Senior Performance Engineer
The Senior Performance Engineer owns automated performance validation for a distributed cloud file data platform, designing load, stress, endurance, and scalability tests and investigating bottlenecks. The role requires 5–8 years of performance or test automation experience, strong Python and Linux skills, and distributed-systems expertise.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Architect and extend Python-based performance automation frameworks.
- Design and execute load, stress, endurance, and scalability tests.
- Build and scale performance testbeds across hypervisors and cloud environments.
- Analyze system logs, telemetry, and metrics to identify bottlenecks.
- Partner with development teams to define performance SLAs and testability requirements.
- Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Conduct root cause analysis for performance regressions.
- Mentor engineers on distributed systems validation practices.
Requirements
- 5–8 years of experience in performance testing or test automation.
- Strong Python programming skills.
- Hands-on experience validating distributed systems.
- Advanced Linux systems knowledge.
- Experience designing and executing load and stress testing.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitLab.
- Experience using Git workflows.
Nice-to-Haves
- Knowledge of NFS, CIFS, or file system protocols.
- Experience with benchmarking tools such as SPEC SFS, VDBench, or FIO.
- Experience configuring performance environments across hypervisors or cloud platforms.
- Networking fundamentals, including VLANs, routing, and protocol tuning.
- Experience with Terraform or infrastructure-as-code tools.
- Experience validating storage or file infrastructure products.
- Experience debugging performance issues across multi-node distributed architectures.
- Experience scaling performance environments to simulate enterprise workloads.
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience in distributed systems performance testing.
- Demonstrated experience owning end-to-end performance initiatives within a product domain.
Skills
Python, Linux, Distributed Systems, Jenkins, GitLab, Git, CI/CD, Nfs, Cifs, Spec Sfs, Vdbench, Fio, Terraform, Vlans, Routing
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