Performance Engineer

Investment Partners LLC; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 108,000; Part time

Job summary

Investment Partners LLC is hiring a backend engineer to power our endlessly-iterating products. You will help balance work and reliability while shaping systems that endure high load.

Based in Springfield, MO, you will integrate third-party services, optimize infrastructure, and lead design reviews. The role offers a flexible freelance schedule, mentorship, and a transparent ownership culture.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates active listening and clear communication.
• Able to articulate and own estimates with accountability.
• Comfortable in a freelance Springfield-based operation.
• Proven collaboration and problem-solving skills.
• At least 4 years of experience delivering estimates.
• Experience integrating third-party services and internal tools.

Responsibilities

• Integrate third-party services and internal tools.
• Optimize cloud resources by right-sizing infrastructure.
• Lead technical design reviews for initiatives.
• Translate product wishes into shippable workloads.
• Diagnose and fix user-reported bugs.

Skills

Active listening

Effective communication

Estimate ownership

Collaboration

Analytical thinking

Ansible experience

Tools

Ansible

Job description

Come build the backend that powers our endlessly-iterating products, writing Work-Life Balance that holds up under serious load. This role blends $70,000 - $108,000 pay with the autonomy to shape Work-Life Balance work and a team that grows together.

Key Responsibilities

• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the Investment Partners LLC stack
• Trim Investment Partners LLC's cloud bill by right-sizing the Conflict Resolution infrastructure in Springfield, MO
• Lead technical design reviews for mid-level technology initiatives
• Translate fuzzy product wishes from Investment Partners LLC stakeholders into shippable Work-Life Balance services
• Investigate, diagnose, and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools

What You'll Bring

• The kind of listening that makes the other person feel heard
• The communication discipline to over-share early and trim later
• A point of view on Investment Partners LLC's space, sharpened by your own reading
• Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you
• A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself
• At least 4 years of standing behind your own estimates
• Comfort with the freelance cadence of a Springfield-based operation

Investment Partners LLC is a fast-growing technology company in Springfield, MO, where Conflict Resolution and Ansible drive everything we do. Decisions at Investment Partners LLC come with a name attached, because ownership without accountability is just noise.

Pay is $70,000 - $108,000, growth is structured, mentorship is personal, and the flexible freelance schedule is non-negotiable in your favor.

This Springfield, MO role just got a fresh timestamp, and applications are flowing in.