Software Engineer u Performance Engineering

Staples India; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Staples India is hiring a Software Engineer Performance Engineering in Tamil Nadu. You will develop, test, and maintain software components while designing performance testing strategies across JMeter, Locust, and LoadRunner.

You will diagnose performance bottlenecks using Wireshark, dumps, and other tools, and collaborate with engineers and infrastructure teams to optimize performance. The role emphasizes tuning recommendations, monitoring with Lighthouse and Chrome DevTools, and embedding

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in CS/Engineering or related field.
• Certifications: JMeter, Azure, GCP, AI/ML, Splunk, New Relic.
• 2–5 years with listed technologies including performance testing and diagnostics.
• Strong scripting (Shell, Python, PERL) and infrastructure-as-code.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and maintain software components and applications.
• Design and execute performance testing strategies using JMeter, Locust, LoadRunner.
• Analyze system performance and identify bottlenecks via diagnostics such as Wireshark and dumps.
• Provide tuning recommendations and collaborate with developers and infra teams.
• Monitor server- and browser-side performance with Lighthouse, DevTools, WebPageTest.
• Collaborate with developers, SREs, and QA to embed performance best practices across SDLC.

Skills

Performance testing

Scripting

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

JMeter

Locust

LoadRunner

New Relic

Splunk

Wireshark

Lighthouse

Chrome DevTools

WebPageTest

Job description

Job Summary

Play a key role in developing, testing, and maintaining software components and applications aligned with business and technical requirements. Design and execute performance testing strategies using tools such as JMeter, Locust, or LoadRunner. Analyze system performance and identify bottlenecks through diagnostics including heap/thread dumps, TCP dumps, and Wireshark. Provide tuning recommendations and collaborate with developers and infrastructure teams to optimize performance.

Monitor and optimize server-side and browser-side performance using tools like Lighthouse, Catchpoint, Chrome DevTools, and WebPageTest. Collaborate cross-functionally with developers, SREs, and QA to embed performance best practices throughout the SDLC. Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, performance, and adherence to architectural standards. Assist in troubleshooting and resolving software defects, including performance-related issues.

Continuously learn and apply best practices in software development, performance engineering, quality, and security. Contribute to the design of new features and improvements to existing applications with a performance-first mindset.

Job Title

Software Engineer Performance Engineering

Location

Tamil Nadu, India

Job Type

Permanent

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in developing, testing, and maintaining software components and applications aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Design and execute performance testing strategies using tools such as JMeter, Locust, or LoadRunner.
• Analyze system performance and identify bottlenecks through diagnostics including heap/thread dumps, TCP dumps, and Wireshark.
• Provide tuning recommendations and collaborate with developers and infrastructure teams to optimize performance.
• Monitor and optimize server-side and browser-side performance using tools like Lighthouse, Catchpoint, Chrome DevTools, and WebPageTest.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with developers, SREs, and QA to embed performance best practices throughout the SDLC.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, performance, and adherence to architectural standards.
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving software defects, including performance-related issues.
• Continuously learn and apply best practices in software development, performance engineering, quality, and security.
• Contribute to the design of new features and improvements to existing applications with a performance-first mindset.

Requirements

• Required Education: Requires a bachelor degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a directly related field of study.
• Good to have Certifications: JMeter, Azure, GCP, AI/ML, Splunk, New Relic
• Minimum 2-5 years with the following technologies (experience may be gained concurrently):
• Performance & Observability: JMeter, Locust, LoadRunner, New Relic, Splunk, Wireshark, heap/thread dumps, TCP dumps, Lighthouse, Catchpoint
• Languages & Frameworks: Java, JavaScript, Shell, Groovy, PERL
• Infrastructure & Tools: Azure, AKS
• Diagnostics: Fiddler, Chrome DevTools, WebPageTest
• Proven expertise in performance testing, diagnostics, tuning of distributed systems.
• Strong scripting/automation (Shell, Python, PERL), infrastructure-as-code.
• Deep understanding of microservices, cloud-native, container orchestration.
• Skilled in APM tools (New Relic, Dynatrace), log analysis (Splunk), browser-side optimization.
• Excellent communication/leadership, cross-functional collaboration.

Key Skills

• JMeter
• Locust
• LoadRunner
• New Relic
• Splunk
• Wireshark
• Lighthouse
• Chrome DevTools
• WebPageTest

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