Superpedestrian is engineering the future of micromobility. The Superpedestrian team is composed of some of the most talented operations specialists, policy managers, designers and engineers, all focused on transforming the future urban mobility. Our scooters, called LINK, were designed to prioritize safety from the inside out, and our Superpedestrian team is dedicated to building meaningful local and city partnerships across the world. Join us!

Superpedestrian is seeking a Senior Performance Test Engineer to join our growing test team to ensure the delivery of a robust software stack for our industry-leading scooter service. The ideal candidate has strong skills designing and implementing performance testing initiatives, with strong experience with APIs, large data volumes and automation, working in collaboration with systems architects and development teams. This is a senior position responsible for developing innovative, scalable solutions, driving the release of a high performing platform.

What you’ll do:

• Collaborate with systems architects, developers, testing and devops engineers to capture functional and nonfunctional requirements in order to achieve system performance goals.
• Design, implement and drive the adoption of new performance testing tools, standards, and processes.
• Drive the implementation of performance testing environments, including the acquisition of large data volumes for “production equivalent” testing.
• Create new solutions for automation, integrating performance testing with the CI/CD pipelines.
• Generate reports on performance test results, providing insights and recommendations for improvements.
• Use Agile methods (Scrum/Kanban) to organize project deliverables and track/report on progress.

Who you are:

• Bachelors degrees in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with performance testing
• 5+ years of experience with high-load distributed systems that are operational 24/7
• Expert in performance testing strategies, practices, and frameworks
• Strong experience with testing tools and monitoring (JMeter, Locust, HP LoadRunner or similar)
• Strong experience with distributed systems and containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python, NodeJS (or equivalent)
• Strong experience with REST API standards
• Experience with SQL optimization and relational databases (Postgres)
• Experience with NoSQL databases is desired (Redis)
• Experience with AWS cloud solutions (VPC, EC2, S3 and others)
• Experience with markup languages (JSON, XML, YAML)
• Understanding of networking concepts (HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, Firewall, Routing, Proxy, Load Balancing)
• Exposure to DevOps practices and tools (Jenkins or similar)
• Strong understanding of Agile development

Perks: 

Competitive benefits with company subsidized medical, dental, vision & disability insurance and a 401k plan. 

Generous time off policy.

On the job training with a leadership team that is committed to growth and development of all employees.

A team of awesome, like-minded, driven people that support each other, and mentors from across the top echelons of industry.

The chance to have your voice heard and help shape Superpedestrian’s future.

Equity in a fast growing company. 

A commitment to an actively anti-racist environment. 

Superpedestrian actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. If you think you meet most of the requirements, but not every single point on the job description, please still apply! We’d love to have a chat and see if you'd be a great addition to our team.