Performance Engineer

About Cognite

Embark on a transformative journey with Cognite, a global SaaS forerunner in leveraging AI and data to unravel complex business challenges through our cutting-edge offerings including Cognite Atlas AI, an industrial agent workbench, and the Cognite Data Fusion (CDF) platform. We were awarded the 2022 Technology Innovation Leader for Global Digital Industrial Platforms & Cognite was recognized as 2024 Microsoft Energy and Resources Partner of the Year. In the realm of industrial digital transformation, we stand at the forefront, reshaping the future of Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Pharma and other Manufacturing and Energy sectors. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.

About the Role

This role will involve designing and executing performance tests, ensuring the scalability and reliability of our SaaS products, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute performance and load tests to validate system scalability, stability, and reliability.
• Identify, analyze, and report performance bottlenecks, providing actionable recommendations for improvement.
• Develop and maintain testing frameworks, scripts, and tools to support performance testing efforts.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to understand system architecture and guide performance testing strategies.
• Monitor system performance in production and support root cause analysis for performance-related issues.
• Provide guidance on performance optimization and share best practices through documentation, training, and discussions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of hands-on experience in performance testing and engineering, ideally within SaaS environments.
• Proficiency in tools such as JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner, BlazeMeter, or similar.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and containerization technologies like Kubernetes and Docker.
• Solid programming skills in Java, Python, or related languages, with experience in databases like PostgreSQL.Familiarity with analyzing performance metrics using tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, or similar.

Preferred

• Experience in Agile methodologies and working with global, distributed teams.
• Expertise in testing large-scale systems and handling high volumes of data.
• Knowledge of React and JSON for test data preparation and API performance testing.

Join the global Cognite community! 🌐

- Join an organization of 70 different nationalities 🌐 with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus 🤝

- A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization, follow us on Instagram @cognitedata 📷 to know more

- Flat structure with direct access to decision-makers, with minimal amount of bureaucracy

- Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries

- Join our HUB 🗣️ to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and our partners.

- Hybrid work environment globally

Why choose Cognite?

Join us in making a real and lasting impact in one of the most exciting and fastest-growing new software companies in the world. We have repeatedly demonstrated that digital transformation, when anchored on strong DataOps, drives business value and sustainabilityfor clients and allows front-line workers, as well as domain experts, to make better decisions every single day. We were recognized as one of CNBC's top global enterprise technology startups powering digital transformation! And just recently, Frost & Sullivan named Cognite a Technology Innovation Leader! 🥇 Most recently Cognite Data Fusion® Achieved Industry First DNV Compliance for Digital Twins 🥇