Principal Engineer (GCP)

## Company Description Technology is our how. And people are our why. For over two decades, we have been harnessing technology to drive meaningful change. By combining world-class engineering, industry expertise and a people-centric mindset, we consult and partner with leading brands from various industries to create dynamic platforms and intelligent digital experiences that drive innovation and transform businesses. From prototype to real-world impact - be part of a global shift by doing work that matters. ## Job Description - Define and drive the performance engineering strategy for cloud-native applications hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). - Serve as the subject matter expert for application performance, scalability, and observability across distributed systems. - Analyze and optimize application performance across microservices, APIs, databases, and high-volume transaction workflows. - Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks impacting user experience, including patient data retrieval, historical data loading, and real-time clinical workflows. - Design, execute, and oversee performance, load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing using industry-leading tools. - Leverage statistical analysis and performance metrics to identify trends, forecast system behavior, and provide actionable recommendations. - Collaborate with software engineering, architecture, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), database, and infrastructure teams to implement performance improvements. - Lead and mentor a team of 4–5 Performance Engineers, establishing best practices, technical standards, and continuous improvement initiatives. - Drive performance testing automation and integration within CI/CD pipelines. - Present performance assessments, risks, capacity planning recommendations, and optimization strategies to technical leadership and executive stakeholders. - Champion a performance-first engineering culture throughout the software development lifecycle. ## Qualifications - 10+ years of experience in Performance Engineering, Performance Testing, or Application Performance Optimization. - Expert-level experience designing and executing enterprise-scale performance testing strategies. - Deep expertise with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including cloud observability, monitoring, and performance optimization. - Strong understanding of distributed cloud-native architectures, microservices, REST APIs, and containerized applications. - Experience analyzing application performance across databases, application servers, APIs, and cloud infrastructure. - Hands-on experience with one or more performance testing tools such as: - OpenText LoadRunner Enterprise (LRE) - Apache JMeter - Gatling - Strong knowledge of performance monitoring and observability platforms. - Experience interpreting large performance datasets and applying statistical analysis to identify trends and capacity constraints. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical findings to both engineering teams and executive leadership. - Proven experience leading and mentoring technical teams in fast-paced, high-availability environments. Preferred Qualifications - Experience supporting healthcare, life sciences, financial services, or other highly regulated industries. - Experience optimizing applications running on Google Cloud services, including Cloud Spanner. - Knowledge of Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native deployment patterns. - Experience implementing performance testing within CI/CD pipelines. - Familiarity with modern observability platforms such as Google Cloud Operations Suite, Dynatrace, New Relic, AppDynamics, or Grafana. - Experience with capacity planning, resiliency testing, and production performance monitoring. ## Additional Information Discover some of the global benefits that empower our people to become the best version of themselves: - Finance: Competitive salary package, share plan, compan…