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Senior Software Performance Engineer

General Motors

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Sep 19, 2025
Austin, TX, US
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Overall Performance of our systems and solution, leading optimization of software and systems to improve site speed, support scalability, reliability and stability

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in Performance engineering and scalability engineering for cloud-hosted applications.
  • Strong proficiency with performance tools like K6, JMeter.
  • Strong knowledge of monitoring and observability tools like Data dog, Grafana, Dynatrace.
  • Strong proficiency in scripting languages (ex: Java, JavaScript, Python)
  • Strong technical knowledge of virtualization, storage and networking.
  • Proficiency in profiling all layers of the Technology stack (Software, OS, network) and optimizing complex applications
  • Expertise knowledge in Cloud & Container Ecosystem (Azure, Docker, Kubernetes)

Responsibilities

  • Own the performance observability for production and lower environments, identifying and acting on concerning trends.
  • Develop competency across our complete web technologies stack (client, framework, and services)
  • Weigh architectural trade-offs and apply synchronous and asynchronous design patterns
  • Monitor, assess and analyze the holistic performance of the application with benchmarking tools.
  • Identify bottlenecks, lead root cause analysis, collaborate with developers, automate processes and ensure proper tools to ensure systems meet performance requirements from design to deployment
  • Own and enhance performance coverage by consulting with developers to identify areas for improvement and expansion
  • Investigate and diagnose performance issues to identify the root cause of the problems

Other

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
  • This job is not eligible for relocation benefits.
  • GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with developers, product managers, and business stakeholders.
  • Master’s degree in computer science or related field