Senior Performance Test Engineer Workplace Services Engineering

The Charles Schwab Corp

Austin, TX

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Apache JMeter, Apache Kafka, Benchmarking, CPU (Central Processing Unit), Capacity Management, Common Language Runtime (CLR), Computer Science, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Customer Experience, Customer Support/Service, Database Optimization, Database Technology, Elasticsearch, Engineering, Finance, Financial Services, Futures, HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol), Identify Issues, Input/Output, Java, JavaScript, Leadership, Leading Edge Technology, Linux Operating System, LoadRunner, Memory Hardware, Mentoring, Messaging Middleware, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft C# (C Sharp), Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows Server, Middleware, MongoDB, Operating Systems, Oracle Database, Performance Engineering, Performance Testing, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Perl Programming Language, PostgreSQL, Problem Solving Skills, Productivity Model, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Query Optimization, SQL (Structured Query Language), Scalability Testing, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Service Level Agreement (SLA), Splunk, Systems/Internals Programming, TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), Test Tools, VMWare
LOCATION
Austin, TX
POSTED
30+ days ago

Your Opportunity

At Schwab, youre empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us "challenge the status quo" and transform the finance industry together. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).

Workplace Services Engineering (WSE) is an organization within Schwab Technology Services that is embarking on a major transformation. We support Workplace Services, and were shaping the future of how people experience financial well‑being at work. We partner with leading employers to deliver innovative retirement, equity, and workplace financial solutions that help millions of participants build stronger financial futures.

This is a fast‑growing, high‑impact business where scale meets purpose-where your work directly influences how people plan, save, invest, and succeed. As a key growth engine for the firm, were investing more than ever to expand our capabilities, modernize platforms, and elevate the experiences we deliver to employers and their employees.

Our teams work at the intersection of technology, service, and financial expertise-supporting workplace clients with solutions that scale, adapt, and deliver meaningful outcomes. Here, your ideas help shape whats next for workplace financial services. If youre energized by solving complex problems, collaborating across disciplines, and making a real difference in the workplace services industry, youll find your place here.

Our team is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer, who has a real passion for helping teams build performant, stable, and scalable applications using state-of-the-art technologies. In WSE, we work hard every day to improve the experience for our clients, using cutting-edge technology and creative solutions to solve hard problems.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Performance Framework Ownership
  • Define and maintain a comprehensive performance engineering framework.
  • Establish SLAs/SLOs and performance benchmarks.
  • Performance Testing & Engineering
  • Design, execute, and analyze load, stress, endurance, spike, and scalability tests.
  • Identify performance bottlenecks across infrastructure layers.
  • Infrastructure, OS, and Database Optimization
  • Tune compute resources and optimize databases.
  • Capacity Planning & Scalability Modeling
  • Build and maintain capacity models.
  • Bottleneck Analysis
  • Diagnosing CPU, Memory, I/O, Network issues.
  • Shift‑Left Performance Integration
  • Embed performance validation into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Leadership, Mentoring & Collaboration
  • Mentor junior engineers and guide architecture discussions.

What you have

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field.
  • 8+ years direct performance engineering experience.
  • Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, BlazeMeter.
  • Experience with APM & Monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, NewRelic, AppDynamics, Grafana, Splunk, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, DataDog).
  • Experience with scripting & languages: Java, Python, C#, .NET, Perl, JavaScript, SQL.
  • Experience working with HTTP, WebSockets, TCP/IP.
  • System Internals Experience with JVM/CLR internals (GC, Threading), OS tuning (Linux), Database performance tuning (MSSQL, Oracle Enterprise Server).
  • Infrastructure experience with On-Premise (VMware, Physical Servers), Enterprise Middleware (Kafka, Messaging Queues), Windows Server.
  • Experience with databases: Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB (tuning, query optimization).
  • Experience with legacy system performance.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • System Thinking: Understanding complex software/hardware interactions.
  • Collaboration: Working with Devs, Ops, Architects, PMs.
  • Communication: Explaining complex issues to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Mentorship: Guiding junior engineers.
  • Ownership: Taking responsibility for performance outcomes.
  • Proactive Mindset: Preventing issues before they happen.

About the Company

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The Charles Schwab Corp

The Charles Schwab Corporation is a leading provider of financial services, with more than 300 offices. Through its operating subsidiaries, the company provides a full range of securities brokerage, banking, money management and financial advisory services to individual investors and independent investment advisors. Named "Highest in Investor Satisfaction with Self-Directed Services" by J.D. Power and Associates in 2009, its broker-dealer subsidiary, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (member SIPC) affiliates offer a complete range of investment services and products including an extensive selection of mutual funds; financial planning and investment advice; retirement plan and equity compensation plan services; referrals to independent fee-based investment advisors; and custodial, operational and trading support for independent, fee-based investment advisors through Schwab Advisor Services.

The Charles Schwab Bank (member FDIC) provides banking and mortgage services and products. To meet the needs of our clients, we are actively recruiting people with the desire, drive and creativity to find solutions that help meet our clients' needs; who want the chance to learn, grow with the company and explore their career opportunities; who will strive for excellence in achieving our clients' and our company's goals; who have the highest ethical standards - individuals who take pride in making a difference in people's lives.
COMPANY SIZE
1,000 to 1,499 employees
INDUSTRY
Security and Surveillance
FOUNDED
1971
WEBSITE
http://www.aboutschwab.com/careers