Performance Quality Engineer

About the role

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Performance Quality Engineer based in the United States. This role is designed for an engineer passionate about building reliable, scalable, and high-performing software platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own performance observability initiatives, define key metrics, and help teams make data-driven decisions about system behavior under real-world conditions.
• Work closely with engineering, platform, security, and product teams to identify risks before they impact customers.
• Design and develop performance test suites for multiple product teams supporting a microservices-based SaaS platform hosted on AWS.
• Operate and maintain production-like environments used for performance analysis, diagnostics, and regression testing.
• Analyze application and infrastructure logs to identify performance issues and support root-cause investigations.
• Define, monitor, and report performance KPIs, including response times, throughput, error rates, and resource utilization.
• Deliver trend analysis, capacity forecasts, and actionable recommendations to engineering leaders and product stakeholders.
• Identify potential scalability risks through usage and performance data before they affect customers.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering, DevX, SDET, Security QE, and Product teams to validate and prioritize performance improvements.
• Partner with security teams to incorporate security-informed scenarios into performance testing, including stress testing and resource utilization analysis.
• Establish performance testing standards within CI/CD pipelines by defining quality gates, thresholds, and regression detection processes.
• Create documentation, runbooks, and best practices to strengthen performance engineering capabilities across the organization.

Requirements

• Strong experience in performance engineering, cloud environments, and data-driven system analysis.
• Comfortable working across engineering teams, translating technical findings into business impact, and continuously improving platform reliability.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in performance testing and analysis for microservices-based, cloud-hosted SaaS platforms.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify root causes behind complex performance issues.
• Experience with statistical analysis, including trend modeling, interpolation, extrapolation, and capacity forecasting.
• Working knowledge of AWS services such as EC2, RDS, S3, ECS/EKS, along with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience using performance testing tools such as k6, Gatling, Locust, JMeter, or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and log aggregation tools such as ELK Stack or CloudWatch.
• Proficiency in Python or another scripting language for test automation, data analysis, and tooling improvements.
• Experience using AI tools and technologies to improve workflows, decision-making, and engineering productivity.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a remote-first, asynchronous environment across multiple time zones.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present technical insights clearly to engineering and product stakeholders.

Benefits

• Competitive annual salary range of $120,000-$165,000, depending on experience, skills, and location.
• A flexible remote-first work environment with opportunities to collaborate across distributed teams.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, including a company-paid HDHP option for employees.
• Competitive financial benefits, including annual bonuses, equity opportunities, and retirement plans with company matching.
• Flexible paid time off, paid holidays, and parental leave programs.
• Wellness benefits including wellness stipends, mental health support, and nutrition coaching.
• Professional development opportunities through learning programs, leadership initiatives, and dedicated development funds.
• Opportunities to participate in charitable programs, volunteer initiatives, and community-focused activities.
• Virtual and in-person team-building events, recognition programs, and employee appreciation initiatives.

Schedule

Remote-first environment.

Pay

$120,000 - $165,000 annually, depending on experience, skills, and location.