Senior Software Engineer at Staples India Business Innovation Hub Private Limited

, Andhra Pradesh, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

24 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

24 Jan, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Performance Testing, Load Testing, Stress Testing, Capacity Planning, Automation, Diagnostics, Optimization, APM Tools, Log Analysis, Application Servers, Microservice Architecture, Performance Tuning, Browser-Side Performance, Collaboration, Mentoring, Continuous Improvement

Industry

technology;Information and Internet

Description

Duties & Responsibilities Performance Strategy & Testing Design and execute performance testing strategies including load, stress, and capacity planning using tools such as JMeter, Locust, and LoadRunner. Automate performance testing within CI/CD pipelines to ensure continuous validation. Diagnostics & Optimization Analyze system performance using thread dumps, heap dumps, TCP dumps, and APM tools (e.g., New Relic). Utilize log analysis platforms like Splunk to create dashboards, queries, and regex-based filters for root-cause analysis. Optimize application servers (Tomcat, Node.js, Spring Boot) and network performance using tools like Wireshark, Extrahop, and Riverbed. Monitoring & Front-End Performance Monitor production systems and proactively identify bottlenecks using APM and observability tools. Improve browser-side performance using Lighthouse, Chrome DevTools, Catchpoint, and WebPageTest. Collaboration & Leadership Partner with developers, SREs, QA, and DevOps to embed performance considerations into design, development, and deployment. Participate in code reviews to ensure performance and architectural standards. Mentor junior engineers and promote performance engineering best practices across teams. Continuous Improvement Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in performance engineering. Contribute to feature design and system architecture with a performance-first mindset. Years of Experience Minimum Years of Experience Description 4 -7 years Minimum of 4 years of experience in a performance engineering lead role. 4 – 7 years Minimum of 4 years of experience working with high-traffic, large-scale distributed systems, cloud platforms, and microservice architecture. Basic Qualifications Extensive hands-on experience in non-functional requirements, performance test planning, execution, reporting, analysis, and defect tracking Hands-on experience with at least one performance testing tool (e.g., JMeter, Locust, LoadRunner, K6), with a strong preference for JMeter Proficiency with APM tools (e.g., New Relic, Dynatrace) for performance monitoring and analysis Experience with log indexing and querying tools like Splunk (queries, regex, dashboards, alerts) Experience with browser-side performance tools (e.g., Catchpoint, Lighthouse, Google Developer Tools, WebPageTest) Demonstrated expertise in performance tuning of application servers, including Tomcat, Node.js, and Spring Boot Strong knowledge of microservice architectures Extensive hands-on experience in non-functional requirements, performance test planning, execution, reporting, analysis, and defect tracking Preferred Qualifications Hands-on coding experience in at least one programming language: Java, Python, or Groovy Experience analyzing heap/thread dumps and TCP dumps Experience with network packet capture analysis using Wireshark or CloudShark Certifications in Azure, Splunk, or New Relic

Responsibilities

The Senior Software Engineer will design and execute performance testing strategies, automate testing within CI/CD pipelines, and analyze system performance. They will also collaborate with various teams to embed performance considerations into the development process and mentor junior engineers.