We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your performance engineering career to the next level.
As a Software Engineer III - Performance Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer & Community Banking under product line Technology, you will ensure applications are scalable, resilient, and performant. You will design and execute performance engineering solutions, identify and mitigate bottlenecks, automate testing and observability processes, and provide actionable insights that improve application reliability and customer experience. You will work across multiple technology domains and business functions to support the firm's strategic objectives through robust performance engineering practices.
Job Responsibilities
- Design, develop, execute, and analyze performance, load, stress, endurance, and capacity tests for complex enterprise applications.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve application, infrastructure, database, and network performance bottlenecks using monitoring and profiling tools.
- Create secure, scalable, and reusable automation frameworks for performance testing, production analytics, and monitoring.
- Leverage enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering tools to improve test automation, performance analysis, documentation, and delivery efficiency while validating outputs through engineering best practices.
- Develop and maintain performance test scripts for web, API, mobile, and distributed systems using industry-standard performance testing tools.
- Build and enhance observability dashboards, monitoring solutions, and production analytics capabilities using tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, and related platforms.
- Automate performance testing execution through CI/CD pipelines and integrate performance validation into software delivery processes.
- Analyze production and non-production performance metrics to proactively identify trends, anomalies, capacity risks, and optimization opportunities.
- Collaborate with software engineers, architects, SRE teams, and business stakeholders to define performance objectives and ensure performance readiness for releases.
- Produce performance engineering reports, architecture recommendations, and capacity planning insights to support strategic technology decisions.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering, performance engineering, or related technical disciplines and 3+ years of applied experience.
- Hands-on experience in performance engineering, system scalability testing, performance analysis, and operational stability.
- Strong experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, BlazeMeter, NeoLoad, Gatling, WebPageTest, Puppeteer, Sitespeed.io, or equivalent technologies.
- Experience working with observability and monitoring platforms including Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, ELK Stack, AppDynamics, or equivalent tools.
- Hands-on experience integrating performance testing and monitoring processes into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or similar DevOps platforms.
- Strong understanding of application architecture, distributed systems, API performance, database performance tuning, and cloud-native applications.
- Experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate testing, troubleshooting, analysis, and documentation activities while ensuring quality and security standards.
- Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile methodologies, Application Resiliency, Site Reliability principles, and Security best practices.
- Experience conducting root cause analysis, application profiling, memory analysis, and production issue troubleshooting.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Experience with AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, containerized platforms, and cloud-based load generation environments.
- Experience building production analytics, capacity forecasting, and performance observability solutions.
- Knowledge of statistical techniques for workload prediction and capacity planning.
- Experience with financial services, banking applications, or large-scale enterprise platforms.
- Familiarity with modern observability, AIOps, and performance engineering practices.
Skills Required
- Formal training or certification in software engineering, performance engineering, or a related technical discipline
- 3+ years of applied experience
- Hands-on experience in performance engineering, scalability testing, performance analysis, and operational stability
- Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, BlazeMeter, NeoLoad, Gatling, WebPageTest, Puppeteer, or Sitespeed.io
- Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, ELK Stack, or AppDynamics
- Experience integrating performance testing and monitoring into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or similar platforms
- Understanding of application architecture, distributed systems, API performance, database tuning, and cloud-native applications
- Experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering tools
- Understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, application resiliency, Site Reliability principles, and security best practices
- Experience with root cause analysis, application profiling, memory analysis, and production troubleshooting
- Experience with AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, containerized platforms, or cloud-based load generation
- Experience building production analytics, capacity forecasting, and performance observability solutions
- Knowledge of statistical techniques for workload prediction and capacity planning
- Experience with financial services, banking applications, or large-scale enterprise platforms
- Familiarity with modern observability, AIOps, and performance engineering practices
JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JPMorganChase and has not been reviewed or approved by JPMorganChase.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and mental-health coverage are broad, with wellness incentives, on-site or virtual care, and an EAP offering coaching and counseling. Plan materials emphasize accessible options, including multiple medical choices and tools to manage costs.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave extends up to 16 weeks for all parents, supplemented by paid Critical Caregiver Leave. Family resources include backup childcare via Bright Horizons, lactation support and milk-shipping, family-building assistance, and even a free five-month SNOO rental for newborns.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with an annual company match and automatic pay credits for most employees, with a legacy pension available to earlier hires. An Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a 5% discount further supports long-term savings.
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