Performance Engineering Manager

Join Aya Healthcare, named the #1 top workplace in the large company category by the San Diego Union-Tribune.

The Performance Engineering Manager will be an integral part of our growing product team. They will bring expertise from a strong background in performance/load test automation to a growing and innovative organization. Responsibilities will include (but are not limited to) managing a team designing performance test cases, formulating workload models to simulate various application loads, analyzing test results for performance metrics and errors under load as well as analyzing production performance issues to help software engineers fix performance bottlenecks.

Who We Are: 

We’re a $5.8 billion, rapidly growing workforce solutions provider in the healthcare industry. We deliver tech-enabled services that help healthcare organizations meet and manage their contingent labor needs. We build and manage tech-enabled marketplaces for national and local healthcare talent and deliver contingent labor management solutions through our proprietary software platform.

At Aya, we’re obsessed with creating exceptional experiences for our clients, clinicians and employees. In fact, we put employee satisfaction above all else. Our team members are responsible for incomparable customer experience and we know that happy employees are critical to maintaining happy clients. We foster an entrepreneurial, high-energy, low-bureaucracy culture and value innovative thinking and creative problem solving. We embrace diversity in thought and backgrounds unified by a commitment to high achievement. When you join Aya, you’ll be surrounded by teammates who care about you as an individual and leaders who will help you grow both personally and professionally.

Responsibilities: 

• Developing and implementing performance testing strategies and plans
• Leading a team of performance testers and ensuring the quality of their work
• Identify and recommend performance testing tools to meet our performance testing needs
• Collaborating with development, database, and architect teams to identify performance bottlenecks
• Analyzing performance test results and presenting findings to the team/stakeholders
• Developing and maintaining performance testing tools and infrastructure
• Staying up to date with industry trends and new performance testing methodologies
• Design the Performance testing approach to certify the application changes before Production deployments
• Defining performance testing metrics and KPIs /scripts optimization to achieve efficient testing solutions
• Overseeing the development and execution of performance test cases and scripts
• Ensuring performance testing processes are efficient and effective

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years' experience in performance engineering.
• Strong experience in software development and performance testing
• Familiarity with performance testing tools and methodologies
• Experience in Agile software development methodologies.
• Solid knowledge of SQL and scripting
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Solid knowledge of API testing using tools such as Postman
• Hands-on experience using performance testing software such as NeoLoad, JMeter, TestRunner, or WebLOAD
• Hands-on experience using NeoLoad is preferred
• Experience with monitoring tools – NewRelic, DataDog
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Hands-on knowledge of coding using JavaScript
• Microsoft stack, .NET, and C# hands-on knowledge is preferred
• Excellent leadership and team management skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

What We Offer: 

• Free premium medical, dental, life and vision insurance 
• Generous 401(k) match 
• Aya also offers other benefits to those that are eligible and where required by applicable law, including reimbursements and discretionary bonuses 
• Aya provides paid sick leave in accordance with all applicable state, federal, and local laws. Aya’s general sick leave policy is that employees accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. However, to the extent any provisions of the statement above conflict with any applicable paid sick leave laws, the applicable paid sick leave laws are controlling 
• Celebrations! We hit our goals and reward ourselves.  
• Company-sponsored virtual events, happy hours and team-building activities are always on the horizon — plus, you get a special treat on your birthday! 
• Unlimited DTO — we believe in time off!  
• Virtual yoga, meditation or boot camp classes offered daily 

Compensation: Aya reasonably anticipates the pay scale for this position to be an annual salary of $135,000 to $145,000.  

The pay scale for this position may vary if applicant possesses experience outside of what Aya reasonably anticipates for this position. Bonuses are subject to the role and your manager’s discretion. 

Aya Is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO), including Disability / Vets, and welcomes all to apply. Please click here for our EEO policy.