Associate Performance Engineer - 2025 Start Dates

Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $2B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead.

At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming a public benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.

Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.

The Role

If you are a recent engineering graduate, then Veeva's Engineering Development Program (EDP) is a perfect way to learn and build highly scalable multi-tenant cloud software. As an Associate Performance Engineer, you'll work on one of our software performance engineering teams, which utilizes modern technologies and best practices to ensure that our products are fast and efficient. The performance engineering team works within the software development team and participates in all phases of the software development lifecycle.

At the time of application, please attach the most updated version of your academic transcript, if applicable.

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada. Veeva does not provide sponsorship for employment visa status for this position.

This position requires you to work in the office 4 days/week for your first two years. After 2 years, you will have the flexibility to Work Anywhere.

What You'll Do

• Write code to test new and existing features pre-production to make sure they will scale and perform
• Collaborate with team members in Product Management, Engineering Management, and Quality
• Assurance to help design and develop performance tests
• Implement and execute load tests in JMeter
• Work with the development team to profile code and identify performance bottlenecks

Requirements

• Located near Toronto, Ontario, and able to work in the office 4 days/week
• Strong computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design)
• Proficiency in Java and/or Python
• Desire to work in enterprise software
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical major with a 3.3 GPA or higher
• Don't have a university degree? That's OK if you have the equivalent skills gained through work experience or disciplined self-study

Nice To Have

• Proficiency with Linux, including system tools and commands
• Experience with scripting tools such as Shell scripting
• Understanding of Java application profiling and analyzing heap and thread dumps
• Experience with AWS, Azure, Google, or cloud APIs

Learn More

• Engineer Perspective: 3 Reasons to Consider Veeva
• Life at Veeva: Generation Veeva

Perks & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• PTO and company-paid holidays
• Retirement programs
• 1% charitable giving program

Compensation

• Base pay: $90,000 - $115,000
• This role offers a comprehensive benefits package. The salary range for this position represents the potential base salary for this position. The actual salary will vary based on market and expected contributions.

Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world. 

Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected].