Senior Application Performance Engineer
Aventior is hiring a Senior Application Performance Engineer to build out their observability foundation and performance tuning strategy. You will be responsible for designing SLOs and implementing Datadog instrumentation across a Java-based GKE infrastructure. The role involves identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks, optimizing JVM configurations, and partnering with engineering teams to ensure system reliability. Success in this role requires deep experience with Java internals, Kubernetes, and systematic performance diagnostic techniques.
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Experience
5+ years
Function
Engineering
Work mode
Onsite, India
Company
Tier 2
What you will work on
Aventior is hiring a Senior Application Performance Engineer to build out their observability foundation and performance tuning strategy. You will be responsible for designing SLOs and implementing Datadog instrumentation across a Java-based GKE infrastructure. The role involves identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks, optimizing JVM configurations, and partnering with engineering teams to ensure system reliability. Success in this role requires deep experience with Java internals, Kubernetes, and systematic performance diagnostic techniques.
TAL's take
Solid role scope involving core observability infrastructure, though at a tier-2 service-oriented company.
The JD is extremely crisp, detailing specific observability and Java performance tuning tasks with clear requirements.
Must haves
- 5+ years as a software engineer with performance and observability focus
- Hands-on Datadog expertise including APM and distributed tracing
- Proven ability to define SLOs and SLIs from scratch
- Strong Java proficiency and deep understanding of JVM internals
- Experience instrumenting Java services on Kubernetes and GKE
- Familiarity with MySQL query performance analysis
Tools and skills
Nice to have: google cloud platform, kafka, firebase.
About the company
Established technology solutions and services firm, but not a globally recognized top-tier engineering brand.