Senior/Staff Performance Engineer
Ironclad is the #1 contract lifecycle management platform for innovative companies. Every company, in every country, in every industry runs on contracts, but managing these contracts slows companies down and costs them millions of dollars L’Oréal, Mastercard, OpenAI, and other leading innovators use Ironclad to collaborate and negotiate on contracts, accelerate contracting while maintaining compliance, and turn contracts into critical carriers of operational business intelligence. It’s the only platform flexible enough to handle every type of contract workflow, whether a sales agreement, an HR agreement or a complex NDA.
Ironclad is writing the narrative that shows how beautiful and functional contracting will change business. We’re a leader in the Forrester Wave for Contract Lifecycle Management. We have been recognized as a Fortune Great Place to Work for four consecutive years. Our innovation and work culture have been recognized by Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2023, Forbes’ 50 Most Promising AI Companies, Wing Venture Capital's Enterprise Tech 30, and Gartner's Magic Quadrant. We’re backed by leading investors like Accel, Y Combinator, Sequoia, and BOND. For more information, visit www.ironcladapp.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Engineering @ Ironclad
The Performance Engineer will be responsible for ensuring and driving improvements in performance, scalability, and reliability of Ironclad software applications. You will work closely with development teams to identify and address performance issues, design and execute performance tests, and provide recommendations for optimizing application performance. Our team values collaboration and continuous improvement; we are looking for teammates who have a desire to learn and are excited about sharing their knowledge with others
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and execute performance tests using various tools and techniques to identify bottlenecks and performance issues
- Responsible for end-to-end performance testing - performance testing strategy, requirements gathering, planning, test scenario design, scripting, execution, monitoring, results analysis and troubleshooting
- Collaborate with other teams to identify and implement performance improvements in code, architecture and infrastructure.
- Monitor and analyze application performance metrics and provide recommendations for optimization
- Develop and maintain performance testing frameworks, tools and performance test scripts.
- Conduct performance analysis and tuning, participate in code reviews and provide performance-related feedback
- Work with stakeholders to understand performance requirements and set performance targets
- Proven skills in JMeter and/or other industry standard performance testing frameworks.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with an aptitude for learning new technologies
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Minimum 3 years of experience in performance engineering
- Strong understanding of performance testing tools and techniques such as load testing, stress testing and chaos testing, capacity engineering.
- Experience with performance tuning and optimization of databases, applications, and infrastructure
- Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as Java, Javascript or typescript.
- Experience with performance monitoring and analysis tools such as Datadog or NewRelic
- Experience with requirement gathering, baseline monitoring, identifying and recommending performance monitoring KPIs and SLAs
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes is a plus.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Benefits:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k
- Wellness reimbursement
- Take what you need vacation policy
- Generous parental leave for both primary and secondary caregivers
Base Salary Range: $140,000-$252,000 per year
The base salary range represents the minimum and maximum of the salary range for this position based at our San Francisco headquarters. The actual base salary offered for this position will depend on numerous factors, including individual proficiency, anticipated performance, and the location of the selected candidate. Our base salary is just one component of Ironclad’s competitive total rewards package, which also includes equity awards (a new hire grant, along with opportunities for additional awards throughout your tenure), competitive health and wellness benefits, and a commitment to career growth and development.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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