10+ years of relevant performance optimization industry experience in a fast paced, high growth tech environment. Deep software tuning and optimization experience, Java preferred but other major languages such as C++ acceptable. Expertise in using metrics to uncover performance issues. Familiarity with system hardware as it pertains to performance. Familiarity with a public cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their infrastructure as a service offering (e.g. EC2). Familiarity with container and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams. You are a strong problem solver and have solid performance debugging skills. Experience of load testing software either in production or through benchmarking You are passionate about efficiency and performance