Staff Software Development Engineer in Test - Performance Focus

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Bangalore, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, IND
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Big Data • Machine Learning • Software • Analytics
We are a leader in Analytic Process Automation.
The Role
Design and build an AI-first self-service performance engineering platform: reusable tooling, CI/CD integration, AI-assisted test workflows, observability integration, and mentoring teams to adopt performance practices.
Summary Generated by Built In

Meet the Moment with Alteryx


We're living through a once-in-a-generation shift in how work gets done. Data, automation, and AI are quickly becoming the center of every business decision - and Alteryx is leading the transformation.


You'll be working on the challenges that sit at the heart of modern business. No matter your role, the work you do will help organizations move faster, see more clearly, and tackle questions that used to feel impossible.


If you're ready to meet the moment with innovation, curiosity, and excellence, there's a place for you here.

We are hiring a Staff Software Engineer to build Alteryx’s next-generation Performance Engineering Platform. This role is for a strong software engineer with 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years building developer platforms, performance tooling, CI/CD systems, or cloud-native automation.
The goal is to help engineering teams test, understand, and improve performance earlier in the SDLC through developer-first, AI-assisted tooling.
This is not a traditional performance testing or QA execution role. This is a platform engineering role focused on frameworks, automation, observability, CI/CD integration, and agentic AI workflows.
What You’ll Do
  • Design and build an agentic, AI-first self-service performance platform for developers.
  • Build reusable tools, templates, SDKs, commands, and workflows for API, UI, service, and code performance testing.
  • Integrate performance checks into CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows.
  • Build AI-assisted workflows for:
    • performance risk assessment, test creation, test execution, result analysis, root cause grouping, Jira defect creation, service-team notification.
  • Support performance validation for Critical User Journeys, high-risk releases, and scale events.
  • Standardise performance test inputs, outputs, thresholds, evidence, and reporting.
  • Integrate with observability systems such as Datadog, logs, traces, dashboards, and reporting tools.
  • Partner with product engineering, SRE, platform, QA, and architecture teams.
  • Mentor engineers and help teams adopt self-service performance practices.

What We’re Looking For
  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • 5+ years building developer platforms, frameworks, internal tools, CI/CD systems, performance tooling, or cloud-native automation.
  • Strong software engineering experience in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, or similar languages.
  • Experience building developer platforms, frameworks, internal tools, automation, or CI/CD systems.
  • Strong understanding of APIs, distributed systems, cloud services, and service-to-service interactions.
  • Experience with performance testing concepts such as load, spike, soak, stress, capacity, and regression testing.
  • Experience with observability using metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and alerts.
  • Ability to design simple, reusable workflows that developers can adopt easily.
  • Strong cross-functional communication and technical leadership.

Nice To Have
  • Experience with tools such as k6, Locust, JMeter, Gatling, Playwright, or Web Vitals.
  • Experience with Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, or InfluxDB.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, cloud-native systems, or large-scale SaaS platforms.
  • Experience with SLOs, SLIs, Apdex, error budgets, or burn-rate alerting.
  • Experience building AI agents, MCPs, AI-assisted developer tools, or agentic automation workflows.
  • Experience with Jira automation, defect routing, or engineering dashboards.

What Success Looks Like
  • Developers can create and run performance tests with minimal manual support.
  • Performance checks are part of normal development and CI/CD workflows.
  • AI-assisted workflows help teams generate tests, analyze failures, and create actionable defects.
  • Performance results are consistent, observable, and easy to act on.
  • Product teams can detect regressions earlier and improve service performance faster.

Why This Role Matters
Performance is critical to customer trust. This role will help Alteryx move from manual, centralized performance testing to a scalable, AI-first, self-service performance engineering model used across engineering teams

Find yourself checking a lot of these boxes but doubting whether you should apply? At Alteryx, we support a growth mindset for our associates through all stages of their careers. If you meet some of the requirements and you share our values, we encourage you to apply. As part of our ongoing commitment to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, we’re invested in building teams with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

This position involves access to software/technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.

Skills Required

  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • 5+ years building developer platforms, frameworks, internal tools, CI/CD systems, performance tooling, or cloud-native automation
  • Strong software engineering experience in Python
  • Strong software engineering experience in TypeScript or JavaScript
  • Strong software engineering experience in Go
  • Experience building developer platforms, frameworks, internal tools, automation, or CI/CD systems
  • Strong understanding of APIs, distributed systems, cloud services, and service-to-service interactions
  • Experience with performance testing concepts: load, spike, soak, stress, capacity, regression testing
  • Experience with observability: metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and alerts
  • Ability to design simple, reusable developer workflows and automation
  • Strong cross-functional communication, technical leadership, and mentoring experience
  • Experience with k6, Locust, JMeter, Gatling, Playwright, or Web Vitals
  • Experience with Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, or InfluxDB
  • Experience with Kubernetes, cloud-native systems, or large-scale SaaS platforms
  • Experience with SLOs, SLIs, Apdex, error budgets, or burn-rate alerting
  • Experience building AI agents, AI-assisted developer tools, or agentic automation workflows
  • Experience with Jira automation, defect routing, or engineering dashboards

Alteryx Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Alteryx and has not been reviewed or approved by Alteryx.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is frequently characterized as fair and competitive for the role, with total compensation (including stock/equity and benefits) described as a point of strong satisfaction. Competitive salaries and commissions are positioned as a tool to attract and retain talent.
  • Healthcare Strength Medical, dental, and vision coverage is described as comprehensive, including employer-paid coverage for employees alongside life and disability insurance, FSAs, and mental health support. Wellness programming and related supports (such as fitness reimbursements and organized workouts) reinforce the perceived strength of health-related offerings.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Perks and lifestyle supports are described as broad, spanning items like health club reimbursement, home-office stipends for remote work, commuter support, and office amenities such as meals and snacks. Flexibility-oriented benefits are also present through hybrid/virtual eligibility and volunteer time.

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The Company
HQ: Irvine, CA
1,786 Employees
Year Founded: 1997

What We Do

Alteryx is a leader in Analytic Process Automation (APA). The Alteryx APA platform unifies analytics, data science and business process automation in one easy-to-use platform to accelerate digital transformation. Every data worker, regardless of technical acumen, is empowered to be curious and solve problems.

Why Work With Us

Alteryx’s mission is to deliver breakthroughs. We promise customers our technology will help them deliver breakthrough outcomes. We make a similar commitment to employees: Working at Alteryx will be your breakthrough. Whether you are looking to make a change in your career or your life, Alteryx is a place where you will make it happen.

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