Senior Member of Technical Staff – Performance Engineering – Marketing Technology

Role Overview

The Digital Delivery team is looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Senior Member of Technical Staff to help build the experience that drives our corporate web presence, which is the first touchpoint our worldwide community of users has with Salesforce.

What You Will Do

Build tools, services, and establish processes to improve scalability, performance, reuse, and adoption among web developers. Create and take ownership of the performance framework by delivering automated enhancements and championing best practices across the group.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The role requires a high value on being part of a company that emphasizes equality, diversity, innovation, and doing the right thing for ourselves, our community, and our customers.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in software development with demonstrable understanding of the full Software Delivery Lifecycle
• Extensive experience with performance testing tools like Apache JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, Artillery, Puppeteer, Cucumber or others
• Proficiency in automating comprehensive performance testing for individual products/services, as well as conducting integrated systems performance tests
• Strong programming/scripting abilities in any one of languages e.g. Ruby, Java, Go, Python, etc for creation of performance test framework and for automating performance tests and tasks
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and optimizing performance for applications hosted in the cloud environment
• Proficiency in using version control systems like Git for collaborative development and tracking changes in the codebase
• Familiarity with tools like New Relic, Dynatrace, or AppDynamics for monitoring, profiling, and analyzing application performance
• Understanding of database systems (SQL, NoSQL) and the ability to optimize database queries and configurations for improved performance
• Knowledge of web technologies, protocols (HTTP/HTTPS), and web servers (Apache, Nginx) to optimize web application performance
• Ability to analyze performance test results, identify bottlenecks, and provide recommendations for performance improvements
• Awareness of security considerations related to performance, including DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks and mitigation techniques
• Experience working in Agile environments and understanding of DevOps practices for continuous integration, deployment, and performance monitoring
• Understanding of one of continuous integration/continuous delivery tools – Jenkins/Jenkins Pipelines, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Sauce Labs, and Nexus
• Docker image building, maintenance, orchestration and pipelining
• Understanding front-end testing methodologies, and associated frameworks (JUnit, JEST, and Selenium based test automation frameworks a plus)
• Understanding of server infrastructure, networking concepts, load balancers, and CDN (Content Delivery Network) services to optimize performance across distributed systems
• An organized way of working, with the ability to consider issues in parallel and prioritise them appropriately

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Unleash Your Potential (program to support employees in finding balance and being their best)
• Artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help recruiters assess and evaluate candidates’ resumes and qualifications
• Accommodations for employees with disabilities
• Equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment