Senior Software Engineer

Job title: Senior Software Engineer

Company: Ripple

Job description: THE WORK:We are looking for performance engineers to join a growing team that is in charge of performance, scalability and reliability of the XRPL network! You will work closely with developers, scientists, DevOps and other members in the performance team to gain deep knowledge on software’s design; use cases and its data flow, model realistic load profiles and conduct comprehensive performance testing and tuning on products and features we deliver as a team to the XRPL community. The ideal candidate should already have past experience with performance engineering, be passionate about problem solving, possess strong analytical and logical thinking skills and be very detail oriented.WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Work with teams across the organization in acquiring performance requirements and load forecast metrics
• Participate in the full software release lifecycle, from software design and development to the deployment of the products
• Design performance testing load model and the associated test data to realistically simulate the load in the lab environment
• Develop comprehensive load simulators and all vital tools required for the setup and testing
• Conduct iterative performance testing; bottleneck detecting/removing; code profiling and comprehensive tunings at all levels (OS, network, software and database)
• Develop performance supervising dashboard or tools for effective monitoring during testing
• Collect test results; conduct detailed analysis and generate test report
• Work with DevOps to ensure the product’s readiness for production environment
• Continuously raise our standard of engineering excellence by proactively looking out for problematic signs that may affect product’s performance and/or reliability

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, or equivalent proven experience
• Familiarity with Linux shells; understanding of OS components; networking; web protocols and database operations
• 2+ years hands-on experience in performance engineering including load development in Apache JMeter or other load testing tool(s)
• 5+ years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the software industry.
• Proficient with at least one Object-Oriented programming language; strong computer science understandings in OS, networking, parallel programming and web-facing technologies
• Familiar with Linux/Unix shell environment and programming
• Intellectually curious; committed; problem driven and persistent – you are not easily satisfied with hypothetical explanation but driven in digging out the root cause
• Excellent interpersonal skills in both verbal and written
• You thrive on autonomy, responsibility and owning your work, end to end
• A positive attitude and a passion for sharing knowledge within your team and organization
• Attention to detail and a dedication to excellence
• Other common names for this role: Software Engineering, Performance Engineering, blockchain performance, distributed systems engineer

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 00:47:59 GMT

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