General Motors

Senior Software Performance Engineer

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3 Locations

Hybrid

Senior level

Automotive • Big Data • Information Technology • Robotics • Software • Transportation • Manufacturing

We make amazing products people love for every journey.

The Role

The Senior Software Performance Engineer will optimize software performance implement solutions for better scalability and stability conduct performance tests and mentor junior engineers.

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The Role
We're seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Performance Engineer in development to own Overall Performance of our systems and solution leading optimization of software and systems to improve site speed support scalability reliability and stability analyzing metrics based on access to different monitoring tools and working with the respective engineer development teams and architects to design and implement solutions to improve overall site and systems performance ( including but not limited to Web Sites APIs Database queries and definition of caching strategies) and lead execution of performance and load tests to validate results and prevent performance degradations.
You will be responsible for helping lead our engineering efforts through planning design and architecture execution and ramp. As a technical leader on the team you will be able to help mentor less experienced engineers build strong relationships with technical leaders on other teams and facilitate a strong team culture applying best practices on Performance Engineering.
What You'll Do

Own the performance observability for production and lower environments identifying and acting on concerning trends.
Develop competency across our complete web technologies stack (client framework and services)
Weigh architectural trade-offs and apply synchronous and asynchronous design patterns
Monitor assess and analyze the holistic performance of the application with benchmarking tools.
Identify bottlenecks lead root cause analysis collaborate with developers automate processes and ensure proper tools to ensure systems meet performance requirements from design to deployment
Own and enhance performance coverage by consulting with developers to identify areas for improvement and expansion
Investigate and diagnose performance issues to identify the root cause of the problems
Clearly document performance results and share actionable insights with developers
Develop datasets and workloads that accurately represent the Production environment
Analyze the CPU utilization Memory usage Network Usage Garbage collection and DB Reports to verify application performance
Research and implement best practices methodologies and tools for performance testing
Explore and pitch product ideas and tech initiatives with cross functional teams
Drive UI performance optimization and ensure cross-browser compatibility
Stay current with emerging technologies and trends and evaluate their potential for adoption
Mentor junior team members and contribute to team growth and development

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
5+ years of experience in Performance engineering and scalability engineering for cloud-hosted applications.
Strong proficiency with performance tools like K6 JMeter.
Strong knowledge of monitoring and observability tools like Data dog Grafana Dynatrace.
Strong proficiency in scripting languages (ex: Java JavaScript Python)
Strong technical knowledge of virtualization storage and networking.
Proficiency in profiling all layers of the Technology stack (Software OS network) and optimizing complex applications
Expertise knowledge in Cloud & Container Ecosystem (Azure Docker Kubernetes)

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

Master's degree in computer science or related field
Hands-on experience with Chaos Engineering tools like Gremlin
Hands-on experience with Caching layer performance tuning
5+ years of experience in performance engineering with a proven track record of optimizing system performance across complex environments.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with developers product managers and business stakeholders.
Deep expertise in database performance tuning with a focus on optimizing complex SQL queries.
Strong analytical skills for identifying root causes of performance issues and resolving code-level bottlenecks.
Hands-on experience with observability and monitoring tools; proficiency with Datadog is highly preferred.
Proficient in a variety of industry-standard performance testing tools such as K6 NeoLoad BlazeMeter and LoadRunner.

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This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
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Top Skills

Azure

Blazemeter

Data Dog

Docker

Dynatrace

Grafana

Java

JavaScript

Jmeter

Kubernetes

Loadrunner

Neoload

Python

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At General Motors our vision is to create a world with Zero Crashes Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion. We wholeheartedly embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better safer and more equitable for all. Our industry and company are undergoing a once-in-a-lifetime technological transformation which is reshaping our approach to technology and innovation. We are expanding our horizons through new technology platforms and driving innovations that deliver exceptional value to our customers.

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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Roles that are categorized as Hybrid mean that the successful candidate is expected to report onsite to the designated facility at least three times per week or other frequency as dictated by the business.

Typical time on-site: 3 days a week