Performance Engineer Jobs

Ceridian is a global leader in Human Capital Management technology. Simply put, we allow our customers to do the most complex things well (HR, Payroll, Benefits Administration, Workforce Management and Talent Management) and do them to scale.

Makes Work Life Better™ is our brand promise, not only to our customers, but to our employees as well. Our flagship platform, Dayforce, helps leaders make smart decisions based on data, strategy and intelligence that create value and maximize productivity.

How do we make work life better?

• By delivering an award-winning product, conceptualized and developed by award-winning leaders, that result in award-winning customer employee experiences
• By hiring highly innovative, diverse talent that fully embraces and embodies our core values in everything they do: Customer Focus, Equity, Shared Ambition, Agility, Transparency, Optimism
• By using modern technology, such as voice-activation with Dayforce Assistant and access to your money as soon as you earn it with Dayforce Wallet to stay in rhythm with the evolving demands of our 4 million global users

We understand that no matter where you are, choosing a new employer is always one of life’s most stressful events. We encourage you to check us out at Ceridian.com to learn more about how we are impacting the world of work for our customers, employees and you!

Location : Work is what you do, not where you go.For this role, we are open to remote work and can hire anywhere in Canada or the United States.

About the opportunity:

As a member of the Performance Engineering team, the Performance Engineer is someone who thrives in attacking high-profile performance bottlenecks and identifying cost-effective solutions. You will get hands-on experience pushing the limits of scale, performance, and reliability of our applications. You will also use big data analysis techniques to help determine the next problem before it happens. As a subject matter expert in all things performance, you will collaborate with Product Managers, Developers, Architects, and Site Reliability Engineers among other key stakeholders.

What You’ll Get To Do

• Participate in application design planning sessions.
• Use development and analysis skills to reduce resource consumption of applications and minimize request latency to improve customer experience.
• Participate in investigation, identification, and resolution of key performance bottlenecks for enterprise SaaS applications of various architectures, including multi-tier web applications, and microservices based applications.
• Develop tools to monitor, mine, and visualize performance data from cloud environments.
• Design, author, and maintain performance tests and experiments to ensure system performance, scalability, and reliability requirements are met.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define system performance parameters aligned with product roadmap requirements.

What’s In It For You

• Support for your total well-being through our Live Well, Work Well programs targeting all aspects of your life
• We have regular team and company events
• We are agile with a huge appetite for continuous improvement
• Giving where you’re living: volunteer days, Ceridian sponsored events, and our very own charity, Ceridian Cares
• Recognition for your contributions through excellent pay, perks, and rewards
• Opportunities to fuel your career growth through numerous internal and external programs and events
• Encouragement to be the best version of yourself at and away from work:
• YOUnity diversity and inclusion programs
• Amazing time away from work programs

Skills and Experience We Value:

• Experience working with public cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS)) and hybrid cloud enterprise software solutions.
• Proficiency with SQL and a thorough understanding of relational database systems.
• Working knowledge of web technologies including HTML, HTTP, REST, JSON, and JavaScript.
• Experience with APM tools like AppDynamics, Dynatrace, New Relic, etc.
• Coding skills in a modern programing language such as C#, Java, or Python.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Experience writing and maintaining performance tests in tools such as JMeter, K6, LoadRunner, and Gatling.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

What Would Really Make You Stand Out:

• Public cloud certification such as Azure Fundamentals and AWS Cloud Practitioner.
• Experience with data visualization platforms such as Grafana and PowerBI.
• Knowledge of time series and NoSQL database technology.
• Familiarity with chaos engineering practices.
• Human Capital Management domain experience.

Ceridian is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment. We provide our employees with comprehensive benefits for various life circumstances and needs, great opportunities for career development, and a balanced lifestyle to achieve personal and professional success. We encourage all individuals to apply for positions that fit their passions.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Beware of fraudulent recruiting activity! If you are contacted by a Ceridian Recruiter or other Ceridian employee, you will be provided with an @ceridian.com email. If you are contacted by someone who uses any other email domain, despite their use of our company logo or company name in their social media handle/profile, the contact could be fraudulent. Please also note, Ceridian will not request or send money and/or a check at any time during the recruiting or hiring process, ask you to order any equipment or supplies, or ask for any sensitive personal data, such as National ID numbers, via email or phone. Sensitive personal data is only collected post-hire, via new hire forms directly in Dayforce. If you have been asked for any of the above, or believe you have been contacted by someone posing as a Ceridian employee, please refer to our fraudulent recruiting statement found here: https://www.ceridian.com/company/corporate/be-aware-recruiting-fraud.

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