Web Performance Engineer

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Web Performance Engineer who ensures optimal speed and responsiveness across web, iOS, and Android platforms by defining and maintaining performance budgets and KPIs. They monitor real-time and synthetic performance data to identify issues, trends, and opportunities for improvement. This role involves troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for slowdowns across frontend, backend, and network layers. The engineer partners with product and engineering teams to build efficient, fast-loading pages and screens while improving caching, content delivery, and asset-loading strategies. They perform performance testing and profiling using tools like Lighthouse, WebPageTest, and platform-specific profilers, and collaborate with API, CDN, and backend teams to enhance overall responsiveness. Additionally, they contribute to automation, observability, and performance-focused CI / CD processes while sharing best practices and recommending tools and architectural improvements.

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Skills and Requirements

• 7+ years experience as a frontend performance engineer
• Experience with RUM data ( Real User Monitoring data)
• Experience identifying findings, delivering a solution, and rolling out to production
• Strong understanding of essential performance metrics and core web vitals (page load, responsiveness, app startup time, frame rate, stability)
• Experience with debugging tools : Chrome DevTools, Lighthouse, WebPageTest
• Working knowledge of modern web technologies and native mobile app architectures ( how you drive change ) .
• Experience with CDNs, caching strategies, and cloud environments (AWS preferred).
• Comfortable working with logs, monitoring tools, and observability platforms.
• Experience supporting high-traffic ecommerce or similarly large customer-facing systems - Xcode Instruments
• Experience with web architecture and devops
• Android Studio Profilers
• Mobile or platform experience
• Familiarity with CI / CD pipelines and performance automation.
• Leveraging AI for web performance
• Python

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