Performance & Reliability SDE - AI-Powered Load Testing

AVEVA Denmark; Lake Forest (CA); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex work hours

20 days PTO rising to 25 with service

Three paid volunteering days

Parental leave (primary/secondary)

Well-being support

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K

Job summary

AVEVA is seeking a Software Development Engineer – Performance & Reliability in Lake Forest, CA. You will own the enterprise-grade performance testing framework, scale tests across distributed microservices, and build AI-driven workflows for automated test generation and analysis.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing of 1000+ concurrent users, expertise in TypeScript/JavaScript and k6, and deploying CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software development in test.
• Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript with hands-on k6 experience (2+ years).
• Experience testing large-scale distributed architecture with 1000+ concurrent virtual users.
• Experience building/operationalizing CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or equivalent).
• Solid understanding of REST, HTTP/2, and gRPC API testing patterns under load.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred), OAuth 2.0/OIDC, and identity management.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the k6-based PSR Framework, including test architecture, authentication strategies, scenario builders, and reporting.
• Design and execute large-scale performance tests against distributed microservice architectures.
• Build Agentic AI workflows that automate test generation, execution, and intelligent result analysis using LLM-powered agents.
• Integrate and maintain automated performance pipelines in Azure DevOps with quality gates and stage-based reporting.
• Provide technical consultancy and mentorship to the offshore PSR team and internal development teams.

Skills

TypeScript/JavaScript

k6

Distributed load testing

REST/HTTP2/gRPC testing

CI/CD pipelines

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

OAuth 2.0/OIDC

Cloud platforms (Azure)

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

AVEVA is seeking a Software Development Engineer – Performance & Reliability in Lake Forest, CA. You will own the enterprise-grade performance testing framework, scale tests across distributed microservices, and build AI-driven workflows for automated test generation and analysis.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing of 1000+ concurrent users, expertise in TypeScript/JavaScript and k6, and deploying CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.