Performance Engineer

Kiteworks’ mission is to empower organizations to effectively manage risk in every send, share, receive, and save of sensitive content. To this end, we created a platform that delivers content governance, compliance, and protection to customers. The platform unifies, tracks, controls, and secures sensitive content moving within, into, and out of their organization, significantly improving risk management and ensuring regulatory compliance on all sensitive content communication.

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Performance Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role will play a critical part in the development of software applications by ensuring they perform optimally under all conditions. Design and execute performance test strategies, develop and maintain testing tools and frameworks, and work closely with the development team to identify and resolve performance issues.

Job requirements:
A bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
At least 3 years of experience in performance and scalability testing
Software Development/QA experience in a production environment, including front-end and API development and testing
Proficiency in web application performance testing, including experience with Load Balancers, Linux, Databases, Networks, JA
Experience with performance monitoring of database servers and writing SQL queries
Proficiency in at least one programming language (Java / JavaScript / Python)
Experience in building test frameworks and integrating within a CI stack using tools like Git, Jenkins, Maven, Puppet, JIRA
Experience with performance testing frameworks/tools (JMeter, Gatling, K6)
Proficiency in Performance Testing Strategy.
Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and architecture.
Experience in performance testing and load testing.
Knowledge of capacity planning principles and techniques.
Familiarity with application performance management tools and techniques.
Problem-solving skills to identify and resolve performance issues.
Experience in performance tuning and optimization.
Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Job responsibilities
Develop performance tests plans and strategies in conjunction with new software development.
Advising development team on performance enhancement
Drive awareness of performance-related techniques and issues within the development team.
Execute exploratory testing and acceptance of new features/releases as part of a story-driven Agile development process.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify performance bottlenecks and propose solutions.
Conduct performance tuning activities to enhance system performance.
Monitor application performance in production environments and troubleshoot performance issues.

Job benefits
Versatile and challenging work in an international team
Full-time, long-term role with a local subsidiary of a growing global company
Hybrid working policy and environment with the availability of a modern office
8-hour workday with flexible working hours
Annual paid leave of 25 days
Additional health insurance
MultiSport card paid in full by the Employer
Food vouchers 200 BGN each month.
Competitive compensation package including stock option