Performance Engineer

About the Role We are seeking a Performance Engineer to join our team in Auckland. As a Performance Engineer, you will play a key role in delivering Vista's Performance Engineering strategy across our SDLC and SaaS environments. ### Key Responsibilities - Work alongside engineering teams to design, implement, and manage load tests appropriate for purpose across our various products. - Manage our performance testing environments, both on-premise and Cloud. - Carry out deep investigations of performance results, reporting findings back to key stakeholders as required. - Provide training and guidance to engineering teams to help take ownership of their own performance testing assets and testing functions. - Help maintain our Performance Engineering platform, including processes, analysis tools, and testing framework. ### Performance Troubleshooting - Provide performance troubleshooting and issue resolution services to both Operational and Engineering teams as required. - Work with Knowledge Services team to create required documentation. ### Requirements - You have an investigative mindset, with a drive to solve problems and figure out "how things work." - Experience with troubleshooting complex technical issues. - Experience with Load Testing techniques and tools such as JMeter. - Ability to understand and process complex data sets, interpret statistical metrics, and derive conclusions. - Knowledge of system monitoring tools such as Grafana, Datadog, APMs, etc. - Confidence to develop code using some or all of Python, Powershell, Shell scripts, Go, or whatever other languages may be needed. - Knowledge and experience across multiple architectural areas, including client and server applications, databases, network technologies, and cloud (Azure specifically). - A critical thinker, able to balance scepticism and confidence, based on the strength of evidence. - Ability to communicate ideas and concepts clearly and concisely. - Down-to-earth, pragmatic approach; ability to balance aspirational goals and direction with real-world constraints and business reality. - Experience working in a SaaS company is beneficial. - Relevant tertiary qualification (computer science, engineering, applied maths/statistics or similar) or equivalent experience. ### Benefits - Excellent work/life balance including a 4 ½ day working week. - Hybrid working (home and office-based split). - Medical and Life insurance (after qualifying period). - Volunteer day, enhanced paid parental leave, and wellness benefits. - Strong mentoring & career development focus. - Fun team events including the Vista Innovation Cup.