Senior Manager, Performance Engineering- Cortex

Senior Manager, Performance Engineering- Cortex Join to apply for the Senior Manager, Performance Engineering- Cortex role at Jobs via Dice Job Description We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Manager, Performance Engineering to lead our global performance engineering organization. This role will drive strategy, execution, and innovation in performance testing, benchmarking, capacity planning, and system optimization for large-scale, distributed cloud platforms. The successful candidate will build and lead a high-performing team that partners with engineering, product, DevOps, and architecture groups to ensure our products meet and exceed customer expectations for speed, scalability, resiliency, and efficiency. Responsibilities Leadership & Strategy Define and execute the performance engineering strategy across products, platforms, and services. Establish key performance metrics, SLAs, and success criteria aligned with customer and business needs. Build and scale a global team of performance engineers, fostering innovation, accountability, and excellence. Engineering & Execution Oversee the design and development of performance test frameworks, automation tools, and simulation environments for end-to-end system testing. Drive benchmarking and profiling of distributed systems under realistic load and stress scenarios. Collaborate with engineering and architecture teams to identify bottlenecks and provide tuning recommendations for backend, frontend, APIs, databases, and infrastructure. Ensure performance engineering is integrated early in the SDLC ("shift-left" approach). Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner with product management and architects to define scalability goals and capacity models. Work with DevOps/SRE to ensure production readiness, observability, and monitoring align with performance standards. Provide leadership in incident investigations involving performance and scalability issues in production. Innovation & Continuous Improvement Champion performance best practices, methodologies, and metrics across the organization. Introduce AI-driven performance insights, predictive modeling, and automated anomaly detection. Continuously evaluate emerging tools, technologies, and practices to evolve the performance engineering strategy. Qualifications Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). 10+ years of experience in software engineering or quality engineering, with at least 5 years in performance engineering. 5+ years of experience managing and scaling high-performing engineering teams. Strong expertise in distributed systems, microservices, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform), and container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker). Proficiency in performance tools and frameworks (e.g., JMeter, Gatling, Locust, k6, LoadRunner, custom frameworks). Deep understanding of system profiling, database tuning, caching, and network optimization. Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills. Experience introducing innovative approaches (e.g., ML/AI-driven performance analysis, chaos engineering). Why Join Us Opportunity to lead a critical function that impacts customer experience and business growth. Work on cutting-edge cloud-scale challenges with a talented global team. Drive innovation in performance engineering, automation, and AI-driven insights. Collaborate with leaders across engineering, product, and operations to shape the future of our platform. Additional Information All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us. Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Employment type: Full-time Job function: Research, Analyst, and Information Technology Industries: Software Development #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-09-17