Senior Performance Engineer
Core
Own end-to-end performance validation for a derivatives trading platform (order entry, matching engine, market data distribution), including designing test campaigns, profiling code, and diagnosing production latency.
Role type
Senior Performance Engineer
Builds
Latency-sensitive derivatives trading systems
Domain
Financial services / High-frequency trading
Required skills
Performance engineering, Load/stress testing, Profiling (JVM, Linux, eBPF), Statistical analysis, Root cause analysis, Capacity planning, Non-functional testing
Preferred skills
Java/C++/Python, AI coding agents, Low-latency systems, Kernel-bypass networking, Hardware tuning, APM platforms
Technologies
JMeter, Gatling, k6, LoadRunner, perf, eBPF/bpftrace, async-profiler, JFR, Intel VTune, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, OpenTelemetry
Responsibilities
Design and execute load/stress/capacity test suites; Profile pre-production services to identify bottlenecks; Investigate production latency events and produce root cause analyses; Contribute to capacity planning and infrastructure sizing; Document methodology and findings; Contribute to shared tooling and measurement practices.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC