Senior Software Engineer-Performance/Data/Java
Mississauga, Ontario
PointClickCare – Engineering /
Full-Time /
Hybrid
Position Summary
As a Senior Software Engineer (Performance) at PointClickCare, you will be part of a focused team with the ability to have a significant impact on the performance, scalability, and reliability of our Data Platform.
You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to identify bottlenecks, analyze system behavior, and propose performance enhancements. In addition, your contribution to a performance engineering culture, ensuring engineers are building in performance during the design phase is key to success. This role provides an opportunity to work with cutting edge cloud technologies as PointClickCare continues to expand its use of public cloud. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a passion for optimizing software systems, we’d love to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
· Contribute to quality products: The engineer will work on performance, stability, scalability, and reliability of the Data Platform.
· Drive performance initiatives: The engineer will design, develop, and implement performance enhancements for the Data Platform.
· Develop performance test suite: The engineer will plan, scope, schedule, and execute performance testing initiatives for the Data Platform.
· Consult with development SMEs: The engineer will collaborate with development subject matter experts to define performance metrics and goals.
· Advise on scalability and performance strategies: The engineer will provide guidance and recommendations to engineering teams on how to optimize system performance and scalability.
· Communicate performance insights: The engineer will present and explain performance findings, solutions, and best practices to peers and cross-functional groups.
· Develop performance tools and infrastructure: The engineer will assist in maintaining and provisioning performance test environments and creating automated performance solutions.
What qualifications we’re looking for:
· Strong Analytical Skills: Proficient in analyzing system performance, identifying bottlenecks, and proposing solutions.
· Software Development Knowledge: Experience with programming languages (Java, Python etc…) to understand system behavior and optimize performance.
· System Architecture Understanding: Ability to comprehend complex system architectures and their impact on performance.
· Performance Test Strategies: Experience designing and executing performance test plans and strategies.
· Testing Tools and Frameworks: Proficient in implementing and maintaining performance testing tools and frameworks.
· Monitoring and Analysis: Skilled in monitoring system performance, identifying issues, and recommending improvements.
· Scalability and Responsiveness: Ensuring applications are scalable, responsive, and can handle expected loads.
· Team Collaboration: Work closely with development teams to identify and resolve performance issues.
· Agile Integration: Serve as a performance advisor within agile teams, integrating performance considerations into software development practices.
· Effective Communication: Clearly communicate findings, recommendations, and performance insights to stakeholders.
Education and Experience:
· Degree in Mathematics or Computer science or related experience
· Recent hands-on experience in Performance Engineering and/or Software Engineering.
· Experience tackling performance problems related to data.
Bonus Points for:
· Exposure to data lakehouse technologies like Azure Data Lake, Hudi, Hive, Trino etc…
· Experience with Spring Boot, Cloud infrastructure development.
· Experience with Jenkins CI/CD pipeline.
· Experience working on a SaaS product.
· Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Bash or Groovy.
· Proficient in GIT.
· Experience in JMeter, LoadRunner.
· Understand systems environments like shared resources, components and services, CPU, memory, storage, network, etc.
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$139,000 - $157,000 a year
