Performance Optimization Specialist

4 weeks ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada Highbrow LLC Full time

Job Title: Performance Optimization Specialist

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Performance Optimization Specialist to join our team at Highbrow LLC. As a key member of our performance engineering team, you will be responsible for developing and executing performance test strategies and plans to ensure the optimal performance of our applications.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and create performance test scripts using JMeter, Java programming, and Fiddler to ensure efficient, maintainable, and scalable scripts.
  • Leverage tools such as Dynatrace, Datadog, and Splunk to monitor, analyze, and optimize application performance, identifying bottlenecks and potential areas of improvement.
  • Perform GC analysis, heap and thread analysis, and other diagnostic activities to troubleshoot performance issues and provide actionable insights for resolving them.
  • Collaborate with development and operations teams to drive performance tuning efforts, recommending and implementing optimizations to improve application performance, stability, and resource utilization.
  • Provide architecture knowledge and guidance to ensure that the application design and implementation are optimized for performance, scalability, and reliability.
  • Establish and enforce performance engineering best practices, processes, and guidelines, ensuring that they are consistently followed by the team.
  • Train and mentor junior performance engineers, helping them develop their skills and advance in their careers.
  • Continuously research and stay up to date on the latest performance engineering tools, techniques, and industry trends, and incorporate them into the company's practices as appropriate.

Requirements:

  • 2-5 years of experience in performance engineering, with a focus on performance testing, tuning, and troubleshooting.
  • Strong programming skills in Java, with experience in JMeter scripting and Fiddler.
  • Expertise in using performance engineering tools such as JMeter, Dynatrace, Datadog, and Splunk.
  • In-depth knowledge of application architecture, including the ability to analyze and optimize performance at the system, database, and application levels.
  • Experience with GC analysis, heap and thread analysis, and other diagnostic techniques for troubleshooting performance issues.
  • Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and GitLab CI is essential for automating performance testing in the software development lifecycle.
  • Containerization and orchestration: Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes is essential for optimizing application performance in containerized environments.
  • Database performance tuning: Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, along with their performance optimization techniques, is essential for a performance engineer.
  • Cloud platforms: Experience with cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure is essential for performance engineers working on cloud-based applications.
  • Load balancing and content delivery: Knowledge of load balancing techniques and content delivery networks (CDNs) is essential for optimizing application performance in distributed environments.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field; or relevant experience.


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