Senior Software Performance Engineer

Engineer software performance and scalability in Amman using JMeter, with seven years of experience, Linux expertise and flexible working hours.

Responsibilities

• Design JMeter performance and scalability tests, convert LoadRunner scripts and define requirements and production-load models with business owners.
• Plan, execute and maintain load, stress, endurance, spike and capacity tests with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Monitor APM tools, collect and analyse results, pinpoint bottlenecks, recommend fixes and share knowledge.

Technical requirements

• At least seven years in a similar role; the general field lists five-plus years.
• Strong HTTP/HTML, Java and web-service scripting and BeanShell in JMeter, with mandatory Jenkins, Maven and continuous-integration experience.
• Strong Linux and JVM, heap, memory, cache, thread and database-pool knowledge, including dump, query, log and memory-profile analysis.
• AWS, CloudWatch and load balancers, WebSphere and commerce-server tuning and web, application, database and network layers.
• Database, indexing and SQL optimisation expertise and diagnostic tools such as New Relic or AppDynamics.

Working pattern and application

• Strong communication, teamwork, creativity and multiple-priority management, flexible hours across time zones and occasional weekend work at short notice as projects require.
• Full-time Amman role. Salary and deadline are unspecified; apply through the original vacancy for an unnamed employer.