development stipend
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