Performance Engineer

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. We are looking for engineer with expertise in Performance testing. We are looking for engineers who strive for engineering excellence, deliver high-quality solutions, and are passionate about advancing modern technology practices.

Do you have experience in Test automation?, Must Have: Performance testing expertise (JMeter, Dynatrace), understanding of load/stress testing, garbage collection, heap memory, CPU utilization, Java background, Jenkins, WebLogic/Java servers Profile Mix: 30% Development / 70% Performance Domain: Financial (nice to have), 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. 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., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI) with pass/fail gates based on thresholds. Exposure to Docker/Kubernetes and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, uDeploy or equivalent) Strong communication and collaboration skills in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban) Self-driven, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating independently in a fast-paced environment