Senior Performance Engineer – Remote, AI-Driven Load

AgileEngine; Ansonia (CT); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth

Competitive pay

Remote work

Modern projects

Collaborative culture

Well-being programs

Job summary

AgileEngine is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to own an enterprise-wide performance-engineering function across a global digital ecosystem. You will design and run load, stress, and endurance tests with tools like JMeter or k6, integrate validation into Azure DevOps pipelines, and work with SRE/DevOps on chaos engineering.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted planning, clear release recommendations, and continuous performance improvements across web, mobile, kiosk, POS, loyalty, and payments

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in performance engineering or non-functional testing at enterprise scale.
• Hands-on expertise with performance testing tools (JMeter, k6, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, or OctoPerf).
• Experience with enterprise observability and cloud monitoring platforms (e.g., Dynatrace).
• Demonstrated experience integrating automated performance validation into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps).
• Scripting and automation proficiency in Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Hands-on engineering experience in cloud environments (AWS or Azure).
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted engineering tools, including reviewing and validating AI-generated output.
• Strong communication and stakeholder leadership skills with the ability to translate technical findings into clear business impact.
• Upper-intermediate English level.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise Performance Engineering charter as a horizontal shared service, establishing engagement models and SDLC performance-readiness standards.
• Design, script, execute, and report performance tests across high-volume ordering, kiosk, POS, loyalty, and payment flows.
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks across application, database, messaging, and infrastructure layers using observability signals.
• Embed automated performance validation into CI/CD pipelines with baseline and threshold gating.
• Partner with SRE/DevOps teams to define reliability targets and run controlled chaos-engineering experiments.
• Define performance-readiness criteria, provide go/no-go release recommendations, and assist with production incidents.

Skills

Performance testing

Observability

CI/CD automation

Scripting (Java/JS/Python)

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

English communication

Tools

JMeter

k6

LoadRunner

NeoLoad

OctoPerf

Dynatrace

Azure DevOps

Job description

AgileEngine is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to own an enterprise-wide performance-engineering function across a global digital ecosystem. You will design and run load, stress, and endurance tests with tools like JMeter or k6, integrate validation into Azure DevOps pipelines, and work with SRE/DevOps on chaos engineering.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted planning, clear release recommendations, and continuous performance improvements across web, mobile, kiosk, POS, loyalty, and payments