Performance Engineer

ViacomCBS; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 103,000 - 133,000; Part time

Job summary

ViacomCBS in Durham, NC seeks a senior Performance Engineer for a part-time role that owns deliverables and grows within a high-trust team. The position blends coding with architecture and requires strong analytical skills.

You will work on unit testing rewrites, platform persuasions for NC expansion, and automated pipelines across the build chain. Expect remote-friendly hours and a focus on delivering reliable, scalable solutions while handling Rust traces and guardrails in a Node.js

Qualifications

• Experience with part-time schedules and Durham-based teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Fluency in Flask and Selenium.

Responsibilities

• Ship the Unit Testing flexible rewrite that pays down years of ViacomCBS technical debt.
• Carry the Persuasion platform work that makes ViacomCBS's next NC expansion boring.
• Translate technology compliance rules into Node.js guardrails baked into the build.
• Reverse-engineer the self-directed Tailwind CSS format ViacomCBS inherited and never documented.
• Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines for faster release cycles.
• Read the Rust stack traces others skim past, and trace bugs to their root.

Tools

Flask

Selenium

Python

Node.js

Tailwind CSS

Job description

At ViacomCBS, the best Performance Engineer isn't the one who writes the most code but the one whose Delegation decisions age the gracefully. A $103,000 - $133,000 part-time role for a senior professional ready to own deliverables and grow within a high-trust team.

Key Responsibilities

• Ship the Unit Testing flexible rewrite that pays down years of ViacomCBS technical debt
• Carry the Persuasion platform work that makes ViacomCBS's next NC expansion boring
• Translate technology compliance rules into Node.js guardrails baked into the build
• Reverse-engineer the self-directed Tailwind CSS format ViacomCBS inherited and never documented
• Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines for faster release cycles
• Read the Rust stack traces others skim past, and trace bugs to their root

What You'll Bring

• Working familiarity with part-time schedules and team norms at ViacomCBS
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Comfort with the part-time cadence of a Durham-based operation
• Fluency across Flask and Selenium, with strong opinions on both

Our Durham, NC headquarters is home to a candidly-kind group of builders, designers, and problem-solvers at ViacomCBS. You set the boundaries of your part-time schedule and we respect them without the side-eye.

Expect $103,000 - $133,000, yes, but also expect the kind of benefits and remote flexibility that make Mondays in Durham feel lighter.