Senior Performance Test Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Senior Performance Test Engineer to join our team and drive performance testing initiatives across complex projects. In this role, you will design and execute robust performance test strategies, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and leverage modern monitoring tools to ensure the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of business-critical applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and author performance test plans aligned with project objectives
• Design peak workload models based on historical usage data and logs
• Collaborate with stakeholders to negotiate response time requirements
• Evaluate and recommend the rightsizing of performance test environments
• Analyse application risk profiles and align them with performance test objectives
• Translate objectives into test types and monitoring strategies
• Build performance test harnesses using tools such as LoadRunner, JMeter, and BlazeMeter
• Oversee test execution, ensuring accuracy and reliability of results
• Prepare and publish customized reports tailored to technical teams or senior management
• Support root cause analysis activities in both production and non-production environments

Requirements

• 6-10 years of experience in performance test engineering
• Expertise in Apache JMeter for building and executing performance test harnesses
• Proficiency in at least one advanced monitoring tool such as Dynatrace, Datadog, or Grafana with end-to-end setup capability
• Familiarity with Splunk and Syndigo for observability and monitoring
• Background in designing peak workload models based on historical usage data and logs
• Skills in analysing application risk profiles and translating objectives into test types and monitoring strategies
• Competency in rightsizing performance test environments and negotiating response time requirements with stakeholders
• Capability to lead root cause analysis in production and non-production environments
• Understanding of how to prepare and deliver customized reports for both technical and executive audiences
• Proficiency in English at an Upper-Intermediate level (B2) or higher