Job brief: Software Engineer - Performance Engineering

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• Listed on ALO's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
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• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $90,000 to $120,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Beverly Hills, California, United States · San Ramon Office, San Ramon, CA (LO-SF)
• Posted: 2026-09-21

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The posting asks for 5+ year of experience.

Must have

• 5+ year of experience in software engineering with strong focus on performance optimization, scalability, or observability.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with performance testing tools (e.g., k6, Gatling, JMeter, Locust) and familiarity with Core Web Vitals and frontend performance monitoring.

Main duties

• Design, implement, and execute performance testing strategies, including load, stress, spike, endurance, and benchmarking tests for web, mobile and backend s…
• Use and maintain performance testing tools such as k6, Gatling, JMeter, Locust, and related frameworks to build reproducible and scalable test suites.
• Analyze, Improve and resolve performance bottlenecks across the stack, including frontend rendering, APIs, services, databases, caching layers, networking, a…
• Drive backend and infrastructure performance improvements, focusing on latency, throughput, resource utilization, and system efficiency.
• Integrate performance testing and regression detection into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring performance is continuously measured and protected.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs in California: $205k a year (902 listings, 45 employers). This listing is 49% lower.
• Across ALO's 631 open listings, 70% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How ALO hires

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