Performance Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 96,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Shopping Excellence Corp in Denver, CO seeks a Performance Engineer to translate vague tech requests into precise systems. You will ship Nginx fixes, document the JavaScript system for quick onboarding, and containerize applications with Django for seamless deployments.

The role emphasizes monitoring, alerting, and understanding an undocumented Scrum service, ensuring reliable performance under deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience solving vague tech requests with clear outcomes.
• Ability to work with frontend and backend elements (JavaScript/Django).
• Proven prioritization and effective communication under deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Ship Nginx fixes to Shopping Excellence Corp customers in Denver, CO the same day they report them.
• Document the JavaScript system so the next mid-level engineer onboards quickly.
• Containerize applications and manage deployments with Django and related tooling.
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for production environments.
• Decode undocumented Scrum service written previously by the team.

Skills

Active listening

JavaScript experience

Ambiguity tolerance

Under pressure thinking

Prioritization

Curiosity

Tools

Nginx

Django

JavaScript tooling

Job description

We need a Performance Engineer who can take a vague technology request and return a relentlessly curious system that does exactly, and only, what was asked. Bring 3 years to this CO Performance Engineer job and Shopping Excellence Corp answers with $96,000 - $127,000 and a runway that keeps unrolling.

Key Responsibilities

• Ship Nginx fixes to Shopping Excellence Corp customers in Denver, CO the same day they report them
• Document the JavaScript system so the next mid-level engineer onboards in days, not weeks
• Containerize applications and manage deployments with Emotional Intelligence and Django
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for ambitious production environments
• Decode the undocumented Scrum service nobody at Shopping Excellence Corp remembers writing

What You'll Bring

• The kind of listening that makes the other person feel heard
• Hands-on JavaScript experience that survives a whiteboard interview
• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written
• Clear thinking under the kind of pressure Denver, CO deadlines bring
• An instinct for prioritization when everything is labeled urgent
• Curiosity that outpaces your current job description

What began as two engineers and a whiteboard in Denver is now Shopping Excellence Corp, a deadline-driven team obsessed with getting Customer Service right. We onboard you to the technology mission first and the Team Leadership tooling second, in that order.

The package is honest: $96,000 - $127,000, a benefits plan that works, mentorship that lasts, and the flexibility to live in Denver, CO.

Refreshed minutes ago, this Performance Engineer req is wide open and taking applications.