Veridic Solutions · 13 hours ago
Systems Performance Engineer – Lead SE
O’Fallon, MO
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/StaffVeridic Solutions is a company focused on optimizing system performance, and they are seeking a Lead Systems Performance Engineer. The role involves identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks across distributed systems and ensuring each component meets its service-level objectives (SLOs).
Cloud ComputingConsultingInformation Technology
Responsibilities
Define service-level objectives (SLOs), performance budgets, and latency/throughput targets across services
Architect and champion comprehensive distributed tracing strategies (Dynatrace, AWS X-Ray, etc.)
Analyze application, platform, and cloud behavior using deep-dive techniques such as heap dumps, thread dumps, flame graphs, GC logs, network traces, and storage I/O profiling
Review service and system architectures for performance risks (e.g., synchronous hops, excessive dependencies, misconfigured connection pools, poor cache placement)
Conduct and lead root-cause analysis for performance incidents in production and pre-production environments
Develop capacity models and performance baselines for services running across cloud environments
Qualification
Required
Identifying and resolving end-to-end performance bottlenecks across distributed systems, Spring Boot services, middleware components, and hybrid cloud environments (private cloud + AWS)
Deeply analyzing container orchestration, networking paths, and system interactions under load
Mapping full system workflows, setting realistic latency budgets, and ensuring each component meets its SLOs
Extensive experience with high-scale, multi-region, and high-transaction platforms (e.g., financial systems, payment processing, or large enterprise SaaS) running in a Cloud environment
Defining service-level objectives (SLOs), performance budgets, and latency/throughput targets across services
Architecting and championing comprehensive distributed tracing strategies (Dynatrace, AWS X-Ray, etc.)
Analyzing application, platform, and cloud behavior using deep-dive techniques such as heap dumps, thread dumps, flame graphs, GC logs, network traces, and storage I/O profiling
Reviewing service and system architectures for performance risks (e.g., synchronous hops, excessive dependencies, misconfigured connection pools, poor cache placement)
Conducting and leading root-cause analysis for performance incidents in production and pre-production environments
Developing capacity models and performance baselines for services running across cloud environments
Application Layer: Spring Boot internals, JVM tuning, thread/heap management, concurrency debugging, GC optimization
Container Runtime: PCF, Docker, container resource limits, CPU throttling, memory pressure
Orchestrators: PCF, Kubernetes, ECS (autoscaling, pod health, scheduling issues)
Networking: Service-to-service hops, TLS overhead, DNS, routing, load balancer configs (F5, Nginx, ALB/NLB), service mesh performance
Storage: Latency, IOPS constraints, distributed file system behavior
Caching & Middleware: Redis, Hazelcast, NATS, Kafka, RabbitMQ configuration and throughput tuning
Databases: Connection pool tuning, slow queries, indexing, replication lag
Cloud Layer: AWS compute/storage/network performance, regional latency, cross-cloud traffic patterns
Company
Veridic Solutions
Veridic Solutions provides consulting and IT services to clients globally.
Founded in 2016
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
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Housatonic Partners
2021-09-22Private Equity
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2023-09-27
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