Performance Engineer: Drive Scalable, High-Performance Apps

Highbrow LLC; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm located in Toronto is seeking a Performance Engineer to develop and execute performance test strategies. The ideal candidate will have 2-5 years of experience in performance testing and strong skills in Java and JMeter. Responsibilities involve analyzing application performance, mentoring junior engineers, and optimizing systems. This role offers opportunities for growth and a balance of onsite work, reflecting the importance of collaboration in dynamic projects.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in performance engineering with a focus on performance testing and tuning.
• Strong programming skills in Java with experience in JMeter scripting.
• Knowledge of application architecture to optimize performance at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and maintain performance test strategies and plans.
• Design and create performance test scripts using JMeter and Java.
• Leverage monitoring tools to analyze and optimize application performance.
• Collaborate with teams to drive performance tuning efforts.
• Train and mentor junior performance engineers.

Skills

Java programming

Performance testing

JMeter scripting

Performance tuning

GC analysis

Cloud platforms

Database performance tuning

Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)

Containerization technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field

Tools

JMeter

Dynatrace

Datadog

Splunk

Fiddler

SQL

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

A technology consulting firm located in Toronto is seeking a Performance Engineer to develop and execute performance test strategies. The ideal candidate will have 2-5 years of experience in performance testing and strong skills in Java and JMeter. Responsibilities involve analyzing application performance, mentoring junior engineers, and optimizing systems. This role offers opportunities for growth and a balance of onsite work, reflecting the importance of collaboration in dynamic projects.