Performance Engineering Lead

TD•Toronto, ON

1d•CA$81,600 - CA$115,200•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a seasoned Performance Engineering Lead that is passionate about testing large-scale, mission-critical software in a fast-paced agile environment. This role offers you the opportunity to apply your domain knowledge to new product requests and collaborate with other architects inside and outside the company. The ideal candidate will be partnered with talented full stack engineers that share our passion and great pride in the simple elegance and usability of our solution. They will be a key member of the system performance/core teams & work on a proof of concept if needed and relish the opportunity to share their knowledge with more junior engineers. No matter what role you play, you are a leader in the Performance Engineering space. Whether you are an Engineer, SDET or PE Architect, Developer, Tester, Lead, Manager everyone runs on the same set of basic principles in an effort to remain the best ever PE team to work with. We hire the brightest minds at PE @ TD offering an opportunity to make a direct impact and drive change at internet speed. If you are a passionate leader and innovative pioneer, we looking to hand you the keys to engineer and fine tune applications used by Canada's top rated Bank. Here at PE @ TD, we work hard at building an amazing set of solutions used by our customers and we have a ton of fun while doing it! Fun is a core competency in our team – we look for people that have fun at work and make it easy for others to have fun.

Requirements

Track record of leading successful large scale Infrastructure projects
6+ years of leading performance test engineering
5+ years of Performance Testing/Monitoring of Web Applications
Candidates MUST be able to code with a programming language using standard software development practices like unit testing and iterative development
Possess good knowledge in network and edge technologies
Demonstrate excellent Linux fundamentals and solid understanding of diagnosing system utilization
Experience working with Agile methodologies
Possess excellent documentation and communication skills, with the ability to influence others
Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline for performance testing
Experience with Performance test framework development and automation
Experience working with large scale distributed systems & large data volumes
Experience with some of the following technologies and services: Cloud based Infrastructure as a Service (especially Azure)
Container based service schedulers (e.g., Docker, ECS, Kubernetes, etc.)
MySQL, Java, Python
Performance testing tool – Jmeter
Log management tools (Splunk)
Monitoring systems (Prometheus, Dynatrace, Datadog)

Responsibilities

Strategize & lead testing of TD Bank's production like infrastructure with a focus on automation & scale
Promote and apply best practices for performance testing of scalable and reliable services across engineering
Be a subject matter expert and partner with our engineering team on areas of performance and scale
Drive initiatives to evolve our current performance framework/tools/processes and keep it in line with best practices and scalability needs.
Participate in root cause analysis for performance related incidences and determining how we can prevent them in the future,
Identify performance bottlenecks and create repeatable processes
Be a performance test advocate and advisor for the performance tools and frameworks that serve as a model for others with regard to quality, scalability, operability, maintainability, etc
Participate in defining the technical vision and architecture with performance in mind
Communicate and collaborate across levels, functions, and organizational boundaries
Mentor and coach junior engineers to leverage their full potential