Performance Engineer

Our dynamic Byte Platform is rapidly growing as we optimize our digital ordering channels and technology innovations to create competitive advantages for our restaurants around the globe. We are seeking a Performance Engineer who will be ultimately responsible for creating and implementing a performance testing experience to support our suite of Byte Platform offerings. As a Performance Engineer, you will be working on complex distributed systems, databases and large clustered datasets. You will focus on optimizing overall product performance. You'll work with the Development, Quality Engineering and Product teams to deliver high quality initiatives for all our products throughout their development life cycles.

The key qualities we're looking for is a true problem solver, someone who enjoys digging deeper and has a need to understand systems and how they're wired. This person will have experience with performance analysis and the ability to develop your own analysis tools and performance tools.

You Will:

· Report to a QA Manager

· Collaborate with the Engineering, Quality Engineering, Support, Product Management and DevOps teams to review and document requirements, execute performance tests and troubleshoot/resolve (blocking) issues.

· Design and execute different performance test strategies depending on unique project purposes and requirements

o Analyze test results and establish reliable mathematic models for response time, throughput, SLA and other application performance metrics

o Grow and evolve our performance tooling and testing processes to ensure tests are customer-like and representative of real-world scenarios

o Identify existing bottlenecks in the hardware and software platform, application code stack, network and disk IO

o Measure and document reliable predictions on potential bottlenecks as computing platforms and workloads change

o Communicate test results and analysis to Engineering, Operations, PM, Network and DB teams

o Develop unique performance testing tools, analysis methodologies, as well as capacity planning

o Support the Engineering teams with tools and frameworks to enhance system performance, scalability and stability.

o Help and guide other QE teams to develop their own performance test plans and scripts

o Co-ordinate multiple performance test projects within the limited test resources; provide expert opinions in understanding and analyzing their test results

o Identify gaps, issues, or other areas of concern, and proactively define, propose, and enact process and workflow improvements to mitigate such issues.

You Have:

· At minimum bachelor’s in CS, CIS, engineering, or equivalent experience

· 5+ years of experience in performance engineering.

· 3+ years of experience with code first performance testing tools (e.g., k6, Gatling) and performance analysis via DataDog or similar platforms.

· Advanced coding skills (Preferably in Javascript)

· 3+ years of hands on experience in testing APIs, Web applications, and Mobile applications is a must

· Extensive hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and Kubernetes, including monitoring, scaling, and troubleshooting.

· Proven ability to perform profile/baseline, load and stress testing, soak, spike testing etc.

· Proven ability to drill down into results and complete deep dive root cause analysis

· Strong technical communication and documentation skills

Salary Range: $106,700 - $125,400

Benefits: Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage: medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA/HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan). Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance. Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan. Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year. To learn more about working at Yum! -Click here. 

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This posting will be open for a minimum of two weeks. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until a candidate is selected.

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Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 59,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the company’s concepts – KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill. The Company's KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands are global leaders of the chicken, Mexican-style food, and pizza categories, respectively. Habit Burger & Grill is a fast casual restaurant concept specializing in made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches and more. In 2024, Yum! was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America, and the company was recognized among TIME Magazine’s list of Best Companies for Future Leaders, Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies and USA Today’s America’s Climate Leaders. Yum! also received widespread recognition in 2023, including being listed on the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index; and Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers for Diversity. In addition, KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands were ranked in the top five of Entrepreneur’s Top Global Franchises Ranking for 2023.