D2L is a cloud company that is modernizing education and building the Future of Work. The old models of teaching and learning are in the midst of the largest transformation in history, and D2L is at the heart of that fundamental shift.
New models of teaching and learning enable a personalized, student-centric experience – and deliver improved retention, engagement, satisfaction, and results for learners of all ages – in schools, campuses, and companies.
D2L is disrupting the way the world learns, by providing the next generation learning environment and solutions to engage and inspire learners. And most importantly, by giving customers a platform that is easy, flexible, and smart. No other company provides a solution as robust and innovative as D2L.
D2L has had a singular mission for 25 years and is dedicated to that same mission in the years ahead: to transform the way the world learns – and by doing so, we will help improve human potential globally.
A member of our Talent Acquisition team reviews ALL of our applications - yes a real person reviews resumes! They are excited to read more about what amazing things you could add to D2L.
NOTE: To ensure an optimal candidate experience, please apply by July 24, 2025 at 11:59pm EST

JOB SUMMARY:

As an experienced Performance Engineer at D2L, you will be a member of a small team with an important role in the success of our product. You will be responsible for understanding what load looks like for our customers, for designing and implementing tests to exercise that load and for analysis and sharing of insight with internal technical teams, with leadership and with customers. You will design and implement tooling, workflows and test coverage to support development teams in achieving strategic performance goals. And as a performance SME at D2L you will develop strategies to disseminate a performance mindset throughout the organization with guidance on methods, best practices, and strategy development.
The ideal candidate will focus on performance excellence in implementation and outcomes and will strive for this daily with best practices as well as new and creative strategies.

COMPETENCIES:

• Ability to successfully lead collaborative projects across technical teams.
• Proficient in implementing processes to improve the outcome of technical and non-technical aspects of performance work.
• Ability to support development of a strongly collaborative team, teaching and learning from colleagues, seeking out opportunities to teach and learn, and leading technical meetings.
• Ability to successfully influence other teams to adopt techniques and tools for building performance into evolving Brightspace features.
• Seen as a technical leader on the team, and across D2L.

SKILLS

• Understands wide range of topics and disciplines that inform and impact quality
• Leverages tools to reproduce, analyze and identify root cause of bottlenecks
• Scripting and or programming,
• Performance Engineering core concepts
• General software quality core concepts
• Design and implementation of workflows and automation
• Ability to generate metrics that inform performance insight, techniques and tools for generating and analyzing, optimization and improvement strategies.
• Strong analytical skills using of a range of modern technologies to diagnose bottlenecks

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Postsecondary degree in computer or systems curriculum
• 7+ years of experience with scripting and/or programming
• 5+ years of experience in performance engineering practices
• Experienced with designing and scripting or programming enterprise test coverage.
• Experienced with version control, roadmap and defect management tools.
• Experienced with automating workflows to generate, visualize and analyze insight.
• Experienced with documenting technical and non-technical aspects of performance work and presenting to cross-functional audiences.
  Don’t meet every single requirement? We strongly encourage you to still apply! At D2L, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We encourage your application even if you don’t believe you meet every single qualification outlined, because we love to help our people grow and develop!

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