Software Engineers Performance & Load Testing

Request ID: 110366-1
Title: Software Engineers — Performance & Load Testing
Locations: New York, NY
Duration: 6 Months
Pay Range: $44 - $48/Hour on W2/C2C (All inclusive)

Introduction

We are seeking highly skilled Software Engineers with deep expertise in performance engineering and workload simulation. This role will focus on building traffic replay solutions, converting production data into realistic test scenarios, and supporting large-scale performance validation efforts for a high-volume event-driven platform. Hands-on performance and load testing experience is essential. We are seeking senior specialists, not generalist software engineers.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 7 years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on performance engineering.
• Advanced programming skills in Python, Java, Go, or Node.js.
• Proven experience building performance testing frameworks and traffic replay solutions.
• Hands-on expertise with k6, Locust, Gatling, or custom load generation frameworks.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and microservices.
• Prior work experience at client or in client's Industry.

Applicants must be able to work directly for Artech on W2.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Experience parsing large-scale API logs, event logs, telemetry data, and production traffic exports.
• Experience with Kafka, Google Pub/Sub, WebSockets, REST APIs, gRPC, and streaming platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud-native platforms and Kubernetes environments.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Design and build traffic replay tooling for large-scale transactional workloads.
• Simulate real-world user behavior and workload patterns across distributed systems.
• Analyze application behavior, resource utilization, and bottlenecks under load.

Company Benefits & Culture

• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Comprehensive benefits package.

For immediate consideration please click APPLY to begin the screening process with Alex.