Performance Engineer

Westlake, OH

Kforce has a client in Westlake, TX that is seeking a Performance Engineer. Responsibilities:

  • Designing and implementing backend services, microservices, and APIs using Java
  • Supporting and enhancing user experiences through Angular-based front-end development
  • Building solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, scalability, and security
  • Participating in design reviews, code reviews, and quality initiatives
  • Contributing to CI/CD improvements, cloud readiness, and engineering best practices
  • Engaging in automated testing and ensuring high-quality, maintainable code
  • Collaborating with global teams to drive modern engineering standards
  • Design & execute performance tests (load, stress, soak, spike, capacity) using Apache JMeter; build reusable test plans and data strategies
  • Instrument and analyze end-to-end system performance with Dynatrace (or similar APM)-trace hotspots across services, JVM/CLR, DB, caches, and external dependencies
  • Engineer for scalability & resiliency-profile bottlenecks, optimize code paths, tune JVM/GC, threads, DB queries, connection pools, caches, and message brokers
  • Automate performance pipelines-integrate tests into CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI) with pass/fail gates based on thresholds
  • 6-8 years of full stack development experience with a strong focus on Java and backend engineering
  • Proficiency with Java EE, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and RESTful API development
  • Experience building scalable microservices and distributed systems
  • Solid understanding of domain driven design utilizing object-oriented programming principles, secure coding, and best engineering practices
  • Hands-on experience designing, developing, and operating event-driven systems using Apache Kafka
  • Exposure to Docker/Kubernetes and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, uDeploy or equivalent)

Posted 2026-06-10

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