Principal Performance Engineer

Job Overview

Principal Performance Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Product & Process Mastery

• Thoroughly understand Protegrity products and their performance evaluation design and execution.
  
• Learn assigned product areas deeply and stay updated on team-related performance activities.
  

• Performance Engineering

• Define and lead the performance evaluation scope for new features and releases.
  
• Design, develop, and automate performance tests.
  
• Execute performance evaluations and generate comprehensive reports.
  

• Troubleshooting & Support

• Investigate and troubleshoot performance issues emerging from customer environments and daily releases.
  

• Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to performance engineering team members.
  
• Collaborate across teams—Development, QA, Product, Scrum Masters, DevOps—to coordinate performance efforts and present findings to stakeholders.
  

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with

  Linux shell scripting

  and system monitoring tools.
• Proficient in

  application programming

  and systems analysis.
• Expertise in

  Java

  ,

  Python

  , or comparable programming languages.
• Solid understanding of

  cloud computing

  ,

  containerization

  , and

  microservices

  architectures.
• Familiarity with container platforms like

  Docker

  and

  Kubernetes

  .
• Deep knowledge of operating systems (especially

  Linux/Unix

  ) and associated services.
• Exceptional

  technical leadership

  , including the ability to guide and coordinate with team members and stakeholders.

Desired Skills

• Advanced

  analytical thinking

  and

  problem-solving skills

  , rooted in strong computer science fundamentals.
• Demonstrated

  willingness to research, explore, and apply new technologies

  related to product performance evaluation and optimization.