Performance Architect (Hybrid)

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02459, Newton Center, MA
Hybrid
Cloud • Edtech • Kids + Family • Database
High-quality education and child care company, trusted to fit the way people learn, live, and work today
The Role
This is a hybrid role in our Newton, MA office.

The Performance Architect will analyze system performance metrics and identify bottlenecks, providing recommendations for optimization and improvement. They will collaborate with development and operations teams to integrate performance considerations into the software development lifecycle, ensuring performance is a key focus from the outset. This role will develop and maintain performance testing frameworks and tools, ensuring they are up-to-date with the latest technologies and best practices.

Bright Horizons is trusted by families and employers around the world for high-quality child care and early education, back-up care, and workplace education. We partner with some of the world’s best companies to provide services that help employees perform their best and support families to thrive both personally and professionally.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities
  • Troubleshoots, isolates and resolves applications code issues and other technical problems (hardware, software, Infra and network).

  • Implement and recommend performance improvements on cloud (GCP/Azure) and on-prem for tiered environments.

  • Establish and enable golden signal for Application Health, build dashboards, identifying and establishing SLA’s, set up alerting, logging and tracing as required.

  • Use network profiling using tools like WireShark, Fiddler as necessary to troubleshoot issues

  • Perform root cause analysis of Production performance issues and recommend fixes to developers on corrective actions.

  • Work with other performance engineers on implementing a Continuous Performance program to support long-term application reliability and growth.

  • Should be able to set up and run automated performance tests using Docker image to spin up, build and destroy load test infrastructure.

  • Design, script, configure and run performance tests to validate system performance and stability.

  • Conduct performance analysis, benchmarking, and modeling to identify performance bottlenecks, optimize system parameters, and guide architectural enhancements.

  • Actively monitors the systems in PROD/non-prod environments and alerts the core group to prevent issues from happening.

  • Creation, maintain Performance Test Strategy and roadmap for the org, Automated Test data creation strategy & Reporting strategy etc.

  • Should be able to research on latest industry trends and enhancements to keep our tech stack latest and up to mark.

Minimum requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer or software engineering
  • 10 years Performance / Software Engineering

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's Degree in Computer or software engineering

Life at Bright Horizons:

Our people are the heart of our company. Because we’re as committed to our own employees as we are to the children, families, and clients we serve, our collaborative workplaces are designed to grow careers and support personal lives. Come build a brighter future with us.

Bright Horizons provides equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law. Bright Horizons complies with the laws and regulations described in the following federal government resources: Know Your Rights, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).

If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation in completing these application materials or any aspect of the application and hiring process, please contact the recruitment helpdesk at 855-877-6866 or [email protected]. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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The Company
HQ: Newton, MA
11,384 Employees
Year Founded: 1986

What We Do

More than 1,000 top employers trust Bright Horizons® (NYSE: BFAM) for proven solutions that support employees, advance careers, and maximize performance. From on-site child care that amplifies your culture, back-up care to handle disruptions, and education programs that build critical skills, our services help families achieve more.

Why Work With Us

IT development and infrastructure is vital to Bright Horizons' future, it’s now the fastest-growing department in our company – a team on the ground floor of building all new systems. Plus, at Bright Horizons IT, you’ll be part of a creative group supporting some of the world’s best brands, connecting their employees to care and education.

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