Remote Senior Performance Engineer: Scale & Optimize

NinjaOne; Town of Florida (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) plan

Unlimited PTO

Hybrid remote

Job summary

NinjaOne is seeking a Senior Performance Software Engineer to lead performance testing, data generation frameworks, and optimization initiatives. You will translate real‑world usage patterns into actionable insights, collaborating with engineers to improve throughput and reduce latency across a scalable cloud service.

Join a strategic, hands‑on team building reusable tooling and best practices in a modern stack (Java, Kotlin, C++, Golang, Postgres) hosted on AWS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, including 2+ years in K6 or other load test frameworks, Javascript.
• 3+ years of experience in Cloud Native Environments AWS will make you a standout candidate.
• Strong background in design, performance and optimization tuning.
• Deep expertise with distributed computing systems and container native environments.
• Proficient in scripting for automation and observability such as Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages.
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills across technical and non-technical teams
• Experience with relational databases, PostgreSQL familiarity is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Performance Testing Design and Implementation- Design, implement, maintain, and support performance testing and data generation frameworks to surface actionable performance insights, using k6, JavaScript, Grafana, and InfluxDB.
• Documentation- Develop and maintain technical documentation, architectural decision records, and performance standards.
• Develop Performance Best Practices- Define and evolve best practices for performance optimization, scalability, and measurement. Partner with engineering teams to shape performance testing strategies and scalability approaches. Collaborate with teams to analyze performance bottlenecks and drive solution identification and remediation

Skills

Performance testing

K6

Cloud-native environments

Distributed computing

Scripting for automation

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

PostgreSQL experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IT

Tools

Java

Kotlin

C++

Golang

PostgreSQL

AWS

Grafana

InfluxDB

JavaScript

k6

Bash

Python

Job description

NinjaOne is seeking a Senior Performance Software Engineer to lead performance testing, data generation frameworks, and optimization initiatives. You will translate real‑world usage patterns into actionable insights, collaborating with engineers to improve throughput and reduce latency across a scalable cloud service.

Join a strategic, hands‑on team building reusable tooling and best practices in a modern stack (Java, Kotlin, C++, Golang, Postgres) hosted on AWS.