Lead Performance Engineer: High-Throughput Java Systems

ICE; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Atlanta is looking for a Lead Performance Engineer to define performance engineering strategies and lead investigations on complex Java platforms. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in performance testing and is skilled in JVM internals, Java, and Prometheus. Strong communication skills are essential, as the role requires collaboration across various teams to ensure system performance and reliability standards are met.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in performance engineering or Java development.
• Experience with load generation frameworks (JMeter, Gatling).
• Expertise in tuning multi-threaded Java applications.

Responsibilities

• Define and own performance engineering strategy for critical platforms.
• Lead performance investigations on JVM and hardware levels.
• Design and build robust test harnesses for performance regressions.

Skills

Deep expertise in JVM internals

Proficiency with Java and scripting languages

Performance testing

Hands-on experience with Prometheus

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Valgrind

Prometheus

Grafana

JMeter

Job description

A leading financial services company in Atlanta is looking for a Lead Performance Engineer to define performance engineering strategies and lead investigations on complex Java platforms. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in performance testing and is skilled in JVM internals, Java, and Prometheus. Strong communication skills are essential, as the role requires collaboration across various teams to ensure system performance and reliability standards are met.