Freelance-Ready Performance Engineer Fast, Scalable Systems

Stripe, Inc.

City of Syracuse (NY)

On-site

USD 66,000 - 98,000

Part time

14 days+

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Job summary

Stripe, Inc. is seeking a Performance Engineer for Syracuse, NY, focusing on speed and resilience across large data workloads.

The role emphasizes building Ruby on Rails dashboards, evaluating JavaScript tradeoffs, and delivering rapid proof-of-concept work to enable data-driven decisions. With a 3-year background in performance engineering, you will help scale systems, collaborate with stakeholders, and shepherd on-premise migrations to cloud-native architectures while benefiting from flexible

Qualifications

3+ years of hands-on performance engineering experience.
Proven ability to optimize systems for speed and resilience.
Strong collaboration with tech stakeholders and data teams.

Responsibilities

Build Ruby on Rails dashboards so Stripe's technology team stops asking engineers for numbers.
Walk technology stakeholders through JavaScript tradeoffs in language Stripe execs grasp.
Spike a Work Ethic proof of concept fast when Stripe needs a yes-or-no answer.
Re-architect the technology flow so Java handles ten times Syracuse's current load.
Work closely with data teams to surface insights from production systems.
Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture.