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Manager, Performance and Test Engineering

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in Quality Engineering, Performance Engineering, SDET leadership, or related fields
  • 3+ years leading or managing high-performing engineering teams (SDET or performance-focused)
  • Strong hands-on understanding of performance engineering: profiling, benchmarking, systems analysis, test design, and result interpretation
  • Deep experience with modern test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Selenium, API automation)

Responsibilities

  • Build and lead a high-performing team of Performance Engineers and SDETs; define the vision and roadmap for performance engineering, load testing, and automated testing across BambooHR’s product ecosystem; drive a unified quality engineering strategy that blends performance, reliability, observability, and automation; mentor and develop engineers; create growth paths and culture of accountability, innovation, and craftsmanship.
  • Own the performance engineering discipline, including system-level performance, scalability, latency, and capacity modeling; oversee load, stress, and chaos/performance experiments aligned to product SLAs and SLOs; partner with Platform and DevEx Engineering to strengthen observability tooling, metrics, and dashboards; build frameworks and processes to proactively detect performance issues before they reach production.
  • Lead development of scalable, maintainable test automation frameworks for UI, API, and integration testing; evolve testing practices to shift-left quality signals into CI/CD pipelines; establish standards for test coverage, automation ROI, and quality metrics; collaborate with engineering teams to embed automated quality practices into daily workflows.
  • Partner with Engineering to ensure performance and automation platforms integrate seamlessly into development ecosystems; work with Product Management to define performance requirements, benchmarks, and quality gates; Coordinate with SRE/Platform teams to align on capacity planning, infrastructure improvements, and production insights.

About the company

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BambooHR

Computer Software / SaaS

Serving more than 26,000 customers and 2,500,000 employees, BambooHR is the leading software provider powering the strategic evolution of HR in small and medium businesses. BambooHR's cloud-based system is an intuitive, affordable way for growing companies to manage essential employee information in a personalized Human Resources Information System (HRIS). Its software sets HR free to do great work and be more strategic, which helps the entire organization do the same. BambooHR's clients include innovators like SoundCloud, Foursquare, Freshbooks, Stance, Reddit, Magnolia Homes, and others in more than 100 countries and 8 languages worldwide. To find out more, visit bamboohr.com or follow on Twitter at @bamboohr.

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryComputer Software / SaaS
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

Please Note: This is a remote position available in the state listed on this job. Additionally, employment with BambooHR is contingent on passing both a background and credit check. 

Essential Job Duties

The Manager, Performance & Test Engineering will lead BambooHR’s Performance Test Engineering, Load & Stress Testing, and Test Automation (SDET) functions. This leader will develop and execute a long-term strategy for performance validation, observability-driven testing, automation frameworks, and scalable quality engineering practices.

This role partners closely with Engineering, Architecture, Product, and Platform Engineering to ensure our platform is reliable, performant, observable, and backed by robust automated quality signals.

You will:

Leadership & Strategy

  • Build and lead a high-performing team of Performance Engineers and SDETs.
  • Define the vision and roadmap for performance engineering, load testing, and automated testing across BambooHR’s product ecosystem.
  • Drive a unified quality engineering strategy that blends performance, reliability, observability, and automation.
  • Mentor and develop engineers, creating growth paths and fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and craftsmanship.

Performance Engineering & Observability

  • Own the performance engineering discipline, including system-level performance, scalability, latency, and capacity modeling.
  • Oversee load, stress, and chaos/performance experiments aligned to product SLAs and SLOs.
  • Partner with Platform and DevEx Engineering to strengthen observability tooling, metrics, and dashboards.
  • Build frameworks and processes to proactively detect performance issues before they reach production.

Test Automation & Quality Frameworks

  • Lead development of scalable, maintainable test automation frameworks for UI, API, and integration testing.
  • Evolve testing practices to shift-left quality signals into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Establish standards for test coverage, automation ROI, and quality metrics.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to embed automated quality practices into daily workflows.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner with Engineering to ensure performance and automation platforms integrate seamlessly into development ecosystems.
  • Work with Product Management to define performance requirements, benchmarks, and quality gates.
  • Coordinate with SRE/Platform teams to align on capacity planning, infrastructure improvements, and production insights.

What You Need to Get the Job Done

  • 7+ years in Quality Engineering, Performance Engineering, SDET leadership, or related fields.
  • 3+ years leading or managing high-performing engineering teams (SDET or performance-focused).
  • Strong hands-on understanding of performance engineering: profiling, benchmarking, systems analysis, test design, and result interpretation.
  • Deep experience with modern test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Selenium, API automation).
  • Solid understanding of observability practices (metrics, logs, traces) and tools (e.g., Datadog, Rollbar, Grafana, etc…).
  • Experience building automated quality signals into CI/CD pipelines.
  • AI at BambooHR: At BambooHR, we believe in leveraging cutting-edge technology to empower people and transform HR. We're actively integrating AI into our solutions and workflows to enhance efficiency and drive innovation. To that end, we're looking to our existing team members and future hires to share this forward-thinking mindset: individuals who are curious about AI's potential, eager to learn and adapt, and ready to explore how intelligent tools can elevate their work along with BambooHR's impact on setting people free to do great work. Join us in reimagining the future of HR! 

What Will Make Us REALLY Love You 

  • Experience with distributed systems and cloud-native architectures (AWS preferred).
  • Experience driving culture change toward “shift-left” quality engineering.
  • Exposure to reliability practices (SLOs, error budgets, resilience testing).
  • Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence across teams.

What You'll Love About Us

  • A Great Company Culture that has been recognized by multiple organizations like Inc, and Salt Lake Tribune
  • Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance 
  • Generous leave policies that include 4 weeks of vacation, 12 company holidays, parental leave, and volunteer time off so you can enjoy quality of life
  • 401k plans with up to 6% company match
  • $2000 Paid-Paid Vacation bonus
  • EAP through Headspace
  • Check out all our benefits that benefit you 

 

About Us

At BambooHR, we're building something different: we're building a people intelligence platform that transforms HR and sets people free to do great work! We're a proven market leader driving innovation while building lasting success through thoughtful, sustainable growth. Here, you'll find a place that champions growth: both professional and personal, both individual and collective. 

We invest in potential, giving you the space to stretch your capabilities and turn good ideas into reality while providing the safety net of a supportive, values-driven culture. Our approach combines meaningful work with meaningful lives, offering competitive benefits, professional development, and the flexibility to thrive both in and outside the office. 

What sets us apart isn't just what we do, but how we do it: with openness, integrity, and a shared commitment to doing the right thing. Join us in creating HR software that makes work better for everyone, while we make work better for you.

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