Staff/Sr. Software Engineer, Performance Testing Platform
Core
Build and scale a performance testing platform that captures/replays production traffic to let developers load-test and validate infrastructure changes before they reach production.
Role type
Staff/Senior IC software engineer (performance testing infrastructure)
Builds
Traffic capture/replay tooling, load-generation pipelines, statistical analysis models for dev-to-prod performance projection
Domain
Search infrastructure, high-scale distributed systems, performance engineering
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
distributed systems design, backend infrastructure, statistical analysis, load testing frameworks, observability, CI/CD automation
Preferred skills
regression analysis, capacity modeling, Kubernetes, workflow orchestration
Technologies
Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
Responsibilities
Design and operate the performance testing platform; build traffic capture/replay and load-generation tooling; apply statistical analysis to detect performance regressions; collaborate with product and search teams; monitor infrastructure health and participate in on-call rotation
Seniority
Staff/Senior, hands-on IC
