Senior Performance Engineer

1 week ago

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India myGwork Full time

This job is with Pearson, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to improve the performance and reliability of web, mobile, and API platforms. You will design and automate performance tests in CI/CD pipelines, analyze bottlenecks using New Relic, AWS Logs, and X-Ray, and create observability dashboards for real-time insights. This role also involves innovations and collaborating with teams to optimize system performance and user experience across cloud and microservices environments.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborates with product and technical teams to analyze, design, and translate non-functional requirements.
  • Experience conducting performance testing to ensure system capacity, reliability, and scalability
  • Hands-on experience analyzing reports and documenting observations to identify bottlenecks
  • Investigates & reports project issues by communicating & working with various departments including Development, Product, Project Management, Systems & Application support groups, Network Engineering, etc., as well as other project teams
  • Using workload information and performance results to identify and understand performance bottlenecks and provide tuning recommendations
  • Analyzes slowdowns in frontend and backend, identifies root causes, and collaborates with teams for optimization.
  • Extensive experience with JMeter, LoadRunner and other tools to test system reliability.
  • Extensive experience with New Relic, AWS X-Ray, and logs to track system behavior and find issues early.
  • Builds observability dashboards using LGTM and implements distributed tracing and instrumentation.
  • Contribute actively to Performance Engineering CoE, Continues Improvement, Innovations, and Research
  • Collaborates with cross-functional teams and leadership to ensure performance goals are met.
  • Proven ability to work in a team and communicate effectively with all stakeholders

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience with AWS cloud platforms and technologies.
  • Experience with JMeter, LoadRunner, Sitespeed.io, NewRelic , AWS CloudWatch.
  • Exposure with, Xray, GitHub, Grafana, etc.,
  • Knowledge of frontend testing and optimization principles
  • Knowledge of chaos engineering principles and practices.
  • Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Ability to work with Java, Python, or similar language

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, or a related field.
  • 7+ years of experience in performance engineering
  • Strong experience of performance testing & engineering tools and methodologies.
  • Experience with performance profiling, monitoring, and tuning of complex systems.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Why Join Us?

  • Work in a cutting-edge technology environment with a talented and passionate team.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement.
  • Comprehensive benefits package and competitive salary.
  • Be part of a company that values diversity, inclusion, and innovation.

If you are a dedicated performance engineer looking for an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our team and help us drive performance excellence

Who we are:

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.

Job: ENGINEERING

Organization: Corporate Strategy & Technology

Schedule: FULL\_TIME

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Req ID: 18753

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