Performance Engineer 3
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
Black Duck Software, Inc.'s standard text
Black Duck Software, Inc. helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck, a recognized pioneer in application security, provides SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.
Black Duck Software, Inc. helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck, a recognized pioneer in application security, provides SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open-source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deploy and set up test instances and PostgreSQL OR Any databases on-prem on Linux and in the cloud in AWS OR GCP leveraging Docker, Kubernetes, and Jenkins and working heavily in the command-line.
- Troubleshoot deployment issues, test issues, and product issues.
- Develop performance tests using tools such as LoadRunner, DevWeb (JavaScript), Apache Benchmark (ab), and Cypress, and custom tools and scripts written in Python, Perl, Bash, and SQL.
- Monitor, analyze, and use whatever it takes to diagnose issues and bottlenecks and gain insights, including but not limited to: test results, Jenkins logs, application logs, PostgreSQL logs, Docker, Kubernetes, NetData, Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, Datadog, AWS or GCP cloud monitoring, RabbitMQ, custom PostgreSQL OR DBA queries.
- File and track product issues in Jira with sufficient details for developers to reproduce and fix the issues.
- Work closely with engineering teams to investigate and mitigate problems found in testing.
- Improve automation so that more time can be spent analyzing measurements rather than just obtaining them.
- Take ownership of tasks, demonstrate initiative, communicate proactively, learn from mistakes, and continuously improve.
Key Requirements (Must):
- Enjoy performance engineering, are good at it, and have 6+ years of dedicated experience doing it, preferably with complex, containerized, distributed products in the cloud.
- Strong experience with:
o Linux
o Docker and Kubernetes
o GCP and/or AWS
o LoadRunner, JMeter, or other performance testing tools
o Scripting, such as with Bash, Perl, or Python
o Diagnosing bottlenecks in PostgreSQL queries or other relational database queries
o Performance monitoring tools such as New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog
Black Duck Software, Inc.'s standard text
Black Duck is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or military service status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Black Duck complies with all applicable laws prohibiting employment discrimination in every jurisdiction where it operates and provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
Cypress · JavaScript · Jira · PostgreSQL · RabbitMQ · SQL
Rare in Black Duck Software, Inc.'s other 30 open postings.
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Python
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In most of Black Duck Software, Inc.'s ads
CI/CD
Named in most of its open postings, whatever the role.
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The team: R&D Software (GQP) HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 5 open in R&D Software (GQP). 1 was posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in July: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
CI/CD (5 of 5), Docker (5 of 5), AWS (4 of 5), Kubernetes (4 of 5), Linux (4 of 5), RabbitMQ (4 of 5), Azure (3 of 5)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Performance Engineer 2 posted Oct 5
- Software Engineer 4 (Java, Spring boot, Microservices & Cloud) posted Sep 15
- Software Engineer 2 posted Jul 21
- Software Engineer 4 (C#,. Net core, Runtime Profiling, CLR Internals) posted Jul 7
From the team and dates on Black Duck Software, Inc.'s own job board.
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