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Principal Engineer (GCP)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in Performance Engineering, Performance Testing, or Application Performance Optimization.
  • Expert-level experience designing and executing enterprise-scale performance testing strategies.
  • Deep expertise with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including cloud observability, monitoring, and performance optimization.
  • Strong understanding of distributed cloud-native architectures, microservices, REST APIs, and containerized applications.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the performance engineering strategy for cloud-native applications hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Analyze and optimize application performance across microservices, APIs, databases, and high-volume transaction workflows.
  • Design, execute, and oversee performance, load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing using industry-leading tools.
  • Lead and mentor a team of 4–5 Performance Engineers, establishing best practices, technical standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.

About the company

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Endava

IT Services & IT Consulting

Endava is reimagining the relationship between people and technology. We have helped some of the world’s leading Payments, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Media, Technology, Consumer Products, Retail, Mobility, and Healthcare companies accelerate their ability to take advantage of new business models and market opportunities. By ideating and delivering dynamic platforms and intelligent digital experiences, we help our clients fuel the rapid, ongoing transformation of their business. By leveraging next-generation technologies, our agile, multi-disciplinary teams provide a combination of Product & Technology Strategies, Intelligent Experiences, and World Class Engineering to help our clients become more engaging, responsive, and efficient. Endava has 11,761 people as of September 30, 2023, located in the European Union: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden; Non-European Union: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Moldova, North Macedonia, Serbia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom; North America: Canada and the United States; Latin America: Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay; Asia Pacific: Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam; Middle East: United Arab Emirates.Along with investing in long-term customer relationships, Endava recognises the importance of providing rewarding and challenging careers for our people and, by doing so, has established itself as the employer of choice in certain regions.

Company details

IndustryIT Services & IT Consulting
Company size10001

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Job description

Company Description

Technology is our how. And people are our why. For over two decades, we have been harnessing technology to drive meaningful change.
 
By combining world-class engineering, industry expertise and a people-centric mindset, we consult and partner with leading brands from various industries to create dynamic platforms and intelligent digital experiences that drive innovation and transform businesses.
 
From prototype to real-world impact - be part of a global shift by doing work that matters.

Job Description

  • Define and drive the performance engineering strategy for cloud-native applications hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Serve as the subject matter expert for application performance, scalability, and observability across distributed systems.
  • Analyze and optimize application performance across microservices, APIs, databases, and high-volume transaction workflows.
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks impacting user experience, including patient data retrieval, historical data loading, and real-time clinical workflows.
  • Design, execute, and oversee performance, load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing using industry-leading tools.
  • Leverage statistical analysis and performance metrics to identify trends, forecast system behavior, and provide actionable recommendations.
  • Collaborate with software engineering, architecture, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), database, and infrastructure teams to implement performance improvements.
  • Lead and mentor a team of 4–5 Performance Engineers, establishing best practices, technical standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Drive performance testing automation and integration within CI/CD pipelines.
  • Present performance assessments, risks, capacity planning recommendations, and optimization strategies to technical leadership and executive stakeholders.
  • Champion a performance-first engineering culture throughout the software development lifecycle.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in Performance Engineering, Performance Testing, or Application Performance Optimization.
  • Expert-level experience designing and executing enterprise-scale performance testing strategies.
  • Deep expertise with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including cloud observability, monitoring, and performance optimization.
  • Strong understanding of distributed cloud-native architectures, microservices, REST APIs, and containerized applications.
  • Experience analyzing application performance across databases, application servers, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Hands-on experience with one or more performance testing tools such as:
    • OpenText LoadRunner Enterprise (LRE)
    • Apache JMeter
    • Gatling
  • Strong knowledge of performance monitoring and observability platforms.
  • Experience interpreting large performance datasets and applying statistical analysis to identify trends and capacity constraints.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical findings to both engineering teams and executive leadership.
  • Proven experience leading and mentoring technical teams in fast-paced, high-availability environments.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting healthcare, life sciences, financial services, or other highly regulated industries.
  • Experience optimizing applications running on Google Cloud services, including Cloud Spanner.
  • Knowledge of Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native deployment patterns.
  • Experience implementing performance testing within CI/CD pipelines.
  • Familiarity with modern observability platforms such as Google Cloud Operations Suite, Dynatrace, New Relic, AppDynamics, or Grafana.
  • Experience with capacity planning, resiliency testing, and production performance monitoring.

Additional Information

Discover some of the global benefits that empower our people to become the best version of themselves:

  • Finance: Competitive salary package, share plan, company performance bonuses, value-based recognition awards, referral bonus;   
  • Career Development: Career coaching, global career opportunities, non-linear career paths, internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;
  • Learning Opportunities: Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, certifications, coaching, online learning platforms subscriptions, pass-it-on sessions, workshops, conferences;
  • Work-Life Balance: Hybrid work and flexible working hours, employee assistance programme;
  • Health: Global internal wellbeing programme, access to wellbeing apps;
  • Community: Global internal tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, inclusion and diversity programmes, events and celebrations.

Additional Employee Requirements  

  • Participation in both internal meetings and external meetings via video calls, as necessary. 
  • Ability to go into corporate or client offices to work onsite, as necessary. 
  • Prolonged periods of remaining stationary at a desk and working on a computer, as necessary. 
  • Ability to bend, kneel, crouch, and reach overhead, as necessary. 
  • Hand-eye coordination necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment, as necessary. 
  • Vision abilities including close vision, toleration of fluorescent lighting, and adjusting focus, as necessary. 
  • For positions that require business travel and/or event attendance, ability to lift 25 lbs, as necessary. 
  • For positions that require business travel and/or event attendance, a valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record are required, as driving is an essential job function.

*If requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees requiring accommodations to perform the essential functions of their jobs, absent undue hardship.   

USA Benefits (Full time roles only, does not apply to contractor positions)

  • Robust healthcare and benefits including Medical, Dental, vision, Disability coverage, and various other benefit options  
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical, Transit, and Dependent Care)  
  • Employer Paid Life Insurance and AD&D Coverages  
  • Health Savings account paired with our low-cost High Deductible Medical Plan  
  • 401(k) Safe Harbor Retirement plan with employer match with immediately vest   

At Endava, we’re committed to creating an open, inclusive, and respectful environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to be their best. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives—because we know that inclusive teams help us deliver smarter, more innovative solutions for our customers. Hiring decisions are based on merit, skills, qualifications, and potential. If you need adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know.

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