Associate Director Engineering - Enterprise Performance Engineering

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 1.423.000 - 1.957.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical, dental & vision benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off including holidays

Parental and caregiver leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance & wellness

Zusammenfassung

Ladders seeks an Associate Director of Engineering - Enterprise Performance Engineering to guide scalable, reliable enterprise applications and shape standards, governance, and testing strategy across the SDLC, partnering with technology leaders.

The role drives performance testing, load and stress strategies, and system performance across web apps, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native platforms in a remote, US-based setting.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Software Eng, IT, or related field.
• 10+ years in software/quality/engineering.
• 3+ years leading engineering or performance teams.
• Proven leadership of performance testing for large-scale apps.

Aufgaben

• Lead enterprise performance engineering strategy and roadmap.
• Establish standards, methodologies, and governance.
• Drive adoption of performance best practices across SDLC.
• Advise on scalability, reliability, and system performance.

Kenntnisse

Leadership experience

Performance testing

Workload modeling

Capacity planning

Application tuning

Web APIs microservices

Cloud platforms

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IT

Tools

LoadRunner Enterprise

BlazeMeter

Apache JMeter

Performance Center

Jobbeschreibung

For our client, we are seeking a Associate Director Engineering - Enterprise Performance Engineering to join the team of a leader in the Healthcare space. This leader will guide enterprise performance engineering efforts that help ensure critical applications are scalable, reliable, and ready for growth. The role will shape standards, governance, and testing strategy across the software development lifecycle while partnering closely with technology leaders. It is a highly collaborative position with meaningful influence across web applications, APIs, microservices, cloud-native platforms, and databases.

Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available

Compensation: $142,300 – $195,700 annually

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of the enterprise performance engineering strategy and roadmap.
• Establish and mature performance engineering standards, methodologies, and governance practices.
• Drive adoption of performance engineering best practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Serve as a trusted advisor for application scalability, reliability, and system performance.
• Define performance test strategies and oversee performance validation activities, including load and stress testing.
• Partner with technology leaders to proactively identify and address performance risks and scalability challenges.
• Lead performance engineering efforts across AWS and Azure cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, performance engineering, quality engineering, or related disciplines.
• 3+ years of leadership experience managing engineering or performance engineering teams.
• Proven experience leading performance testing engagements for large-scale enterprise applications.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise performance testing tools such as LoadRunner Enterprise, BlazeMeter, Apache JMeter, and Performance Center.
• Strong expertise in performance analysis, capacity planning, workload modeling, and application tuning.
• Experience optimizing performance across web applications, APIs, microservices, distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, and databases.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Paid time off, including company and personal holidays.
• Paid parental and caregiver leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance and additional wellness opportunities.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.