Job Description

Senior Performance Engineer

Westlake, TX

Onsite Hybrid

• Design, develop, and execute load, stress, endurance, and scalability tests using tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner , or inhouse built tools.
• Create performance test strategies, scenarios, and scripts aligned with application architecture and business requirements.
• Integrate performance tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation.
• Development experience in Java , Python, Perl, or SQL is nice to have.
• Understand critical production applications and their infrastructure dependencies to monitor, analyze, and detect anomalies.
• Solid understanding of resource consumption, memory behavior, and network protocols to identify performance bottlenecks and optimize system behavior.
• Define and track KPIs such as request rates, transactions per second, and client volumes to plan for future growth and plan adequate capacity.
• Use historical trends and predictive models to anticipate growth and ensure systems scale effectively.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to implement proactive capacity adjustments.
• Apply SLI/SLO/SLA principles and golden signals for critical applications, leveraging telemetry, anomaly detection, and observability practices.
• Analyze performance test results and system metrics to identify bottlenecks and recommend optimizations.
• Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to ensure adequate capacity and performance tuning.
• Develop interactive dashboards and reports with impactful visualizations using BI Publisher and/or Tableau.
• Present findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders in a clear, concise manner.
• Utilize monitoring tools such as Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and others.
• Explore new trends in automation and integrate performance testing into day-to-day activities.
• Solid understanding of virtualized environments (VMware/vSphere/OLVM, OpenStack) and modern application frameworks.
• Knowledge of application modernization concepts including microservices and APIs.
• Stronger understanding of containerization technologies specifically docker and Kubernetes (Pods ,services and namespaces)
• Proven experience with AWS and Azure cloud compute and storage services (AWS certification is a plus).
• Owns the outcome by taking personal accountability for delivering strong results
• Self-directed, willing to take initiative, pragmatic and results-oriented
• Obsessed with creating the best end-to-end customer experience
• Excellent analytical problem-solving skills, has keen attention to detail and wants to solve really hard problems, not just detect them
• Able to work with remote and international team members
• 8+ years of experience with a Bachelor"s degree or 6+ years with a Master"s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support.


Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals. To learn more, please visit .


Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

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