Senior Software Engineer: Performance and Scalability Focus

Join our dynamic, growth-oriented team as a Senior Software Engineer specializing in performance and scalability. You will design, build, and deploy solutions to manage platform limits, ensuring resource fairness and system stability. This role involves collaborating with engineering teams and significantly contributing to improving load testing methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering teams to understand system architecture and identify performance bottlenecks.
• Provide data-driven recommendations for platform improvements.
• Contribute to the continuous enhancement of load testing tools and methodologies.
• Document test plans, results, and technical insights clearly.
• Optimize platform bottlenecks to improve scalability and stability.
• Create and implement limits enforcement mechanisms at various platform entry points.
• Support the development and maintenance of monitoring and alerting systems.
• Assist in debugging and resolving performance issues.
• Participate in CI/CD pipeline improvements.
• Engage with cross-functional teams to align on platform governance goals.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in software development.
• Proficiency in PHP and at least one of Go or Scala programming languages, with a willingness to work across all three.
• Experience with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Elastic Stack (ELK).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS, or Azure.
• Competency in microservice architectures.
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Experience in the e-commerce domain, including store operations, catalog management, and checkout flows.
• Exceptional communication skills to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• High degree of drive and initiative with proactive problem-solving.
• Strong growth mindset eager to learn new technologies and adapt to evolving challenges.
• Upper-Intermediate English level or higher.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• Experience in scalability and performance testing, including load generation, monitoring, and analysis.
• Experience building and maintaining automation for testing, data collection, and reporting.
• Hands-on expertise with load testing tools such as K6, JMeter, and Blazemeter.