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Join REEKON Tools, a US based company, as we upgrade the tools professionals use on construction projects big and small! We are looking for an experienced Media Buyer to take full ownership of our paid acquisition across Meta and Google. We make a variety of construction tools and software that we sell online and in stores to customers across the globe.
You will own roughly $1.2-2M in annual ad spend across Meta and Google. This is a hands-on, in-platform role where you will build, test, and optimize campaigns yourself, and you will do it alongside an internal creative team that produces a high volume of video and static assets into a high functioning machine. Your job is to feed that engine, tell the creative team what is working and what to make next, and turn their output into profitable growth. We will primarily be running ads to our own website which is Shopify based.
We are looking for someone who thinks in blended terms rather than platform reported ROAS, who has a real testing methodology rather than a list of hacks, and who is comfortable being the single owner of a budget this size and knows the ins and outs of the industry. Role will focus on media buying but also have touch points and ownership across our marketing stack.
There is large growth potential for this role as we expand the team and expand our marketing operation.
To apply for this role, please apply here and email careers@reekon.tools with a note on why this is a role for you and what you think of REEKON's current active ads. This is a full time on site role in Boston, MA
The Role
- Own day to day management of approximately $1.2M in annual paid spend across Meta and Google (Shopping, Performance Max, Search, and YouTube)
- Build, launch, and optimize campaigns in platform — account structure, budgets, bidding, audiences, and daily pacing
- Run a structured creative testing program with our internal creative team, and brief them on what to produce next based on what the data actually shows
- Report performance against blended MER and contribution margin targets, not just platform reported ROAS
- Manage our product data feeds for Google Shopping and the Meta catalog, including feed quality, titles, and segmentation
- Own tracking accuracy across Meta Pixel and CAPI, Google tags, and GA4, and surface discrepancies before they distort decisions
- Plan and run landing page and offer tests to improve conversion rate
- Help us grow demand creation and not only demand capture
- Create automations for reporting, pacing alerts, and creative trafficking
- Recommend where budget should move, including telling us clearly when we should be spending less
Your Background
- AI mastery - not just using basic LLMs but leveraging new possibilities and rethinking traditional workflows to improve performance and internal operations
- Minimum 4 years of hands on media buying experience with DTC and ecommerce, including at least 2 years with direct personal responsibility for $75-150k per month in spend
- Strong across both Meta and Google.
- Working command of blended metrics (MER, CAC, contribution margin) and a clear view of when platform reported numbers are misleading you
- Solid measurement fundamentals: pixel and CAPI setup, conversion tracking, attribution windows, and the basics of incrementally testing
- Exceptionally strong at creative feedback and partnership with in house team. Writing briefs, diagnosing creative fatigue, and turning results into the next round of assets
- Exceptional written English - grammar, tone, and clarity must be outstanding, as you will be writing briefs and analyses we act on
- Physical product or considered purchase experience is a plus. Construction, tools, or the trades is a significant plus
- Amazon Ads experience is a plus
Join REEKON Tools, a US based company, as we upgrade the tools professionals use on construction projects big and small! We are looking for an experienced Media Buyer to take full ownership of our paid acquisition across Meta and Google. We make a variety of construction tools and software that we sell online and in stores to customers across the globe.
You will own roughly $1.2-2M in annual ad spend across Meta and Google. This is a hands-on, in-platform role where you will build, test, and optimize campaigns yourself, and you will do it alongside an internal creative team that produces a high volume of video and static assets into a high functioning machine. Your job is to feed that engine, tell the creative team what is working and what to make next, and turn their output into profitable growth. We will primarily be running ads to our own website which is Shopify based.
We are looking for someone who thinks in blended terms rather than platform reported ROAS, who has a real testing methodology rather than a list of hacks, and who is comfortable being the single owner of a budget this size and knows the ins and outs of the industry. Role will focus on media buying but also have touch points and ownership across our marketing stack.
There is large growth potential for this role as we expand the team and expand our marketing operation.
To apply for this role, please apply here and email careers@reekon.tools with a note on why this is a role for you and what you think of REEKON's current active ads. This is a full time on site role in Boston, MA
The Role
- Own day to day management of approximately $1.2M in annual paid spend across Meta and Google (Shopping, Performance Max, Search, and YouTube)
- Build, launch, and optimize campaigns in platform — account structure, budgets, bidding, audiences, and daily pacing
- Run a structured creative testing program with our internal creative team, and brief them on what to produce next based on what the data actually shows
- Report performance against blended MER and contribution margin targets, not just platform reported ROAS
- Manage our product data feeds for Google Shopping and the Meta catalog, including feed quality, titles, and segmentation
- Own tracking accuracy across Meta Pixel and CAPI, Google tags, and GA4, and surface discrepancies before they distort decisions
- Plan and run landing page and offer tests to improve conversion rate
- Help us grow demand creation and not only demand capture
- Create automations for reporting, pacing alerts, and creative trafficking
- Recommend where budget should move, including telling us clearly when we should be spending less
Your Background
- AI mastery - not just using basic LLMs but leveraging new possibilities and rethinking traditional workflows to improve performance and internal operations
- Minimum 4 years of hands on media buying experience with DTC and ecommerce, including at least 2 years with direct personal responsibility for $75-150k per month in spend
- Strong across both Meta and Google.
- Working command of blended metrics (MER, CAC, contribution margin) and a clear view of when platform reported numbers are misleading you
- Solid measurement fundamentals: pixel and CAPI setup, conversion tracking, attribution windows, and the basics of incrementally testing
- Exceptionally strong at creative feedback and partnership with in house team. Writing briefs, diagnosing creative fatigue, and turning results into the next round of assets
- Exceptional written English - grammar, tone, and clarity must be outstanding, as you will be writing briefs and analyses we act on
- Physical product or considered purchase experience is a plus. Construction, tools, or the trades is a significant plus
- Amazon Ads experience is a plus
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Who's Hiring
- Clients Blackbox16
- Zone 5 Technologies7
- Google3
- Stellantis3
- Sunrun2
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Manufacturing
- Accounting & Auditing
- Staffing & Recruiting
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in lead performance engineer jobs.
- 5 or more years of performance engineering or site reliability experience
- Proficiency with load testing tools such as JMeter, Gatling, Locust, or k6
- Experience with APM and observability platforms such as Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and cloud infrastructure
- Ability to analyze flame graphs, thread dumps, heap dumps, and profiling data
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Lead Performance Engineer Job Search
Quantify latency and throughput improvements
Hiring managers for lead performance engineers want numbers, not narratives. List the specific p95 or p99 latency reductions, throughput gains, or infrastructure cost savings your work produced. Vague claims like 'improved system performance' get screened out fast.
Highlight your load testing toolchain explicitly
Job postings vary widely between JMeter, Gatling, Locust, and k6, so name the tools you've used and the scale at which you've used them. A resume that lists tools in context, such as simulating 50,000 concurrent users, reads as hands-on experience rather than checkbox familiarity.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists lead performance engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings that name your observability stack
Roles that list Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry by name are signaling a mature observability culture. Filtering for those terms saves you from landing in teams that still rely on ad hoc profiling and lack the instrumentation infrastructure you'd need to do your best work.
Prepare a bottleneck diagnosis walkthrough
Expect at least one technical interview round where you're handed a flame graph, a slow query trace, or a degraded service scenario and asked to diagnose it live. Practice narrating your reasoning aloud as you identify contention points, GC pressure, or thread pool saturation.
Negotiate scope before accepting an offer
Lead performance engineer roles vary enormously in whether you own the testing strategy, contribute to it, or just execute scripts others wrote. Clarify in your final interview whether you'll be setting performance budgets and SLOs or working within constraints already defined by an architect.
Lead Performance Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most lead performance engineers?
The most active employers for lead performance engineers right now are Clients Blackbox, Zone 5 Technologies, and Google, and the most openings are in California, Texas, and Florida, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is strongest at large-scale cloud platforms and financial services firms where high-throughput reliability is a core product requirement.
How many lead performance engineer jobs are remote?
About 82% of lead performance engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the infrastructure-heavy nature of the role. Sub-areas focused on test strategy, observability tooling, and cloud-native load testing tend to be the most remote-friendly, while roles tied to on-premises hardware or embedded systems typically require on-site presence.
How do you become a lead performance engineer?
Start by building a foundation in software engineering or systems administration, then specialize by learning load testing frameworks and profiling tools in depth. Contribute to performance initiatives on production systems, document measurable outcomes, and progress toward owning performance strategy for a service or platform. Certifications in cloud platforms and familiarity with observability stacks strengthen your profile for lead-level roles.
How do you get hired as a lead performance engineer with little experience?
Focus on demonstrating hands-on work rather than titles. Build a portfolio of performance tests you've written, share load test scripts on a public repository, and document a real bottleneck you identified and resolved, even in a personal or open-source project. Many engineers enter the specialization from adjacent roles in QA automation or backend development by proactively picking up performance work within their current team.
What does the lead performance engineer interview process look like?
Most processes include an initial screening call, a technical phone interview covering distributed systems concepts, and at least one hands-on round where you analyze a degraded system scenario or write a load test against a sample service. Final rounds often involve a system design discussion focused on capacity planning and SLO definition, plus a conversation with engineering leadership about your approach to building a performance testing culture.
Where can I find and apply to lead performance engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to lead performance engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience and specialization, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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