Performance Engineer

Location: Westlake

Kforce has a client in Westlake, TX that is seeking a Performance Engineer.

Responsibilities:

* Designing and implementing backend services, microservices, and APIs using Java

* Supporting and enhancing user experiences through Angular-based front-end development

* Building solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, scalability, and security

* Participating in design reviews, code reviews, and quality initiatives

* Contributing to CI/CD improvements, cloud readiness, and engineering best practices

* Engaging in automated testing and ensuring high-quality, maintainable code

* Collaborating with global teams to drive modern engineering standards

* Design & execute performance tests (load, stress, soak, spike, capacity) using Apache JMeter; build reusable test plans and data strategies

* Instrument and analyze end-to-end system performance with Dynatrace (or similar APM)-trace hotspots across services, JVM/CLR, DB, caches, and external dependencies

* Engineer for scalability & resiliency-profile bottlenecks, optimize code paths, tune JVM/GC, threads, DB queries, connection pools, caches, and message brokers

* Automate performance pipelines-integrate tests into CI/CD (e.g., Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, Git Lab CI) with pass/fail gates based on thresholds
* 6-8 years of full stack development experience with a strong focus on Java and backend engineering

* Proficiency with Java EE, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and RESTful API development

* Experience building scalable microservices and distributed systems

* Solid understanding of domain driven design utilizing object-oriented programming principles, secure coding, and best engineering practices

* Hands-on experience designing, developing, and operating event-driven systems using Apache Kafka

* Exposure to Docker/Kubernetes and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure

* Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, uDeploy or equivalent)