Performance Engineer

Who is Volkswagen Financial Services?

It's been more than 70 years since Volkswagen Financial Services AG financed the first Volkswagen vehicles in Germany in 1949. A lot has changed since then, but our core goal hasn't; ensuring we meet the mobility needs of the people.

Volkswagen Financial Services today operates in 48 markets through its various subsidiaries, shareholdings, and joint ventures. Volkswagen Financial Services is the largest provider of automotive financial services worldwide.

At VWFS Porto, we are proud to foster a gender-equal workplace, where diversity is celebrated, and every individual is provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed.

Objectives:

As a member of the VWFS Porto Test Team, you will support the delivery of performance testing services across market projects, helping to ensure product quality from a non-functional perspective. Working alongside experienced performance engineers, you will contribute to the creation and execution of performance tests, maintenance of test assets, monitoring of test executions, and continuous improvement of performance testing practices, tools, and ways of working.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Support the development of performance test plans that outline scope, objectives, resources, schedules, and methods to be used
• Basic understanding the concept of performance testing tools and frameworks
• Support the development and execution of performance tests on behalf of market projects.
• Monitor test executions and assist in documenting test results.
• Providing continuous maintenance of test sets for all engaged markets

Level of decision-making power/authorization:

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of performance testing practices.
• Contribute to the evaluation of new tools and methods.

We believe that the right profile for this job should have / be:

• Bachelor or master’s degree in informatics, computer science or comparable
• An enthusiastic in performance test principles, with some experience in building and delivering solutions or development
• Knowledge in performance testing tools such as; Artillery.io, LoadRunner, JMeter, or similar
• Understanding the concept and basic using application lifecycle management tools (JIRA) and version control systems (GIT)
• Enjoy working in an international team/ project team
• degree of initiative, responsibility, assertiveness, and willingness to travel
• Positive and team-minded person with excellent communication and presentation skills
• Speaks & writes English fluently

What we Offer:

• Long-term contract.
• Competitive package including private health insurance, life insurance and meal allowance (pay by meal card).
• Bonuses and benefits depending on performance
• Schooling allowance and pension scheme
• Incredible and unique annual company events
• Opportunity to work on an international project and be part of multicultural and multidisciplinary team
• Solid performance evaluation and career management methodologies
• Continuous training – technical and behavioural development