Software Performance Engineer

Role Overview: As a Software Performance Engineer I at Insurity, you will be joining our global engineering organization to analyze, optimize, and validate the performance, scalability, and reliability of our software platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to identify bottlenecks, design performance test strategies, and ensure our products meet demanding performance expectations. Key Responsibilities: - Design, develop, and execute performance, load, stress, and scalability tests across distributed systems and applications. - Identify system bottlenecks using profiling tools and monitoring solutions; recommend and validate optimizations. - Collaborate with software engineers, architects, and product teams to embed performance considerations throughout the development lifecycle. - Analyze system behavior under various workloads and produce detailed performance reports and dashboards. - Implement and maintain automated performance testing frameworks and pipelines. - Evaluate application performance against KPIs and SLAs; propose architecture or code changes to meet targets. - Support root-cause analysis of production performance incidents and provide insights for long-term improvements. - Establish performance baselines and develop repeatable methodologies for continuous performance validation. Qualifications Required: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. - 24 years of experience in performance engineering, performance testing, or systems optimization roles. - Knowledge & experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, Locust, or k6. - Experience with profiling and monitoring tools (e.g., AppDynamics, Dynatrace, New Relic, Grafana, Prometheus). - Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices, APIs, containers (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP). - Strong programming/scripting skills (e.g., Python, Java, C#, Go, Bash). - Deep knowledge of performance concepts such as latency, throughput, concurrency, caching, asynchronous processing, GC tuning, and system-level resource management. - Ability to interpret performance metrics, analyze large datasets, and translate insights into actionable engineering recommendations. Additional Details of the Company: Insurity is the largest cloud-based software provider for the Property & Casualty market, trusted by 22 of the top 25 P&C carriers and 7 of the top 10 wholesale brokers in the MGA space. The company values its employees by providing a hybrid work environment, generous time off, health benefits, employer-matched retirement savings, award-winning onboarding program, career growth opportunities, mentorship program, internal networking opportunities, continuous learning opportunities, and employee referral bonus. We look forward to welcoming talented individuals who are proactive, adaptable, self-motivated, and possess strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills to join our team at Insurity. Role Overview: As a Software Performance Engineer I at Insurity, you will be joining our global engineering organization to analyze, optimize, and validate the performance, scalability, and reliability of our software platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to identify bottlenecks, design performance test strategies, and ensure our products meet demanding performance expectations. Key Responsibilities: - Design, develop, and execute performance, load, stress, and scalability tests across distributed systems and applications. - Identify system bottlenecks using profiling tools and monitoring solutions; recommend and validate optimizations. - Collaborate with software engineers, architects, and product teams to embed performance considerations throughout the development lifecycle. - Analyze system behavior under various workloads and produce detailed performance reports and dashboards. - Implement and maintain automated performance testing frameworks and pipelines. - Evaluate application performance against KPIs and SLAs; propose architecture or code changes to meet targets. - Support root-cause analysis of production performance incidents and provide insights for long-term improvements. - Establish performance baselines and develop repeatable methodologies for continuous performance validation. Qualifications Required: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. - 24 years of experience in performance engineering, performance testing, or systems optimization roles. - Knowledge & experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, Locust, or k6. - Experience with profiling and monitoring tools (e.g., AppDynamics, Dynatrace, New Relic, Grafana, Prometheus). - Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices, APIs, containers (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud environments (Azure,