Senior Performance Test Engineer
Relevant Experience: 3- 4 years of experience
About the Role:
- We are seeking a passionate and detail-oriented Performance Engineer to join our QA team. will be responsible to design, execute, and analyze performance tests to ensure our applications are scalable, stable, and reliable under different loads.
- Position Description:
- Design, develop, and execute performance test plans, scripts, and scenarios using tools like LoadRunner, JMeter, Gatling, or K6.
- Perform load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing across web, mobile, and API layers.
- Analyze system performance metrics (CPU, memory, network, response time, throughput) and identify bottlenecks across application, database, and infrastructure layers.
- Collaborate with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to optimize application performance and scalability.
- Establish performance baselines and benchmark metrics for critical business flows.
- Contribute to CI/CD integration of performance tests (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps).
- Provide detailed test reports and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Utilize monitoring and profiling tools (e.g., Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Grafana, Prometheus, New Relic) to assess performance under load.
- Participate in capacity planning and performance tuning exercises.
- Support root cause analysis (RCA) for production performance incidents
Duties and responsibilities:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- 3–4 years of experience in performance testing and engineering.
- Hands-on experience with one or more performance testing tools: JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, Gatling, or K6.
- Strong understanding of HTTP, REST APIs, SQL/NoSQL databases, and application server tuning.
- Familiarity with profiling tools and APM solutions (Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Grafana, etc.).
- Proficient in scripting (Python, Groovy, Java, or JavaScript) for custom load scenarios.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills