Performance Team Lead

Speria; Dunwoody (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Speria MTech, a global SaaS provider in Dunwoody, GA, seeks a hands-on Performance Team Lead to build, scale, and govern performance engineering across our enterprise applications. You will define strategy, lead workload modeling, CI/CD integration, and mentor a growing team.

You'll partner with Engineering, Architecture, DevOps, Product, and QA leadership to ensure performance risks are identified early and addressed before release, while leveraging AI insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Performance Testing or Performance Engineering.
• Proven experience leading performance initiatives for complex enterprise applications.
• Hands-on experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter and k6.
• Strong experience designing workload models and executing load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing.
• Experience integrating testing into CI/CD environments and collaborating with DevOps teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to determine root causes across applications, databases, and infrastructure.
• Experience mentoring engineers or leading technical teams.
• Familiarity with cloud-based and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the organization's performance engineering strategy.
• Establish standards, governance, and best practices for performance testing and reporting.
• Design and oversee load, stress, endurance, scalability, and performance testing initiatives.
• Create realistic workload models, usage patterns, and performance acceptance criteria.
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement performance testing tools and technologies.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines and release readiness processes.
• Analyze test results and collaborate with Engineering and Architecture teams to identify root causes and improvement opportunities.
• Translate performance findings into actionable recommendations and risk assessments.
• Leverage AI-assisted insights to improve performance engineering efficiency and scalability.
• Hire, mentor, and develop Performance Engineers as the team expands.
• Coordinate performance engineering efforts across U.S. and Mexico-based teams.

Skills

Performance Testing

Performance Engineering

Load testing

CI/CD integration

Mentoring engineers

Team leadership

JMeter

k6

Cloud-based systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

JMeter

k6

Job description

Speria MTech is the industry-leading provider of Live Animal Protein Production Performance Management solutions. For more than 30 years, we have delivered enterprise software that helps protein producers optimize operations through Business Intelligence, Production Planning, Live Production Accounting, and Remote Data Management solutions. Our platform supports customers in more than 50 countries across six continents.

With over 300 employees globally and headquarters in Dunwoody, Georgia, Speria MTech offers a collaborative environment where technology, innovation, and agriculture come together to help feed a growing world population responsibly.

About the Role

We are seeking a hands-on Performance Team Lead to build, scale, and govern performance engineering capabilities across our enterprise SaaS applications. This role will establish the strategic vision for performance testing while remaining deeply involved in workload modeling, performance validation, CI/CD integration, and team development.

The ideal candidate is both a technical leader and practitioner who can influence engineering decisions, mentor team members, and ensure performance risks are proactively identified and addressed before release.

What You'll Do

• Define and evolve the organization's performance engineering strategy.
• Establish standards, governance, and best practices for performance testing and reporting.
• Design and oversee load, stress, endurance, scalability, and performance testing initiatives.
• Create realistic workload models, usage patterns, and performance acceptance criteria.
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement performance testing tools and technologies.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines and release readiness processes.
• Analyze test results and collaborate with Engineering and Architecture teams to identify root causes and improvement opportunities.
• Translate performance findings into actionable recommendations and risk assessments.
• Leverage AI-assisted insights to improve performance engineering efficiency and scalability.
• Hire, mentor, and develop Performance Engineers as the team expands.
• Coordinate performance engineering efforts across U.S. and Mexico-based teams.

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Performance Testing or Performance Engineering.
• Proven experience leading performance initiatives for complex enterprise applications.
• Hands-on experience with performance testing tools such as:
  • JMeter
  • k6
• Strong experience designing workload models and executing load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing.
• Experience integrating testing into CI/CD environments and collaborating with DevOps teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to determine root causes across applications, databases, and infrastructure.
• Experience mentoring engineers or leading technical teams.
• Familiarity with cloud-based and distributed systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or maturing performance engineering programs.
• Experience supporting SaaS applications at enterprise scale.
• Exposure to AI-assisted testing, analytics, or optimization tools.
• Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams.

Why Join Speria MTech?

• Lead the evolution of performance engineering for a global SaaS platform.
• Influence application scalability, reliability, and release quality.
• Build and mentor a growing specialized engineering team.
• Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Architecture, DevOps, Product, and QA leadership.
• Join a company whose mission is to help feed the world through innovative technology solutions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Speria MTech is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other status protected by applicable law.