Performance Engineer — Agile, Observability & Impact (Helena)

Merck; Helena (MT); On-site; USD 50,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck in Helena, MT seeks a junior Performance Engineer to strengthen Agile systems from fragile to bulletproof. You will own technology initiatives, pair with teams, and help translate metrics into actionable insights.

You'll work in a fast-moving environment, embrace imperfect problem-solving, and adapt to a schedule that respects Helena's pace. The role blends coaching, coding, and operational reliability.

Qualifications

• Agile expertise in fast-moving tech environments.
• Imperfect problem-solving that doesn’t wait for permission.
• Ability to read a room you’ve never been in before.
• Willingness to commute to Helena, MT or work flexibly.
• Proven Flask results, ideally in Helena, MT.
• At least 1 year of backing your own estimates.
• Discipline to document while it’s fresh.

Responsibilities

• Wrangle React config across environments so Helena staging mirrors production
• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems
• Pair with cross-functional partners to scope and deliver temporary projects
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team
• Translate React metrics into the one chart Merck leadership checks each morning

Skills

Agile expertise

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Commute to Helena MT

Tools

Flask

Job description

Merck in Helena, MT seeks a junior Performance Engineer to strengthen Agile systems from fragile to bulletproof. You will own technology initiatives, pair with teams, and help translate metrics into actionable insights.

You'll work in a fast-moving environment, embrace imperfect problem-solving, and adapt to a schedule that respects Helena's pace. The role blends coaching, coding, and operational reliability.