Performance Engineer - SRE

Swim Recruiting; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian technology firm is seeking a Performance Engineer for a 6-month contract role focused on optimizing web and mobile platforms. You will monitor performance metrics, troubleshoot slowdowns, and collaborate with teams using tools like Chrome DevTools and Xcode Instruments. Ideal candidates should have over 7 years of experience in performance engineering and familiarity with CDNs and cloud environments. The role offers a competitive pay of $80-95/hour and a supportive team environment in downtown Vancouver.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of engineering experience focused on web, mobile, or platform performance.
• Strong understanding of essential performance metrics such as page load and responsiveness.
• Experience with CDNs, caching strategies, and cloud environments (AWS preferred).

Responsibilities

• Define performance standards and monitor real-time data across web and mobile platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot slowdowns and enhance user experience.
• Use industry-standard tools to improve load times and conduct performance testing.

Skills

7+ years of engineering experience focused on web, mobile, or platform performance

Strong understanding of essential performance metrics

Experience using performance profiling and debugging tools

Comfortable working with logs, monitoring tools, and observability platforms

Experience supporting high-traffic ecommerce systems

Tools

Chrome DevTools

Lighthouse

Xcode Instruments

WebPageTest

Job description

6-month Performance Engineer contact role working on a high-profile program with a local enterprise organization

• 6-month Frontend Performance Engineer contract role.
• Great team environment.
• Enterprise organization with a global footprint with an on site work environment, 4 days a week in office.

What & Why:

In this role you'll define performance standards and monitor real-time data across mainly web and on occasion mobile platforms to identify optimization opportunities. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot slowdowns, improve load times, and enhance user experience through better caching, asset delivery, and testing with industry-standard tools. The role requires 7+ years of experience with performance engineering, proficiency in tools like Chrome DevTools, Lighthouse, and Xcode Instruments, plus knowledge of CDNs, cloud platforms, and CI/CD processes ideally in high-traffic ecommerce environments. This is a great chance to join a high performing team with a global leader.

Who:

This client is one of the most recognizable Canadian brands, a true Vancouver success story who has expanded globally. They are well known for their corporate culture and has won major awards for their accomplishments. They have invested majorly in technology and have had an incredibly successful past few years, including a major strategic acquisition. They have an all-star leadership team who keeps you accountable and provides support while still affording you tremendous autonomy. They are located close to rapid transit in newly renovated offices in downtown Vancouver and have a remote work arrangement, 4 days on site.

You:

You will bring the following education, skills and experience to the role:

• 7+ years of engineering experience focused on web, mobile, or platform performance.
• Strong understanding ofessential performance metrics (page load, responsiveness, app startup time, frame rate, stability).
• Experience using performance profiling and debugging tools for:
• Web: Chrome DevTools,Lighthouse, WebPageTest.
• iOS: Xcode Instruments.
• Android: Android Studio Profilers – would be a nice to have.
• Working knowledge of modern web technologies. Native mobile app architectures would be a nice to have.
• Experience with CDNs, caching strategies, and cloud environments (AWS preferred).
• Comfortable working with logs, monitoring tools, and observability platforms.
• Experience supporting high-traffic ecommerce or similarly large customer-facing systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and performance automation.

Compensation:

This role pays between $80-95 per hour.

Next Steps:

If the sound of this opportunity excites you, and you’re confident that it’s a good fit for your experience and career goals, then we’d love to hear from you! Please send your updated resume to us by applying to this posting and one of our awesome team of recruiters will be in touch.