Sr Performance Engineer Lead
About The Position
Our team is seeking a Sr Performance Engineer Lead, who has a real passion for helping teams build performant, stable, and scalable applications using state-of-the-art technologies. In WSE, we work hard every day to improve the experience for our clients, using cutting-edge technology and creative solutions to solve hard problems. Schwab Technology Services' Workplace Services Engineering (WSE) organization is undergoing a major transformation. We support Workplace Services and are shaping the future of how people experience financial well-being at work. We partner with leading employers to deliver innovative retirement, equity, and workplace financial solutions that help millions of participants build stronger financial futures. This is a fast-growing, high-impact business where scale meets purpose—where your work directly influences how people plan, save, invest, and succeed. As a key growth engine for the firm, we’re investing more than ever to expand our capabilities, modernize platforms, and elevate the experiences we deliver to employers and their employees. Our teams work at the intersection of technology, service, and financial expertise—supporting workplace clients with solutions that scale, adapt, and deliver meaningful outcomes. Here, your ideas help shape what’s next for workplace financial services. If you’re energized by solving complex problems, collaborating across disciplines, and making a real difference in the workplace services industry, you’ll find your place here.
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field.
- 10+ years direct performance engineering experience.
- Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, BlazeMeter.
- Experience with APM & Monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, NewRelic, AppDynamics, Grafana, Splunk, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, DataDog).
- Experience with scripting & languages: Java, Python, C#, .NET, Perl, JavaScript, SQL.
- Experience working with HTTP, WebSockets, TCP/IP.
- System Internals Experience with JVM/CLR internals (GC, Threading), OS tuning (Linux), Database performance tuning (MSSQL, Oracle Enterprise Server).
- Infrastructure experience with On-Premise (VMware, Physical Servers), Enterprise Middleware (Kafka, Messaging Queues), Windows Server.
- Experience with databases: Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB (tuning, query optimization).
- Experience with legacy system performance.
Nice To Haves
- System Thinking: Understanding complex software/hardware interactions.
- Collaboration: Working with Devs, Ops, Architects, PMs.
- Communication: Explaining complex issues to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Mentorship: Guiding junior engineers.
- Ownership: Taking responsibility for performance outcomes.
- Proactive Mindset: Preventing issues before they happen.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain a comprehensive performance engineering framework.
- Establish SLAs/SLOs and performance benchmarks
- Design, execute, and analyze load, stress, endurance, spike, and scalability tests.
- Identify performance bottlenecks across infrastructure layers.
- Tune compute resources and optimize databases.
- Build and maintain capacity models.
- Diagnosing CPU, Memory, I/O, Network issues.
- Embed performance validation into CI/CD pipelines.
- Mentor junior engineers and guide architecture discussions.
Benefits
- bonus or incentive opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
