Senior Performance Engineer - Remote & Growth Focus

Worky

Shelton (CT)

On-site

USD 130,000 - 190,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Growth without limits

Competitive compensation

Flexibility: remote work with flexible

Meaningful, modern projects

Collaborative culture

Well-being & support

Job summary

Worky is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to own an enterprise-wide Performance Engineering function, spanning web, mobile, kiosk, POS, loyalty, and payments systems. You will design and execute load, stress, and endurance tests using tools like JMeter and k6 and integrate automated performance validation into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.

You will partner with SRE/DevOps to set reliability targets, perform chaos engineering experiments, and apply AI-assisted workflows for planning and

Qualifications

4+ years of experience in performance engineering or non-functional testing at enterprise scale.
Hands-on experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, k6, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, or OctoPerf.
Experience with observability and cloud monitoring platforms like Dynatrace.
Experience integrating automated performance validation into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps).
Scripting in Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Cloud engineering experience on AWS or Azure.
Experience with AI-assisted engineering tools and validating AI outputs.
Strong communication and leadership to translate findings to business impact.
Willingness to work from Shelton, CT office.

Responsibilities

Own the enterprise Performance Engineering charter as a horizontal shared service.
Design, script, execute, and report performance tests across high-volume flows.
Identify and resolve bottlenecks across application, database, messaging, and infrastructure layers.
Embed automated performance validation into CI/CD pipelines with baseline gating.
Partner with SRE/DevOps to define reliability targets and chaos testing.
Define performance-readiness criteria and provide go/no-go release recommendations.
Integrate AI-assisted workflows into performance planning and results triage.