Sr. Performance Engineer

Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region. Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity and compliance for the global workforce. Our brand promise - Makes Work Life Better TM- Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.


Location: Work is what you do, not where you go. For this role, we are open to remote work and can hire anywhere in the United States
About the opportunity
As a member of the Performance Engineering team, the Sr. Performance Engineer has a proven track record of being a key member of high-performing teams who thrives in attacking high-profile performance bottlenecks and identifying cost-effective solutions. You will get hands-on experience pushing the limits of our applications' scale, performance, and reliability. You will also use data analysis techniques to help determine the next problem before it happens. As a subject matter expert in all thing’s performance, you will lead collaborations with Product Managers, Developers, Architects, and Site Reliability Engineers, among other key stakeholders.
What you’ll get to do
• Non-functional requirement gathering, performance test planning, consulting and handling end to end cycle of customer facing engagements
• Lead investigation, identification, and resolution of key performance bottlenecks for enterprise SaaS applications of various architectures, including multi-tier web applications and microservices-based applications.
• Lead operational process improvement in performance engineering best practices.
• Design, author, and maintain performance tests and experiments to ensure system performance, scalability, and reliability requirements are met.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define system performance parameters aligned with product roadmap requirements.
• Design capacity experiments to determine scaling and utilization parameters for various service tiers.
• Conduct code reviews for the team.
• Participate in application design planning sessions.
• Design and develop tools to monitor, mine, and visualize performance data from cloud environments.
• Analyze, report, and track performance results and recommendations to release management stakeholders.
Skills and experience we value
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to articulate, quantify, and manage technical risk trade-offs.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience building and optimizing software solutions on public cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS)) and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with performance tests in tools such as JMeter, K6, LoadRunner, and Gatling.
• Experience using application performance monitoring tools, such as AppDynamics, Application Insights, Dynatrace, and New Relic.
• Familiarity with browser automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, and Puppeteer.
• Coding skills in a modern programming language such as C#, Java, or Python.
• Proficiency with SQL and a thorough understanding of relational and non-relational database systems.
• Working knowledge of web technologies including HTML, HTTP, REST, JSON, and JavaScript
What would make you really stand out
• Advance Azure certification such as DevOps Engineer Expert or Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Experience with chaos engineering tools and techniques.
• Experience with data visualization platforms such as Grafana and PowerBI.
• Proficiency with statistical analysis tools, including machine learning.
• Human Capital Management domain experience.
• Understanding of FinOps concepts.


What’s in it for you
Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.
We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.
Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.
With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.
About the Salary Ranges

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