Performance Engineer: Nginx, JS & Rapid Deployments

Energy Innovation Corp; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 96,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Shopping Excellence Corp in Denver, CO seeks a Performance Engineer to translate vague tech requests into precise systems. You will ship Nginx fixes, document the JavaScript system for quick onboarding, and containerize applications with Django for seamless deployments.

The role emphasizes monitoring, alerting, and understanding an undocumented Scrum service, ensuring reliable performance under deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience solving vague tech requests with clear outcomes.
• Ability to work with frontend and backend elements (JavaScript/Django).
• Proven prioritization and effective communication under deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Ship Nginx fixes to Shopping Excellence Corp customers in Denver, CO the same day they report them.
• Document the JavaScript system so the next mid-level engineer onboards quickly.
• Containerize applications and manage deployments with Django and related tooling.
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for production environments.
• Decode undocumented Scrum service written previously by the team.

Skills

Active listening

JavaScript experience

Ambiguity tolerance

Under pressure thinking

Prioritization

Curiosity

Tools

Nginx

Django

JavaScript tooling

Job description

Shopping Excellence Corp in Denver, CO seeks a Performance Engineer to translate vague tech requests into precise systems. You will ship Nginx fixes, document the JavaScript system for quick onboarding, and containerize applications with Django for seamless deployments.

The role emphasizes monitoring, alerting, and understanding an undocumented Scrum service, ensuring reliable performance under deadlines in a fast-paced environment.