Summary

We are looking for a Senior Performance Engineer to join a growing team that is in charge of performance, scalability and reliability of the XRPL network! You will work closely with developers, scientists, DevOps and other members in the performance team to gain deep knowledge on software’s design; use cases and its data flow, model realistic load profiles and conduct comprehensive performance testing and tuning on products and features we deliver as a team to the XRPL community. The ideal candidate should already have past experience with performance engineering, be passionate about problem-solving, possess strong analytical and logical thinking skills and be very detail oriented.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

1. Work with teams across the organization in acquiring performance requirements and load forecast metrics
2. Participate in the full software release lifecycle, from software design and development to the deployment of the products
3. Design performance testing load model and the associated test data to realistically simulate the load in the lab environment
4. Develop comprehensive load simulators and all critical tools required for the setup and testing
5. Conduct iterative performance testing; bottleneck detecting/removing; code profiling and comprehensive tunings at all levels (OS, network, software and database)
6. Develop performance monitoring dashboard or tools for effective monitoring during testing
7. Collect test results; conduct detailed analysis and generate test report
8. Work with DevOps to ensure the product’s readiness for production environment
9. Continuously raise our standard of engineering excellence by proactively looking out for problematic signs that may affect product’s performance and/or reliability

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

1. Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, or similar demonstrated experience
2. Familiarity with Linux shells; understanding of OS components; networking; web protocols and database operations
3. 2+ years hands-on experience in performance engineering including load development in Apache JMeter or other load testing tool(s)
4. Proficient with at least one Object-Oriented programming language; strong computer science understandings in OS, networking, parallel programming and web-facing technologies
5. Familiar with Linux/Unix shell environment and programming
6. Intellectually curious, committed, problem-motivated, and persistent; you are not easily satisfied with hypothetical explanation but motivated to find the root cause
7. Excellent interpersonal skills in both verbal and written
8. You succeed with autonomy, responsibility, and ownership over your work, end-to-end
9. A positive affect and passion for sharing knowledge within your team and organization
10. Attention to detail and a dedication to excellence

Skills

• Attention to Detail
• Development
• Problem Solving
• Software Engineering