2 days ago
Noida, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Identify performance requirements and risks, execute load and stress tests, analyze results, and improve response times, throughput, and resource utilization.
- Build and use monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, telemetry, and service health indicators to detect regressions and diagnose production behavior.
- Manage performance execution and delivery of features and projects while coordinating priorities, deadlines, quality, and timely completion.
- Analyze and optimize inefficient code paths and resource usage, validating improvements through measurement and testing.
- Investigate complex performance issues using profiling, heap dumps, thread dumps, and diagnostic tools, then drive root-cause fixes and preventive measures.
- Contribute to architectural design and reviews with consideration for scalability, reliability, maintainability, observability, and performance.
- Develop and maintain performance test scripts and automation using LoadRunner, NeoLoad, JMeter, and JavaScript-based frameworks.
- Review code, uphold coding and testing standards, troubleshoot technical issues, maintain service quality, and document features and performance findings.
- Mentor junior engineers and advocate for emerging technologies that improve team innovation and productivity.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 5 years of experience in software development or performance engineering, preferably in a product-based or SaaS organization.
- Deep expertise in one or more of C, C++, C#, .NET, Python, Java, or JavaScript.
- Hands-on experience with workload modeling, performance test planning, scripting, test execution, monitoring, and results analysis.
- Proficiency with LoadRunner, NeoLoad, JMeter, k6, Grafana, and Dynatrace, plus experience using Datadog, Fiddler, browser developer tools, and platform monitoring solutions.
- Proven ability to deliver complex software projects on time and within budget.
- Proficiency with GitHub and JIRA, and understanding of cloud technologies and DevOps principles.
- Strong problem-solving, attention to detail, communication, collaboration, mentoring, and continuous-learning skills.
- Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree, experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP, familiarity with GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools, and experience developing accessible technologies.
Benefits
- UKG offers flexible working arrangements and benefits described as dependable, with opportunities for learning, professional development, and diversity and inclusion participation.
- The employee must be able to overlap with US business hours as required by the team.
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About UKG
UKG builds cloud software for human capital and workforce management—HR, payroll, timekeeping, and scheduling—sold as SaaS to mid‑size and large employers. Formed in 2020 by the merger of Ultimate Software and Kronos, it is privately held by Hellman & Friedman and has dual headquarters in Lowell, Massachusetts, and Weston, Florida. Its platform helps organizations handle pay, compliance, and workforce planning across industries.