Performance Engineer

Our client, a global financial services firm, is hiring a VP-level Application Performance Engineer in New York. You’ll join a team that watches how business-critical applications perform and catches problems before they hit the business. It’s a hands-on engineering seat for someone who likes digging in and figuring things out.What you’ll doBuild out observability across apps, infrastructure, databases, Kubernetes, and cloud, with Dynatrace as the main platformWrite Python (and some Java) automation for monitoring setup, configuration, alerts, dashboards, and CI/CDBuild scripts and tools that collect performance metrics, process logs, and connect monitoring to internal systemsTroubleshoot Java apps in production: JVM metrics, garbage collection, memory, logs, and exceptionsSet up end-to-end transaction monitoring and distributed tracing to find bottlenecks, dependencies, and root causesHelp extend monitoring to AI applications, models, and agentsTest new observability tools and explain your recommendations to engineering teamsRequirements5+ years of experience, plus a bachelor’s or master’s in CS, software engineering, information systems, or similarStrong Python, especially for automationSolid Java background (J2EE or similar), including how Java apps behave in productionDocker, Kubernetes, and general DevOps practicesWorking knowledge of databases like Oracle or MongoDBGit, Agile, and testing frameworks like JUnit or ZephyrAwareness of common web app security vulnerabilitiesSelf-starter who communicates and documents clearlyNice to haveDynatrace or similar monitoring tools (not required)Exposure to AI or LLM monitoring (not required)