Performance Engineer; Analyst

Performance Engineer

Monitor, analyze, and improve application performance across browser, CDN, edge, API, and origin layers.

Support performance optimization initiatives for Next.js applications, APIs, and composable commerce experiences.

Configure, maintain, and enhance monitoring solutions utilizing Datadog, Catchpoint, and Akamai mPulse.

Create and maintain dashboards, alerts, reports, and automated performance monitoring workflows.

Analyze Core Web Vitals, user experience metrics, and synthetic monitoring data to identify performance opportunities and risks.

Partner with development teams to improve rendering performance, caching effectiveness, and overall application responsiveness.

Assist with CDN and edge optimization efforts, including cache strategy validation and performance analysis.

Support performance testing activities across multiple regions, devices, browsers, and network conditions.

Develop and maintain automated performance validation processes within CI/CD pipelines.

Participate in release readiness reviews, performance testing, and post-deployment validation activities.

Investigate performance incidents, conduct root cause analysis, and provide recommendations for remediation.

Generate weekly and monthly performance reports that correlate synthetic, real user monitoring, and observability data.

Collaborate with Engineering, Architecture, QA, and Product teams to establish and maintain performance standards and governance processes.

Continuously evaluate new tools, technologies, and best practices related to performance engineering and digital experience monitoring.

Monitor and analyze AI and LLM-generated traffic patterns to ensure optimal platform performance, scalability, and resource utilization.

Support performance strategies for AI-enabled customer experiences, search capabilities, recommendation engines, and future generative AI integrations.

Partner with engineering and architecture teams to establish observability and monitoring standards for AI-powered applications and services.

Leverage AI-assisted observability capabilities within Datadog and other monitoring platforms to accelerate anomaly detection, root cause analysis, and performance troubleshooting.

Analyze the impact of AI crawlers, bots, and automated consumers on application performance, caching effectiveness, and infrastructure utilization.

Support initiatives that optimize traffic segmentation, delivery, and performance for both human users and AI consumers across the digital ecosystem.