Performance Engineer

Location: Westlake

• Performance Engineer
• Location: Westlake, TX
• Technical Profile Focus
• Profile Mix: 30% Development / 70% Performance Engineering
• Must-Have Technical Expertise: Performance testing expertise (JMeter, Dynatrace), comprehensive understanding of load/stress testing, garbage collection, heap memory, CPU utilization, strong Java background, Jenkins CI/CD, and Web Logic/Java servers.
• Domain: Financial Services / Asset Management (Nice to have)

Job Summary

Performance Strategic Advisors Technology (SAT) is seeking a Software Engineer with strong expertise in Java and hands-on experience building enterprise-scale, cloud-ready distributed systems. This role specifically requires a specialized focus on Performance Testing and Engineering. We are looking for an engineer who strives for engineering excellence, delivers high-quality solutions, and is passionate about advancing modern technology practices.

In this role, you will balance core backend development with strategic performance optimization-profiling system bottlenecks, tuning JVM/GC and message brokers, and integrating automated performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.
Primary Responsibilities & Expertise
Performance & Core Engineering

• Performance Test Design & Execution: Design and execute end-to-end performance tests (including load, stress, soak, spike, and capacity testing) using Apache JMeter. Build reusable test plans and data strategies.
• System Diagnostics & Instrumentation: Instrument and analyze end-to-end system performance using Dynatrace (or similar APM tools) to trace hotspots across services, JVM/CLR, databases, caches, and external dependencies.
• Scalability & Resiliency Tuning: Profile application bottlenecks, optimize code paths, and tune JVM/GC, threads, DB queries, connection pools, caches, and message brokers.
• Pipeline Automation: Automate performance testing pipelines by integrating test suites into CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI) with automated pass/fail gates based on performance thresholds.

Software Development & Architecture

• Backend Engineering: Deliver 6-8 years of full-stack development experience with a strong focus on Java, Java EE, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and RESTful API development.
• Distributed Systems: Build and operate scalable microservices and event-driven systems using Apache Kafka.
• Best Practices: Apply a solid understanding of domain-driven design, object-oriented programming principles, secure coding, and modern cloud practices (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, or Azure).
• Full-Stack Support: Collaborate on backend services while supporting and enhancing front-end user experiences through Angular-based development as required.
• Agile
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Operate effectively within global, fast-paced Scrum/Kanban agile environments, translating complex business requirements into high-quality, maintainable code.