Senior Software Engineer

1 month ago

San Francisco, California, United States Ripple Full time

At Ripple, we're building a world where value moves like information does today. It's big, it's bold, and we're already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.

If you're ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.


THE WORK:

We are looking for a Senior Performance Engineer to join a growing team that is in charge of performance, scalability and reliability of the XRPL network You will work closely with developers, scientists, DevOps and other members in the performance team to gain deep knowledge on software's design; use cases and its data flow, model realistic load profiles and conduct comprehensive performance testing and tuning on products and features we deliver as a team to the XRPL community. The ideal candidate should already have past experience with performance engineering, be passionate about problem-solving, possess strong analytical and logical thinking skills and be very detail oriented.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

  • Work with teams across the organization in acquiring performance requirements and load forecast metrics
  • Participate in the full software release lifecycle, from software design and development to the deployment of the products
  • Design performance testing load model and the associated test data to realistically simulate the load in the lab environment
  • Develop comprehensive load simulators and all critical tools required for the setup and testing
  • Conduct iterative performance testing; bottleneck detecting/removing; code profiling and comprehensive tunings at all levels (OS, network, software and database)
  • Develop performance monitoring dashboard or tools for effective monitoring during testing
  • Collect test results; conduct detailed analysis and generate test report
  • Work with DevOps to ensure the product's readiness for production environment
  • Continuously raise our standard of engineering excellence by proactively looking out for problematic signs that may affect product's performance and/or reliability

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, or similar demonstrated experience
  • Familiarity with Linux shells; understanding of OS components; networking; web protocols and database operations
  • 2+ years hands-on experience in performance engineering including load development in Apache JMeter or other load testing tool(s)
  • Proficient with at least one Object-Oriented programming language; strong computer science understandings in OS, networking, parallel programming and web-facing technologies
  • Familiar with Linux/Unix shell environment and programming
  • Intellectually curious, committed, problem-motivated, and persistent; you are not easily satisfied with hypothetical explanation but motivated to find the root cause
  • Excellent interpersonal skills in both verbal and written
  • You succeed with autonomy, responsibility, and ownership over your work, end-to-end
  • A positive affect and passion for sharing knowledge within your team and organization
  • Attention to detail and a dedication to excellence

Other common names for this role: Software Engineering, Performance Engineering, blockchain performance, distributed systems engineer


WHO WE ARE:

Do Your Best Work

  • The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
  • A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
  • Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
  • In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
  • Weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
  • We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more

Take Control of Your Finances

  • Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
  • Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
  • Employee giving match
  • Mobile phone stipend

Take Care of Yourself

  • R&R days so you can rest and recharge
  • Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
  • Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
  • Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
  • Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events

Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.

Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.

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