Staff Performance Software Engineer
About the role
As a Staff Performance Software Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader for performance testing, data generation frameworks, standards, and optimization initiatives across the NinjaOne organization. You will collaborate closely with software engineers and stakeholders to translate real-world usage patterns into actionable performance insights, ensuring systems that are highly responsive, reliable, and scalable.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, maintain, and support performance testing and data generation frameworks to surface actionable performance insights, using k6, JavaScript, Grafana, and InfluxDB.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, architectural decision records, and performance standards.
- Define and evolve best practices for performance optimization, scalability, and measurement. Partner with engineering teams to shape performance testing strategies and scalability approaches.
- Collaborate with teams to analyze performance bottlenecks and drive solution identification and remediation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
- 6+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, including 2+ years in K6 or other load test frameworks, Javascript.
- 2+ years of experience in Cloud Native Environments AWS.
- Strong background in design, performance and optimization tuning.
- Deep expertise with distributed computing systems and container native environments.
- Proficient in scripting for automation and observability such as Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages.
- Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills across technical and non-technical teams.
- Experience with relational databases, NinjaOne uses PostgreSQL so experience with this database will make you more qualified in our tech stack.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
- 6+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, including 2+ years in K6 or other load test frameworks, Javascript.
- 2+ years of experience in Cloud Native Environments AWS.
- Strong background in design, performance and optimization tuning.
- Deep expertise with distributed computing systems and container native environments.
- Proficient in scripting for automation and observability such as Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages.
- Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills across technical and non-technical teams.
- Experience with relational databases, NinjaOne uses PostgreSQL so experience with this database will make you more qualified in our tech stack.
Skills
- Performance Testing
- Cloud Native Environments AWS
- Scripting (Bash, Python)
- Relational Databases (PostgreSQL)
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Plan
- Life Insurance Coverage
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
Pay
Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to location, market demands, experience, job-related knowledge, and skills. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage and PTO. For roles based in California, Colorado, Maryland, New Jersey, or Washington the base salary hiring range for this position is $200,000 to $300,000 per year. For roles based in New York, the base salary hiring range for this position is $200,000 to $300,000 per year.
Schedule
We are flexible on remote working from home, if you are located in the USA and reside in one of the following states - CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, KS, MA, MD, ME, NJ, NC, NY, OR, TN, TX, VA, and WA. We have physical offices in Austin, TX and Tampa, FL, if you prefer a hybrid option.