Software Engineer - Performance and Tools

HealthEdge Software, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

HealthEdge Software, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer in the Performance and Tools team to enhance in-house synthetic data generation tools, investigate enterprise performance issues, and develop scalable test frameworks.

The role emphasizes AI-centric testing and close collaboration with Dev, QA, and DevOps across distributed environments. You will design and run load and resilience tests, optimize performance scripts, and contribute to observability and reporting, helping health plans

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 3–8 years of experience in Software Development and Performance Testing/PerformanceEngineering.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Experience with SQL and database design principles.
• Experience writing and optimizing SQL queries and analyzing database performance.
• Experience with AI tools like Claude and Copilot to produce quality solutions.

Responsibilities

• Support test data generation requirements for quality and development teams.
• Learn and enhance the in-house test data generation tool.
• Develop solutions using an AI-centric approach.
• Design, develop, and execute performance test scenarios.
• Troubleshoot performance issues by analyzing bottlenecks in apps, infrastructure, and databases.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with Development, QA, DevOps, and SRE teams to resolve issues.
• Incorporate AI/ML techniques into performance testing.
• Integrate observability tools in performance analysis.

Skills

Python

JavaScript

SQL

AI tools like Claude Copilot

Agile/Scrum

Java (troubleshooting)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

JMeter

LoadRunner

Gatling

k6

Locust

NeoLoad

BlazeMeter

Datadog

New Relic

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

AWS CloudWatch

Google Cloud Monitoring

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab Pipelines

Job description

Overview

We can only consider US Citizens or Green Card holders for this position at this time.

Overview:

HealthEdge® offers AI-powered operational infrastructure for health insurance companies, guaranteeing an enduring financial edge in an increasingly competitive market. We're experiencing strong market momentum, with a growing number of health plans choosing HealthEdge to modernize their operations and compete more effectively. As we expand, we're investing in the people who power that growth, making this a pivotal moment to join us and shape the future of healthcare technology. Learn more at HealthEdge.com.

We are seeking a passionate problem solver to work as a Software Engineer in Performance and Tools team to:

• Enhance and maintain in-house synthetic data generation tools

• Investigate performance issues in enterprise applications

• Develop, maintain and optimize performance scripts and test framework

• Validate and improve the scalability, reliability of enterprise applications and cloud-native systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Support quality and development teams with the test data generation requirements.

• Learn in-house test data generation tool and enhance its capabilities.

• Develop solutions with an AI-centric approach.

• Design, develop, and execute performance test scenarios.

• Troubleshooting performance issues by analyzing application, infrastructure, and database bottlenecks.

• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.

• Collaborate with Development, QA, DevOps, and SRE teams to resolve performance issues.

• Integrate AI/ML techniques into performance testing.

• Integrate observability tools in performance analysis and related processes

• Perform Load, Stress, Spike, Endurance (Soak), Volume, and Scalability testing.

• Create performance reports, reporting frameworks and provide optimization recommendations.

Required Skills

Programming & Databases

• Previous working experience withPython for backend for application development.

• Basic experience with JavaScript for frontend web-development.

• Previous working experience with SQL andDB design principles and other database technologies.

• Previous working experience with writing and optimizing SQL queries and analyze database performance.

• Previous working experience working with AI tools like Claude, Copilot, and produce quality solutions.

Performance Testing

• Previous working experience with Performance Engineering concepts.

• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, k6, Locust, NeoLoad, or BlazeMeter.

Observability & Monitoring

• Experience with one or more of the followingapplication monitoring tools such as Datadog, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, New Relic, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, AWS CloudWatch, and Google Cloud Monitoring.

• Previous working experience with the following - analyze logs, metrics, traces, dashboards, and alerts for root cause analysis.

Qualifications

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

• 3 - 8 years of experience in Software Development and Performance Testing/PerformanceEngineering.

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Preferred Skills

Good knowledge of Java to troubleshoot performance issues.

Postgres SQL

Knowledge of Ruby/Rails

Cloud & DevOps

Good knowledge of AWS and GCP.

Good understanding of Git repositories and GitLab Pipelines.

Experience working with CI/CD environments.

Knowledge of APIs, Microservices, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Geographic Responsibility: Remote, US

Type of Employment: Full-time, permanent

FLSA Classification (USA Only): Exempt

Work Environment: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

• The employee is occasionally required to move around the office. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

• Work across multiple time zones in a hybrid or remote work environment.

• Long periods of time sitting and/or standing in front of a computer using video technology.

• May require travel dependent on company needs.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the job being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. HealthEdge reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Candidates may be required to go through a pre-employment criminal background check.

HealthEdge is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to workforce diversity and actively encourage all qualified persons to seek employment with us, including, but not limited to, racial and ethnic minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities.

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** The annual US base salary range for this position is $123,000 to $132,000. This salary range may cover multiple career levels at HealthEdge. Final compensation will bedeterminedduring the interview process and is based on a combination of factors including, but not limited to,your skills, experience,qualificationsand education.