Performance Engineer

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Job description

Description - External

Your team responsibilities

Sharing the work pipeline ownership across the team, you will have the possibility to influence technologies, architectures, standards, to initiate discussions or even projects. You will interact with multiple local and remote groups across the firm acting as your clients or service providers.

What we will offer you: Depending on your location of your role, you can expect…

• Competitive fixed and variable compensation, holiday/vacation allowance and retirement savings plans/pensions
• A wide range of benefits including - healthcare, dental plans, risk insurances and (location dependent) - cycle-to-work schemes, gym benefits, retail discounts
• A hybrid work environment, for the vast majority of employees, offering a more progressive way of working to give you the flexibility, accountability, and responsibility to empower you to perform at your very best. At the center of this way of working is a culture which is built on a strong foundation of trust. We trust our people and they trust our organization's leaders to support them.
• An inclusive and performance driven culture where you are empowered to maximize your potential in an environment where all individuals are respected and encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work
• A purposeful approach to Wellbeing to provide you with all the resources you need to be your best at work and in your personal life. Our Here For You Employee Assistance Program provides confidential emotional support with local experts, financial and legal advice in a wide range of issues as well as access to online information, resources and tools. All the services are available for our employees free of charge.

Your key responsibilities

• Work on the performance and scale characterization and targeted enhancements for the next generation of MSCI cloud-based analytics solutions.
• Provides input to architectural & design decisions to improve Performance & ensure resilience, scalability, maintainability & overall operational stability of the MSCI Analytics Platform.
• Designs & develops performance test frameworks for performance engineers & software engineers to utilize as part of delivery pipeline. Establish performance baselines, guidelines & non-functional requirements for the MSCI Analytics Platform including establishment of frameworks to measure & validate Performance
• Researches & makes recommendations around new technologies & Performance related tools & techniques. Work with Internal & external teams to clearly articulate & drive resolution on performance analysis, tuning & preventing degradation of the customer experience
• Designs & executes Load, Stress, Endurance & Capacity tests, analyze & converts results into actionable improvements across development squads. Implements Performance Engineering discipline standards & best practices, and work with product squads to apply these in-sprint
• Participates in Performance & scalability focused incident & problem management activities & resolving root cause of performance related problems, through tuning, recommending configuration changes, or refactoring application software to resolve poor performance
• Reviews all system architecture changes & assesses performance, scalability & system capacity impacts. Delivers artifacts, technical alternative documents & architectural designs that meet business Performance requirements.
• Performance analysis to identify bottlenecks & design appropriate optimizations
• Collaborate with operations in finding root cause and reduce MTTR for Performance, scalability related issues
• Use tools for metrics, monitoring, and results analysis using Grafana, Azure Log Analytics, Power BI, and the Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK) stack

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

• Formal training in software engineering, technology or any quantitative field. Experience in performance engineering or related role in finance or IT industry
• Experience with CI/CD capable performance test frameworks. Advanced with micro service-based architectures & operations in a heterogeneous environment
• 3+ years of hands on experience with Kubernetes and Docker. 3+ years of hands on experience Microsoft Azure (or equivalent AWS/GCP) and Azure DevOps
• Good understanding of storage, including distributed, cloud, and software-defined storage. Good skills with Bash, Python, Terraform and the Linux command line
• Understanding SDLC, DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines. Familiarity with software development (Java, JavaScript)
• Outstanding problem solving and communication skills. Ability and willingness to learn quickly and work well with others
• Good English language skills

How we'll support you

• Coaching, support and encouragement from experts in your team
• Access to a wide range of learning opportunities to support your growth and development
• Customizable learning journeys to help you navigate your professional development
• Transparent performance-based compensation schemes
• Employee Resource Groups such as MSCI Pride, Black Leadership Network, Women's Leadership Forum, Women in Tech, Asian Support Network, All Abilities and Climate Action Groups.

About MSCI and our teams

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

Our values define the working environment we strive to create. We are inclusive, we champion bold ideas, we always pursue excellence, and always act with integrity. Personal accountability and responsibility are key to success, and we always work as a team to remain client centric.

At MSCI diversity is at our core and inclusion defines our culture. Our people are empowered to maximize their potential in an environment where all individuals are respected and encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work. We work, learn and grow together and we are committed to hiring and promoting qualified women, ethnic minorities and members of the LGBT+ community candidates, who have historically been underrepresented in financial services.

To learn more about life at MSCI please visit or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Glassdoor.

To all recruitment agencies : MSCI does not accept unsolicited CVs/Resumes. Please do not forward CVs/Resumes to any MSCI employee, location or website. MSCI is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CVs/Resumes.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce. It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected pregnancy/maternity leave), veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.