Engineer, Performance

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Performance Engineer to join our team in Johannesburg, South Africa. As a Performance Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the efficiency and reliability of our software systems by conducting thorough performance testing and optimization.

• Performance testing: It is the process of creating and carrying out tests to evaluate how quickly, accurately and steadily software systems or applications operate.
• Load Testing: Testing the system's performance at different user activity or data load levels is known as load testing.
• Stress testing: It involves assessing the system's performance in difficult scenarios, like heavy user traffic or resource shortages.
• Benchmarking: It is the process of evaluating a system's performance against rivals or industry norms.
• Performance monitoring: It is the process of putting procedures and tools in place to keep an eye on how well systems or applications are performing in real time.
• Root Cause Analysis: Examining and determining the root cause of problems with performance.
• Participate in capacity planning and scalability assessments
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies in performance engineering

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• AWS Certified Developer Associate and/or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate - Advantageous

Experience: 

• 5+ years of experience in performance engineering or a related role
• Coding experience exceeding simple scripts
• Previous experience working in the site performance engineer field
• Understanding of System Architecture
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Knowledge of web technologies and protocols
• Experience with performance optimization techniques and best practices
• Understanding of system architecture and scalability principles
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Embracing Change
• Examining Information
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Tasks
• Producing Output
• Taking Action
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Agile Engineering
• API Engineering
• Automation
• Cloud Computing
• Continuous Delivery (CD)
• Continuous Deployment
• Continuous Integration (CI)
• Core Systems
• Data Engineering
• Design Thinking
• Error Budgets
• Incident Response
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Knowledge Management
• Microservices
• Non-abstract Large System Design (NALSD)
• Observability (Application and Web Analytics)
• Platform Engineering
• Policy as Code
• Post-incidence Analysis
• Reliability and Resilience
• Security Engineering
• Service Level Management
• Software Engineering Methods
• Software Engineering Service Level Management
• Software Engineering Tools
• Software Foundations
• System Integration
• Test-driven Design (TDD)
• Threat Modelling