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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Performance Engineer - **Company:** Digipulse Technologies Inc. - **Location:** Jersey City, NJ, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Algorithmic Trading, Amazon Web Services, Software Applications, Architectural Patterns, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Profiling, Software Debugging, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Memory Management, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Web Applications, Datadog, Google Cloud, Performance Testing, Spring-boot, Reliability of Systems, Information Technology, Low Latency, Appdynamics, Dynatrace, Microservices - **Published:** July 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/9e77e974-03ba-47f2-b1d5-606ca53b3fe7 ## About the Role * 10 plus years of Java Engineering with Performance focus in core Java Technologies * Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field required * Experience with distributed systems and asynchronous workers * An understanding of microservice architecture and cloud-based deployments * Strong familiarity with any cloud infrastructure - AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform * Deep Understanding of how software and hardware systems interact at scale, including architectural patterns for performance-critical stacks * You know the internals of JVM and have experience in tuning, Memory Management, and Thread Management to optimize existing services * Experience with profiling and instrumentation tools - Dynatrace/Datadog/AppDynamics * Experience analyzing thread and heap dumps * Experience identifying memory leakage, connection issues & throughput bottlenecks in various technologies such as web application(s), infrastructure, and Cloud * Strong communication and influence skills; comfortable driving technical direction with senior engineering and product leadership * Have a track record of leading sophisticated performance initiatives and driving decisions across teams or critical product areas * You have Excellent collaboration and Interpersonal skills * You have phenomenal attitude, are a willing mentor, great teammate and effective contributor * You have focus on productivity * Nice to have experience in Capital markets or Crypto Currency specifically with exposure to Trading, Algo Trading & Market Data * Nice to have experience using kernel bypass e.g., Solar flare Open Onload * Nice to have experience with low latency messaging products, such as Aeron, Solace or 29West Must Haves: * 6 + years of experience at minimum - this is a senior performance engineer * Strong Performance Testing experience (load, stress, endurance, spike, soak, volume, capacity) * Have conducted this testing on services with low latency, high throughput, high volume requirements (trading services would be ideal) * Strong understanding of JVM (services are Java Spring boot) * Accustom to distributed cloud environments, containerized apps and container orchestration and collaborating with devops, cloudops, BE engineers to optimize performance and reliability of systems * Experience with profiling and instrumentation tools - Dynatrace/Datadog/AppDynamics 2 rounds: 1st is virtual, final will be on site ## Description You'll define the strategy, establish what excellence looks like, and create systems that make performance a default outcome. * Proven experience to validate and sign off production readiness of software applications and infrastructure for stability and performance * You will be responsible for connecting performance outcomes to business objectives and companywide SLOs and guide engineering teams in keeping the stack scalable and efficient * Lead the architecture and development of performance profiling and instrumentation infrastructure, covering CPU, memory, request hot paths, utilization and deployment events * Partner with dev ops and back-end engineering team to ensure all services operates at optimal utilization * Strong debugging skills across distributed systems and low-level systems boundaries using logs, metrics, tracing and performance tooling * Learn quickly and enjoy ramping up on new technologies and unfamiliar parts of the stack ## Related Videos - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [The OpenTelemetry mistakes I keep seeing (and how to stop making them)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100158-the-opentelemetry-mistakes-i-keep-seeing-and-how-to-stop-making-them) - [The Power of Purpose: Unlocking Potential and Innovation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1110-the-power-of-purpose-unlocking-potential-and-innovation) - [Frontend Performance Testing in practice](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/8-frontend-performance-testing-in-practice) - [It's Not Vibe Coding If You Know What You're Doing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100119-it-s-not-vibe-coding-if-you-know-what-you-re-doing) - [Accelerating Authentication Architecture: Taking Passwordless to the Next Level](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/733-accelerating-authentication-architecture-taking-passwordless-to-the-next-level) ## Related Articles - [Benefits of Using JMeter For Performance Testing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/96-benefits-of-using-jmeter-for-performance-testing) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Should senior developers refuse interview coding challenges?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/29-should-senior-developers-refuse-interview-coding-challenges) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies in Europe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/162-highest-paying-tech-companies-in-europe) - [The 8 Best Code Testing Tools](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/402-the-8-best-code-testing-tools)