Lead Software Engineer- Performance Engineering

About this role:Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer- Performance Engineering
In this role, you will:

• Own the end-to-end performance, scalability, and resilience strategy for the Tachyon/MLOps platform.
• Serve as the technical lead and single point of accountability for performance engineering outcomes.
• Define, design, and execute comprehensive performance testing across UI, API, microservices, and event-driven systems.
• Build scalable performance test frameworks and automation utilities using Python or Java.
• Identify performance bottlenecks across application layers (UI, API, database, infrastructure) and perform deep-dive root cause analysis.
• Analyze performance test results, create test plans, and document findings through PIAs and engineering artifacts.
• Lead complex technical initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, QA, DevOps, and platform engineering.
• Optimize and tune application configurations for cloud environments (e.g., OCP, autoscaling, load balancing).
• Utilize APM tools (AppDynamics, OTEL) and analyze performance dumps (thread, heap, JFR) to diagnose issues.
• Create dashboards in Grafana and Splunk for observability, monitoring, and resource analysis.
• Implement performance engineering best practices across teams and mentor performance engineers.
• Develop custom scripts or automation workflows to support performance testing and environment validation.
• Assess risks early in the performance testing lifecycle and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, process enhancements, and operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Strong proficiency in performance engineering across UI, API, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Hands-on expertise with performance testing tools such as LoadRunner Enterprise (LRE), JMeter, BlazeMeter, and DevTest for service virtualization.
• Advanced programming capabilities in Python and Java for building automation utilities, custom scripts, and performance tooling.
• Deep understanding of AI/ML, GenAI, and Agentic AI concepts as applied to performance engineering and platform scalability.
• Strong skills in performance bottleneck analysis across application, database, infrastructure, and cloud layers.
• Proficiency with APM tools (AppDynamics, OTEL) and experience analyzing thread dumps, heap dumps, and JFR profiles.
• Ability to design and tune performance for cloud-native microservices running on platforms such as OpenShift (OCP), including autoscaling and load balancer optimization.
• Skilled in creating observability dashboards and analyzing logs using Grafana and Splunk.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and distributed environments.
• Ability to write shell scripts for monitoring and resource capture on Unix environments.
• Demonstrated ability to assess risks early in the performance lifecycle and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Effective communicator with strong collaboration skills, able to work with development, DevOps, QA, and platform teams.
• Proven capability to lead performance engineering initiatives and mentor fellow engineers.

Posting End Date:
5 Feb 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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