Performance Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 66,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Dover Corporation is seeking a mid-level Performance Engineer in Overland Park, KS to push performance, reliability, and developer velocity. You’ll work with Kubernetes and Rust to build tooling, fix flaky tests, and translate ideas into production prototypes while mentoring teammates and keeping CI pipelines fast.

The role emphasizes hands-on performance optimization, scalable deployment patterns, and collaboration with a nerdy, writing‑driven culture.

Qualifications

• Ability to teach others effectively to raise team capability.
• Mentor teammates without taking over, enabling growth.
• Patience to coach and guide while maintaining ownership of work.

Responsibilities

• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence.
• Build internal tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity.
• Resurrect flaky tests until the Overland Park, KS suite is trustworthy again.
• Translate napkin ideas into Innovation prototype outcomes.
• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale.
• Containerize applications and manage deployments with Kubernetes and Rust.
• Keep Git CI under ten minutes so Overland Park engineers stay in flow.

Skills

Teaching

Mentoring

Team player

Tools

Kubernetes

Rust

Job description

Pour Kubernetes and Rust into work that survives contact with real traffic, and you'll fit right in as our mid-level Performance Engineer in Overland Park. Think of it less as a job and more as a $66,000 - $96,000 bet Dover Corporation is placing on your 5 years and your judgment.

Key Responsibilities

• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence
• Build internal tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity
• Resurrect flaky Innovation tests until the Overland Park, KS suite is trustworthy again
• Translate a napkin idea from Dover Corporation founders into an Innovation outcome-focused prototype
• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale
• Containerize applications and manage deployments with Kubernetes and Rust
• Keep Dover Corporation's Git CI under ten minutes so Overland Park, KS engineers stay in flow

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated ability to teach what you know to someone greener
• A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself
• The patience to mentor without taking over the keyboard
• An Overland Park grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly

Dover Corporation is an Overland Park, KS-based company on a proudly-nerdy path to redefine the technology industry. We value clear writing and honest conversation over status games and politics.

The bottom line: $66,000 - $96,000, mentorship, benefits, and flexibility, wrapped into a Performance Engineer role that grows as fast as you do.

We bumped the date today, signaling this Performance Engineer search is ongoing.