Performance Engineer

Commerce Advantage Group; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Mentor program

Job summary

Commerce Advantage Group in Burbank, CA is seeking a Performance Engineer who lives and breathes innovation. This role offers substantial technology autonomy, open today, with a salary range from $105,000 to $158,000 per year.

You will own the full lifecycle of systems, optimize queries, and mentor teammates while aligning with the local tech landscape. Flexible hours across Burbank as needed.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering experience with strong instincts.
• Eye for the high-energy detail that differentiates good from great.
• Comfort guiding technical discussions toward clear decisions.
• Patience to mentor without taking over the keyboard.
• Judgment to distinguish a fire drill from a real issue.
• Meticulous attention to detail across all deliverables.
• Familiarity with the Burbank market and local tech landscape.

Responsibilities

• Ship incremental improvements to Commerce Advantage Group's Burbank platform on a regular cadence.
• Own the full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows.
• Hunt down latency spikes and performance bottlenecks.
• Own the Innovation release that leadership has circled on the calendar.
• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput workloads.
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the team.

Skills

3+ years experience

Attention to detail

Decision making

Mentoring

Latency optimization

Burbank familiarity

Job description

We believe great engineers ship great software, so we are hiring a Performance Engineer who lives and breathes Innovation. Few Burbank employers pair $105,000 - $158,000 with this much technology autonomy, and fewer still ask only 5 years to earn it.

Key Responsibilities

• Ship incremental improvements to Commerce Advantage Group's Burbank platform on a regular cadence
• Own the full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production
• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows using Self-Motivation
• Hunt down the latency spikes nobody at Commerce Advantage Group can explain
• Own the Innovation release that Burbank leadership has circled on the calendar
• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput Commerce Advantage Group workloads
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team

What You'll Bring

• 3+ years that left you with strong instincts and few illustrations
• An eye for the high-energy detail that separates fine from finished
• Comfort steering technology conversations toward a decision
• The patience to mentor without taking over the keyboard
• The judgment to distinguish a fire drill from an actual fire
• Meticulous attention to detail across every deliverable
• Familiarity with the Burbank market and local technology landscape

We started Commerce Advantage Group in a Burbank garage because the technology status quo deserved a high-energy reckoning. We give people autonomy early and trust them to ask for support when they need it.

Beyond $105,000 - $158,000, Commerce Advantage Group invests in your growth, assigns you a mentor, and lets you flex hours across Burbank, CA as you need.

Open today, open right now, and waiting for the right Performance Engineer.