Senior Backend Engineer – Performance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Utah.

📋 Description

• Take immediate responsibility for the comprehensive performance testing, analysis, and optimization of the newly integrated Truelark platform.

• Design, develop, and uphold a scalable, automated performance testing framework that is intricately linked to our CI/CD pipelines.

• Create and document reference implementations for performance testing of critical path systems.

• Conduct in-depth root cause analysis of performance bottlenecks, going beyond superficial metrics.

• Collaborate closely with infrastructure and product teams to establish, measure, and monitor Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for latency, throughput, and availability of essential services.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience for Senior level or 8 years for Staff level in roles such as Performance Engineer, Software Engineer in Test, SRE, DevOps, or Software Engineer with a strong emphasis on performance, scalability, and reliability in large-scale distributed systems.

• Solid software development foundation with extensive hands-on experience in building, testing, and maintaining complex applications or infrastructure using Go and/or Python.

• In-depth, hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes concepts, architecture, and workflows is essential.

• Demonstrated capability to design, implement, and enhance intricate CI/CD pipelines to incorporate automated testing, including performance testing.

• Advanced understanding of performance testing methodologies, such as load, stress, spike, endurance, and scalability testing.

• Outstanding analytical, debugging, and problem-solving abilities with a proven track record of diagnosing and resolving complex, cross-service performance challenges in distributed systems.

• Strong communication skills (both verbal and written) with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly and effectively.

🏝️ Benefits

• This role is remote within the US.

• Employment with Weave is subject to the successful completion of a background check.