CareerPlan

Lead Performance Engineer

USAFull-time$114k–$125k2026-11-07 → 2026-11-09
On-site

Core

Design, develop, and maintain performance test scripts and frameworks for web, API, and backend systems to ensure scalability and reliability.

Role type

Lead Performance Engineer

Builds

Automated test suites for Next.js applications, API performance tests, and CI/CD integrated performance testing pipelines.

Domain

Cloud infrastructure and enterprise application performance engineering

Required skills

Performance testing, Load/stress/scalability testing, Apache JMeter, API automation (REST/SOAP), Next.js, CI/CD integration, APM tools (Datadog/Dynatrace), JVM monitoring, Protocol analysis (HTTP/HTTPS)

Preferred skills

LoadRunner, K6, Gatling, Jenkins, Git, Microservices architecture

Technologies

AWS, Next.js, JMeter, Datadog, Dynatrace, Jenkins, Git, HTTP, JSON, XML, REST, SOAP, JVM, CI/CD

Responsibilities

Design and maintain performance test scripts for web, API, and backend systems; Conduct load, stress, and endurance testing; Analyze test results to identify bottlenecks; Monitor CPU, memory, and network metrics; Integrate performance tests into CI/CD pipelines; Collaborate with DevOps and architecture teams to improve performance.

Seniority

Lead, hands-on IC with team leadership