Performance Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 49,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

ViacomCBS in Lansing, MI is hiring a Performance Engineer to build Next.js infrastructure from a clean slate and contribute to a high-impact platform. The role offers a salary range of $49,000–$68,000 with a hybrid schedule and a personalized development plan tailored to your technology career goals.

You will collaborate with product and design teams, own end-to-end services, and help harden authentication to meet audit requirements.

Qualifications

• Junior-level interpersonal skills with a willingness to learn Terraform.
• Strong unit testing fundamentals and willingness to learn Jenkins quickly.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Flexibility to adapt to evolving business needs.
• Familiarity with ViacomCBS-scale workflows or ambition to reach them.

Responsibilities

• Build responsive, accessible front-end interfaces with Nginx.
• Ship incremental improvements to Lansing platform on a regular cadence.
• Translate unit testing metrics into the leadership chart used by management.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end.
• Own a technology service end to end, from Jenkins schema to on-call rotation.
• Harden Next.js auth so the MI audit comes back clean.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Unit Testing

Written Communication

Verbal Communication

Tools

Next.js

Nginx

Terraform

Jenkins

gRPC

Job description

Our Performance Engineer role in Lansing, MI is a chance to build Next.js infrastructure from a clean slate, which at ViacomCBS happens rarely and matters enormously. Come own your work at ViacomCBS: $49,000 - $68,000, a supportive team, and 1 years of Next.js put to good use.

Key Responsibilities

• Build responsive, accessible front-end interfaces with Nginx
• Ship incremental improvements to ViacomCBS's Lansing platform on a regular cadence
• Translate Unit Testing metrics into the one chart ViacomCBS leadership checks each morning
• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end
• Own a technology service end to end, from Jenkins schema to on-call rotation
• Harden ViacomCBS's Next.js auth so the MI audit comes back clean

What You'll Bring

• Junior fluency in Interpersonal Skills, with Terraform on your roadmap
• A human-first attitude and eagerness to learn new skills
• Real proficiency with Unit Testing, plus willingness to learn Jenkins fast
• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny
• Familiarity with ViacomCBS-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them

ViacomCBS is what happens when hands-dirty engineers in Lansing decide that good enough is the enemy of great Interpersonal Skills. Our values show up in small daily choices, not just a poster on the wall.

You'll receive $49,000 - $68,000, a hybrid schedule, and a personalized development plan tailored to your technology career goals.

No cobwebs here: this technology listing was confirmed open this morning.

Pair your gRPC with our Interpersonal Skills-heavy team and watch what ViacomCBS can build.