The Kroger Company is currently looking to hire a Senior Advanced Performance Engineering Manager on a full time, permanent basis. This opportunity offers a flexible hybrid remote/onsite work schedule and will be based out of any of the following locations within the United States: Cincinnati, OH (preferred), Charlotte, NC, Chicago, IL, or Boca Raton, FL.

Title : Senior Advanced Performance Engineering Manager

Location : Hybrid, based out of either Cincinnati, OH (preferred), Charlotte, NC, Chicago, IL, or Boca Raton, FL

Summary :

Manage and lead the performance engineering team for measuring, analyzing, planning and executing production-like simulations across mobile and web solutions and owns the performance and scalability aspects of customer engagement. Lead the strategic performance engineering direction and function as a liaison across the technology and digital organization. Lead and uphold the associate continuous high-performance process. Demonstrate the company s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Responsibilities :

• Manage and lead performance engineering efforts ensuring the applications performance is monitored during performance tests or production usage using APM and other monitoring tools to isolate the fault domain.
• Drive deep into application code and identify root cause of performance issues.
• Provide technical consulting and leadership, identifying and implementing new Performance Tooling that assist business units in meeting their strategic objectives.
• Manage relationship with business stakeholders, ensuring high standards and quality of technical solutions, keeping abreast of latest technology development.
• Establish and maintain performance standard tooling, best practices, and metrics across the technology organization.
• Drive the measuring and reporting of metrics on solution areas and track performance engineering improvements with Maturity Assessments
• Manage team to provide innovative processes to expand reach of performance engineering capabilities.
• Promote and discover new Performance Engineering best practices which ensure successful solutions in production.
• Establish/support communities of practice that enable solution areas to adopt quality best practices.
• Change the thinking of and gain acceptance from others in sensitive situations without damaging relationships.
• Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provides feedback to direct reports.
• Manage offshore team members and drive offshore staffing value.
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree computer science or related information technology field
• Any experience working in an agile software development and management environment.
• 5 years performance testing/engineering experience
• 8 years of experience as a Technology Manager or Performance Engineering Manager with an emphasis on scaling platforms and applications with a strong eye toward the cost to serve.
• Proven understanding of performance tools such as Neoload, JMeter, LoadRunner. (Neoload preferred) or similar industry tools.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to effectively communicate information to all levels of the company.
• Ability to communicate and partner with engineering and product focused teams.
• Ability to attract, retain, and grow people to create a self-organized and high empowered team of technical engineers.
• Proven knowledge of APM products such as Dynatrace, New Relic, AppDynamics. (Dynatrace is preferred) or similar industry tools.

Desired :

• Master's Degree computer science or related information technology field
• Quality Engineer experience

About The Kroger Company:

From one tiny Cincinnati grocery store more than a century ago, we’ve grown into what today is the nation’s largest grocer with nearly 2,800 stores in 35 states operating under 28 different names. As America’s grocer, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit. With a history of innovation, we work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities, AND each other, with food at the heart of it all.

Here, people matter. That’s why we strive to provide the ingredients you need to create your own recipe for success at work and in life. We help feed your future by providing the value and care you need to grow. If you’re caring, purpose-driven and hungry to learn, your potential is unlimited.

Whether you’re seeking a part-time position or a new career path, we’ve got a fresh opportunity for you.

Apply today to become part of our Kroger family!