Lead Software Engineer - Performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science , Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of overall experience in distributed systems and backend performance engineering.
• 4+ years of JAVA development experience with Microservices architecture .
• Proficient in scripting (Python, Bash) for automation and test data generation.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Spark – performance tuning, memory management, and DAG optimization.
• 3+ years of experience with Kafka – topic optimization, producer/consumer tuning, and lag monitoring.
• 3+ years of experience with Elasticsearch/ OpenSearch – query profiling, indexing strategies, and cluster optimization.
• 3+ years of experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter or similar.
• Excellent programming and designing skills and Hands-on experience on Spring, Hibernate.
• Deep understanding of middleware and microservices performance including REST APIs.
• Strong knowled ge of profiling, debugging, and observability tools (e.g., Spark UI, Athena, Grafana, ELK).
• Experience designing and running benchmarks at scale for high-throughput environments in PBs.
• Experience with containerized workloads and performance testing in Kubernetes/Docker environments.
• Solid understanding of cloud-native architecture (OCI) and distributed systems design.
• Strong knowledge of Linux operating systems and performance related improvements.
• Familiarity with CI/CD integration for performance testing (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub).
• Knowledge of data lake architecture , caching solutions, and message queues.
• Strong communication skills and experience influencing cross-functional engineering teams.

Additional Plus Competencies