Location
Onsite / Hybrid
Team Model
Hands‑on technical leader responsible for defining performance and scalability strategy while actively designing, executing, and embedding performance engineering practices across multiple cross‑functional engineering teams.
Reports to
CTO / VP of Engineering
The Role
We are seeking a Performance Engineering Lead to own and drive the performance, scalability, and reliability engineering strategy for our platform. This role sits within Engineering and works closely with architects, developers, SRE/DevOps, and product teams to ensure our systems meet current and future performance demands.
Key Responsibilities
Performance Strategy & Leadership
Define and maintain the performance engineering strategy, frameworks, and standards across the platform.
Partner with architects and senior engineers to ensure performance and scalability requirements are captured early in the design process.
Lead, mentor, and guide engineers on performance best practices, approaches, and tooling.
Test Design, Execution & Analysis
Design and execute load, stress, endurance, and scalability tests across critical systems.
Build, maintain, and evolve performance test scripts using industry‑standard tools.
Conduct end‑to‑end performance analysis, identify bottlenecks, and recommend optimisations.
Engineering Collaboration & Lifecycle Integration
Embed performance considerations throughout the SDLC, from design through to production.
Integrate performance testing and checks into CI/CD pipelines.
Work with engineering and SRE/DevOps teams to improve platform scalability, resilience, and reliability.
Reporting & Stakeholder Communication
Produce clear, actionable performance reports and dashboards.
Communicate risks, findings, and recommendations to technical and non‑technical stakeholders, both internal and external to Datalex.
Establish and maintain measurable performance benchmarks and service thresholds.
Required Experience & Skills
8+ years’ experience in performance engineering, including leadership or senior ownership responsibilities.
Strong hands‑on experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, or BlazeMeter.
Solid understanding of microservices architectures, APIs, and cloud‑based infrastructures.
Experience integrating performance testing into CI/CD pipelines and modern delivery workflows.
Desirable Qualifications
Experience with APM and observability tooling such as Dynatrace, New Relic, or AppDynamics.
Knowledge of performance modelling, capacity planning, and forecasting.
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