Senior Performance Engineer
We are looking for a Senior Performance Engineer to drive performance testing, observability, and optimization strategies within our client's product domain.
What does our client do ?
They help pharmaceutical companies detect and fix risks in clinical trials using smart data analysis.
What You’ll Do:
✅ Enhance the Performance Testing & Observability framework within a product domain
✅ Develop and maintain performance observability dashboards using tools like Grafana, Splunk, or DataDog
✅ Execute load and performance tests to detect system bottlenecks and optimize application scalability
✅ Work closely with software engineers, architects, and DevOps teams to implement best practices for performance optimization
✅ Integrate observability into CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
✅ Proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize backend performance, database tuning, and infrastructure efficiency
Tech Stack & Tools You’ll Work With:
🔹 Performance Testing & Load Testing: K6, LoadRunner, Gatling, Blazemeter, JMeter
🔹 Observability & Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, DataDog, Dynatrace, Splunk, New Relic
🔹 Infrastructure & Automation: Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, CI/CD pipelines
🔹 Programming & Scripting: Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Bash
🔹 Database Performance & Scalability: Basic SQL knowledge
What We’re Looking For:
🎓 Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering
💼 5+ years of experience in performance engineering, observability, or a related field
🚀 Hands-on experience with performance testing, infrastructure monitoring, and system scalability
🛠 Strong problem-solving mindset to identify performance bottlenecks and enhance system efficiency
🤝 Excellent communication skills to work cross-functionally with engineering teams
Work Setup & Benefits:
🏠 Hybrid setup: 1-2 days in-office, remote flexibility
💼 Permanent employee contract preferred, but open to top-tier freelancers
🚗 Competitive salary & benefits: mobility budget, meal vouchers, insurance, and more
📩 Interested? Let's talk! Contact me at maayane@perfect-match.be 😊