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Senior Manager - Performance Engineering

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience testing performance, load and chaos for enterprise projects
  • 7+ years of people leadership experience, building and leading high-performing platform engineering teams
  • 5+ years of experience with cloud platforms (Google Cloud, AWS, and/or Azure)
  • Subject matter expertise in performance testing tools such as K6, LoadRunner, JMeter, Gatling, and Gremlin

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement AI-enabled and agentic platforms for performance, load, and chaos testing of Levi's e-Commerce and Retail systems in the cloud and on edge devices
  • Reimagine and develop a greenfield platform to measure performance and resilience and adapt internal systems and tools to measure performance across the enterprise
  • Coordinate with US, India, and LATAM teams to execute performance testing and drive cross-region platform adoption
  • Define and evolve the metrics strategy (e.g., PSI, CrUX) and instrument signals, dashboards, and narratives using monitoring/observability tools to inform leadership decisions

About the company

Levi Strauss & Co. logo

Levi Strauss & Co.

Retail (Super / Hypermarket)

You’re an original. So are we. We’re a company of people who like to forge our own path. We invented the blue jean in 1873, and we reinvented khaki pants in 1986. We pioneered labor and environmental guidelines in manufacturing. And we work to build sustainability into everything we do. We just might be the original startup. Our brands — Levi’s®, Dockers®, Denizen® and Signature by Levi Strauss & Co.™ — stand for freedom and self-expression around the world. And for more than 160 years, we’ve used the strength of our brands to lead with our values and make an outsized impact on the world. There’s plenty of room to make your mark here. We employ more than 15,000 people around the world, and this is a place where everyone contributes to the conversation. Levi Strauss & Co. is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryRetail (Super / Hypermarket)
Company size10001

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Job description

Job Location: Latin America

 

Calling all originals: At Levi Strauss & Co., you can be yourself — and be part of something bigger. We’re a company of people who like to forge our own path and leave the world better than we found it. Who believe that what makes us different makes us stronger. So add your voice. Make an impact. Find your fit — and your future. 

 

About the Job 

  • We are looking for an experienced Senior Manager, Performance Engineering who loves retail and has a passion for delivering best-in-class experiences for consumers and best-in-industry performance engineering platforms, AI Agents, and tools.  

  • The Senior Manager, Performance Engineering will be responsible for designing and implementing AI enabled and agentic platforms and systems for performance, load and chaos testing for our e-Commerce and Retail systems in the cloud and on edge devices. We seek to reimagine a greenfield platform to measure performance and resilience of Levi's digital systems. 

  • This role is LATAM based and will coordinate with and interact regularly with US, India, and Latin America-based teams executing performance, load and chaos testing. 

  • The role involves designing and implementing internal systems and adapting publicly available best-in-breed tools to measure performance and resilience across our enterprise.  

  • These systems support work developed by squads in eCommerce and Retail systems for all global markets.   

 

About You 

  • Experienced Performance Engineering leader with 7+ years’ experience testing performance, load and chaos for enterprise projects 

  • 7+ years of people leadership, including building and leading high-performing platform engineering teams (hiring, coaching, performance management), setting technical direction and delivery standards, and partnering with Product, Engineering, SRE/Operations and QE leaders to drive platform adoption, execution, and measurable outcomes 

  • 5+ years experience in cloud systems – Google Cloud Services, Amazon Web Services, and/or Azure 

  • Subject matter expertise in K6, LoadRunner, JMeter, Gatling, Gremlin and related systems 

  • Exposure to DotCom Monitor and/ Load View for front end performance testing 

  • Deep understanding of web and site performance metrics (including PSI and CrUX) with the ability to evolve the metrics strategy over time—define what to measure, why it matters, and how to instrument, collect, and operationalize signals into narratives that enable leadership decision-making 

  • 2 years+ experience using monitoring and observability tools such as New Relic, Splunk, Noibu, Dynatrace or similar systems 

  • Strong development skills in languages such as C# and Java 

  • Strong curiosity and exploration in the use of GenAI and Agentic AI to partner with human engineers in getting work done in better ways 

  • Demonstrated expertise in platform engineering and platform design, specifically in performance platforms 

  • Proven track record of driving process improvements and implementing scalable performance testing solutions.   

  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data and metrics to interpret monitoring and derive recommendations / actions.  

  • Stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies in Performance Engineering 

  • Comprehensive understanding of Agile, DevOps and Lean Software principles.  

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills 

  • Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent; Masters degree preferred. Demonstrated work experience designing and implementing performance platforms and  automation tools is acceptable in place of education. 

LOCATION

Mexico, D.F., Mexico

FULL TIME/PART TIME

Full time

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