Software Development Engineer – Performance & Reliability

About the role

Join AVEVA’s engineering team to build and scale the performance backbone of a cutting‑edge industrial IoT cloud platform. You will own the enterprise‑grade performance testing framework, ensuring reliable operation at massive scale across distributed microservices.

Key responsibilities

• Own and evolve the k6‑based Performance, Scalability & Reliability (PSR) framework, including test architecture, authentication, scenario builders, and reporting.
• Design and execute large‑scale load, soak, stress, and spike tests against distributed microservice architectures.
• Develop AI‑driven workflows that automate test generation, execution, and intelligent result analysis using LLM‑powered agents.
• Integrate and maintain automated performance pipelines in Azure DevOps with quality gates and stage‑based reporting.
• Provide technical consultancy and mentorship to offshore PSR teams and internal development groups.

Required profile

• Minimum 6 years of software development in test experience.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript with at least 2 years of hands‑on k6 experience.
• Proven ability to test large‑scale distributed systems with 1,000+ concurrent virtual users.
• Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or equivalent).
• Solid understanding of REST, HTTP/2, and gRPC API testing under load.

Required skills

• TypeScript
• JavaScript
• k6 performance testing tool
• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions
• REST, HTTP/2, gRPC
• Azure cloud platform
• OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
• CI/CD pipeline design
• Grafana, Application Insights, OpenTelemetry
• AI agent pipelines and LLM integrations (desired)

What we offer

• Competitive salary range $92,300 – $153,900 per year.
• Hybrid work model with flexibility.
• Comprehensive benefits package.