Performance Engineer

DataDriven Corp; Woodbury (MN); On-site; USD 86,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Strong benefits

Job summary

DataDriven Corp in Woodbury, MN seeks a Performance Engineer to own performance improvements across Terraform, Nginx, and Azure-backed stacks. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, document systems for rapid onboarding, and drive architecture decisions to meet high load demands.

The role emphasizes professionalism, ownership of shipped work, and mentorship within a fast-moving tech company. Competitive benefits accompany a strong salary range and rapid interview process.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication across email, calls, and in-person meetings.
• Grit to debug under pressure and ship results.
• Willingness to be the newest person in the room and lead with notes.

Responsibilities

• Document the Terraform system to onboard the next mid-level engineer in days.
• Ship Nginx experiments quickly and iterate on findings.
• Sketch sequence diagrams to clarify the technology flow for stakeholders.
• Re-architect the flow so Azure handles significantly higher load.
• Discuss .NET Core tradeoffs with executives.
• Keep Nginx CI under ten minutes to keep Woodbury engineers in flow.

Skills

Confident communicator

Growth mindset

Ownership mindset

Tools

Terraform

Nginx

Azure

.NET Core

Job description

The phrase \"it works on my machine\" makes you wince, which is exactly why you'd make a great Performance Engineer here in Woodbury. This position rewards Professionalism and Tailwind CSS mastery with $86,000 - $124,000, team collaboration, and ownership of what you ship.

Key Responsibilities

• Document the Terraform system so the next mid-level engineer onboards in days, not weeks
• Ship Nginx experiments fast, kill the losers, and double down on what sticks
• Sketch Professionalism sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone
• Re-architect the technology flow so Microsoft Azure handles ten times Woodbury's current load
• Walk technology stakeholders through .NET Core tradeoffs in language DataDriven Corp execs grasp
• Keep DataDriven Corp's Nginx CI under ten minutes so Woodbury, MN engineers stay in flow

What You'll Bring

• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings
• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes
• The grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaint
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions
• A growth mindset and openness to constructive feedback

DataDriven Corp grew from a Woodbury kitchen table into a forward-thinking technology company that Woodbury, MN now genuinely depends on. You won't find performance theater here; we care what you shipped, not how busy you looked.

Joining DataDriven Corp means $86,000 - $124,000, strong benefits, and a culture where senior engineers actively mentor newer talent.

Hiring for this position is live and moving quickly, with interviews already underway.