Performance Engineer

Filetwigbay; Asheville (NC); On-site; USD 103,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Business Excellence Group in Asheville, NC is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to help scale complex systems and survive real traffic. The role offers a salary range of $103,000 - $138,000 as a freelance engagement, with comprehensive benefits and leadership growth opportunities.

You will pair-program Rust edge cases with local engineers, implement secure auth flows on Kubernetes, and keep AWS dependencies patched before CVEs become incidents.

Qualifications

• 6+ years operating in a similar Performance Engineer position.
• NC work history, or strong reasons you'll thrive here anyway.
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions.
• A solid foundation in Kubernetes, refined over 6+ years.
• Meticulous attention to detail across every deliverable.

Responsibilities

• Pair-program tricky Rust edge cases with engineers across Asheville, NC.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows using Kubernetes.
• Keep AWS dependencies patched before CVEs become incidents.
• Stress-test Mentoring systems until they bend, then harden where they cracked.
• Own the full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production.
• Cut Kubernetes cold-start times so Business Excellence Group functions wake before NC users notice.

Skills

6+ years experience

Mentoring

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Pour Vue.js and .NET Core into work that survives contact with real traffic, and you'll fit right in as our senior Performance Engineer in Asheville. Take stock: $103,000 - $138,000, freelance, 5 years of Mentoring, and a senior title that grows teeth as you prove yourself.

Key Responsibilities

• Pair-program tricky Rust edge cases with engineers across Asheville, NC
• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows using Kubernetes
• Keep Business Excellence Group's AWS dependencies patched before the CVEs become incidents
• Stress-test Mentoring systems until they bend, then harden where they cracked
• Own the full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production
• Cut Kubernetes cold-start times so Business Excellence Group functions wake before NC users notice

What You'll Bring

• Roughly 6+ years operating in a similar Performance Engineer position
• A NC work history, or strong reasons you'll thrive here anyway
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions
• A solid foundation in Kubernetes, refined over 6+ years
• Meticulous attention to detail across every deliverable

Business Excellence Group builds technology tools the way old shops built furniture — slowly, in Asheville, NC, and with a design-led respect for the craft. At Business Excellence Group you're trusted with the why, not just handed the what.

This position offers $103,000 - $138,000, comprehensive benefits, and genuine room to advance into leadership within technology.

Hiring is happening now, not last quarter, for this Performance Engineer seat.