Software Test Lead Engineer

April 2

Accela

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Market-leading solutions that empower governments to build thriving communities, grow businesses and protect citizens.

infrastructure asset management • code enforcement • community development & planning • mobile apps • cloud

201 - 500

Description

• The role of Software Test Lead - Performance Engineering is centered around spearheading efforts within the Costa Rica center • Ensure comprehensive performance testing coverage for ongoing Accela Civic Platform (SaaS) releases • Advance Accela's maturity in Test Automation, Test-Driven Development, CI/CD, and Performance Engineering • Optimize System Reliability, Architecture, Storage, and Deployment of Accela workloads • Focus on benchmarking, tuning, capacity planning, and scalability • Lead, architect, and transform activities into a performance engineering-driven approach • Foster partnerships with various teams to scale infrastructure optimally • Investigate and implement improvements in current infrastructure areas • Develop and enhance frameworks for cost planning, establishing KPIs, standards, baselines, and efficient production scaling • Lead and manage Platform areas for Reliability, API infrastructure, cross-functional initiatives with automation deployment, and Performance test regressions • Provide technical expertise in requirement analysis, design, effort estimation, testing, and delivery of scalable SaaS solutions • Ensure successful launches of scalable Platform Products, API gateway tuning, Mobile Performance, Engineering Initiatives, and alignment for Cloud deployments • Identify gaps, issues, and proactively define, plan, and strategize activities, processes, and workflows • Foster the growth of technical expertise teams in development, performance, and scalability in alignment with Agile development practices

Requirements

• 7+ years of Performance Engineering Experience • Experience collaborating with Development, Site Reliability Engineering, Release Engineering, and Security • Master's/Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related discipline • Experience in architecting solutions for high-volume transactional Cloud deployment Systems • Experience working with Microsoft Azure, Java Platforms, API Management, and Mobile Applications • Strong debugging, monitoring, optimization skills using JMeter, Datadog, Logging tools, or similar • Expert ability to identify performance issues within the J2EE/.Net architecture, Load balancers, IIS, Database (Oracle/SQL), Operating System, Network, Software (JAVA/.Net), and Hardware • Hands-on experience building enterprise-level test automation and performance test suites • Experience in building statistical analysis and problem-solving skills • Experience working in fast-paced Agile environments with working knowledge of Scrum principles and methodologies; Ability to collaborate closely with clear communication skills

Benefits

• Accela offers a competitive salary and benefits in line with local standards. • "Remote-first" organization • Generous paid time off with paid holidays, annual leave, and wellness days • Company "soft-close" between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day • Promotes from within for career growth and development • Learning and development opportunities, including a paid LinkedIn Learning subscription • Work closely with international teams • Chance to make impactful contributions • Collaborative team culture embracing Agile methodologies • Ideas and contributions make an impact