Performance Engineer

Ova Technologies

$90K — $120K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
  • 3+ years hands-on experience in performance engineering.
  • Strong experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, and Gatling.
  • Expertise in profiling and APM monitoring tools like AppDynamics and Dynatrace.
  • Familiarity with cloud technologies and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and execute performance test strategies including various types of tests.
  • Develop and maintain automated performance test scripts using specified tools.
  • Define workload models based on existing usage patterns.
  • Monitor system behavior under load using APM tools.
  • Analyze performance metrics and identify system bottlenecks.
  • Collaborate with teams to tune applications and optimize architecture.
  • Prepare detailed performance reports with key metrics and findings.

Benefits

  • Hybrid, remote, or on-site work options available.
  • Full-time employment with growth potential.
  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge performance tools and technologies.
Full Job Description
Job Title: Performance Engineer

Location: Hybrid/Remote/On-site

Experience Level: 3-8 Years

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Performance Engineer to join our team and ensure the scalability, stability, and responsiveness of our applications and systems. The ideal candidate has experience with performance testing, tuning, monitoring, and root-cause analysis across web/mobile applications, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities

Performance Testing & Engineering
  • Design, develop, and execute performance test strategies including load, stress, endurance, spike, and capacity tests.
  • Develop and maintain automated performance test scripts using tools like:
    • JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, k6, BlazeMeter, Locust, NeoLoad
  • Define appropriate workload models based on production usage patterns.

Monitoring & Analysis
  • Monitor system behavior under load using APM tools:
    • Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Datadog, New Relic, Prometheus/Grafana, Splunk
  • Analyze performance metrics (CPU, memory, response time, throughput, latency, GC, network).
  • Identify system bottlenecks across application, infrastructure, and database layers.

Optimization & Tuning
  • Work with DevOps, Cloud, Development, and Database teams to:
    • Tune JVM, application servers, caching layers, APIs, and DB queries.
    • Optimize architecture for scalability and high availability.
  • Recommend improvements in system and code performance.

Reporting & Documentation
  • Prepare detailed performance reports with:
    • Key KPIs
    • Baseline benchmarks
    • Regression comparison
    • Bottleneck findings
    • Optimization recommendations
  • Participate in performance reviews and provide technical feedback.

Required Skills & Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
  • 3+ years hands-on experience in performance engineering.
  • Strong experience with performance testing tools:
    • JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, k6, BlazeMeter, Locust, NeoLoad, etc.
  • Expertise in profiling and APM monitoring tools:
    • AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Datadog, New Relic, Grafana, Prometheus, etc.

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