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# Software Development Engineer - Performance & Reliability

- **Company:** Aveva Inc.
- **Location:** Lake Forest, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $92,300.0 - $153,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Performance Management, Microsoft Azure, Distributed Systems, Github, Identity and Access Management, OAuth, OpenID, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Cloud Platform System, Performance Testing, Large Language Models, Grafana, Virtual Agents, Api Management
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=71475702b08264d9

## About the Role

* 6+ years of experience in software development in test
 * Strong proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript; hands-on k6 experience (2+ years) including executors, VU lifecycle, and custom metrics
 * Proven experience testing large-scale distributed architecture with 1000+ concurrent virtual users
 * Experience building and operationalizing CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or equivalent)
 * Solid understanding of REST, HTTP/2, and gRPC API testing patterns under load
 * Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred), OAuth 2.0/OIDC, and identity management

Desired skills and competencies

 * Experience building AI agent pipelines, LLM integrations, and autonomous multi-step test workflows, with a drive to explore emerging automation possibilities
 * Ability to design modular, reusable framework architectures that elevate engineering quality across multiple teams
 * Familiarity with observability stacks (Grafana, Application Insights, Open Telemetry) and a desire to push reliability standards higher
 * Strong communicator who can document clearly, mentor effectively, and be depended upon to deliver in a fast-paced, self-directed environment

## Description

Join a passionate engineering team building and scaling the performance backbone of a cutting-edge industrial IoT cloud platform. You'll own our enterprise-grade performance testing framework, ensuring the platform performs reliably at scale across distributed microservices. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of software engineering, performance science, and AI-driven automation - ideal for someone who thrives on solving hard problems and setting the engineering standard for those around them., * Own and evolve the k6-based PSR Framework, including test architecture, authentication strategies, scenario builders, and reporting

 * Design and execute large-scale performance tests (load, soak, stress, spike) against distributed microservice architectures
 * Build Agentic AI workflows that automate test generation, execution, and intelligent result analysis using LLM-powered agents
 * Integrate and maintain automated performance pipelines in Azure DevOps with quality gates and stage-based reporting
 * Provide technical consultancy and mentorship to the offshore PSR team and internal development teams


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