Performance Quality Engineer, 8am

$120-165k

+ Annual bonuses and Equity options. The salary range for performing this role outside of the US / Austin / California may differ.

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

ELK

Prometheus

Grafana

Gatling

RDS

Datadog

Mid and Senior level

Remote from US

Professional business platform for client-focused professionals

Be an early applicant

Professional business platform for client-focused professionals

501-1000 employees

FintechB2BInternal toolsPayments

Be an early applicant

$120-165k

+ Annual bonuses and Equity options. The salary range for performing this role outside of the US / Austin / California may differ.

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

ELK

Prometheus

Grafana

Gatling

RDS

Datadog

Mid and Senior level

Remote from US

501-1000 employees

FintechB2BInternal toolsPayments

Company mission

To empower professionals with the most trusted, innovative technology to deliver world-class outcomes for their clients and exceptional financial results for their business.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

3+ years of hands-on performance testing and analysis on microservices-based, cloud-hosted (AWS) SaaS platforms
Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to move from symptoms to root cause
Background in statistical analysis: trend modeling, interpolation, extrapolation, and capacity forecasting
Working knowledge of AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, ECS/EKS), Docker, and Kubernetes
Experience with performance testing tools (k6, Gatling, Locust, JMeter, or equivalent)
Experience with observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) and log aggregation (ELK Stack, CloudWatch)
Scripting proficiency in Python or comparable language for test scenarios, data analysis, and light tooling. Coding experience is a plus, but this role prioritizes performance engineering skill over software development depth
Comfortable working asynchronously across multiple time zones in a remote-first team
Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve workflows, enhance decision-making, or drive innovation

What the job involves

We are looking for a Performance Quality Engineer to own performance observability, define meaningful metrics, and drive data-informed decisions about system behavior under load
You will work directly with Platform Engineering, development teams, and product leadership to surface performance risks before they become customer-facing problems
You will report to the Senior Director of Quality Engineering and maintain a dotted-line relationship with the Sr. Director of Platform Engineering
Design and create performance test suites for multiple product teams against a microservices-based SaaS platform running on AWS
Operate and help maintain production-like environments for performance analysis, diagnosis, and regression testing
Analyze application and infrastructure logs to identify, isolate, and help root-cause performance degradations
Define, track, and report on performance KPIs (response times, throughput, error rates, resource utilization) and deliver trend analysis and projections to engineering leadership and product stakeholders
Use usage and trend data to identify capacity risks and provide recommendations before they impact customers
Collaborate with Platform Engineering, DevX, SDET, and Product teams to prioritize and validate performance improvements
Partner with Security QE on the overlap between performance and security risk. Load and stress tests reveal how systems degrade under pressure, which is exactly what attackers exploit via DoS and resource-exhaustion vectors. This role will collaborate with Security QE to integrate security-informed scenarios (authentication storms, TLS renegotiation abuse, API rate-limit validation) into performance test plans, and surface high-resource-cost endpoints to security for assessment
Identify and define nonfunctional performance tests for CI/CD pipeline gates (Integration, Regression, Post-Deployment). Work with DevX and Platform Engineering to establish pass/fail thresholds that catch regressions before production
Contribute to performance engineering standards, runbooks, and best practices within the QE organization

Application process

Our hiring teams at 8am are dedicated to recruiting top talent that share our passion for serving the professional services industry through innovative financial technology. As such, our Talent Acquisition Team only follows legitimate hiring practices
All interviews take place over phone call, Zoom/Google Meet or in person. All offers are communicated verbally by our Talent Acquisition Specialists with a written offer letter as a follow up

Our take

Many professionals find their time taken up by administrative tasks and operational processes, leaving them fewer hours to focus on the work they love. 8am (formerly AffiniPay) supplies finance, payments and management software to make these processes swifter and easier, saving users precious time.

The company has a wide range of products including payments and reporting for accountants, legal case management software, and operations assistance for nonprofits. This broad scope allows 8am to serve a myriad of professionals across legal, accounting, construction, design and association.

The company has seen significant investment which has allowed it to grow, innovate and extend its suite of solutions. Its rebrand to 8am followed a series of acquisitions through which it expanded its scope - with the various products now delivered under one unified brand.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

Glassdoor (3.9)

Company

Company benefits

Wide range of affordable, company-supported medical, dental, vision, and disability plans
Reimbursements for whatever helps you bring the WOW, whether that’s health and wellness or learning
Mental health support and an Employee Assistance Program
Access to cutting-edge conferences, professional manager coaching and ongoing professional development
Bonuses and unit options as part of our total rewards packages
Team meetings, company-wide all-hands, and offsite events
Office, remote & hybrid work options

Company HQ

Davenport Ranch West, Austin, TX

Leadership

Dru Armstrong

(CEO)

Advisor for Women@Austin and Board Member at YPO. Former CEO of Grace Hill, and co-founded and was CEO at Lily Pod.

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