Performance Test Engineer
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Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and execute performance test scripts for API, web, and mobile platforms using JMeter, K6, Gatling, or equivalent tools.
- Define and run load, stress, endurance, and scalability tests to assess system behavior under varying conditions.
- Analyze application performance across frontend, middleware, and backend layers to identify bottlenecks.
- Build realistic workload models and performance baselines aligned with business transactions and traffic patterns.
- Collaborate with development, DevOps, mobile app, and infrastructure teams to identify and resolve performance issues.
- Conduct root-cause and bottleneck analysis and recommend tuning and optimization solutions.
- Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab.
- Use Dynatrace, Grafana, or other APM and observability tools for performance visualization and alerting.
- Track response time, throughput, latency, error rate, and resource-utilization KPIs.
- Prepare and present performance reports and dashboards for leadership and technical stakeholders.
Required Skills & Experience
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on performance testing and engineering experience.
- Strong proficiency with JMeter, K6, Gatling, or equivalent performance testing tools.
- Experience testing API, web, and mobile applications for performance and scalability.
- Understanding of frontend rendering, API latency, and backend throughput analysis.
- Exposure to mobile performance tools such as Firebase Test Lab, BrowserStack, Android Profiler, or Xcode Instruments.
- Experience with CI/CD tools and integrating performance tests into build pipelines.
- Experience with Dynatrace, Grafana, or equivalent observability platforms.
- Familiarity with containerized and cloud environments such as Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and Azure.
- Strong analytical, debugging, and system-tuning skills.
- Excellent communication and reporting abilities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Capacity planning and scalability assessment experience across digital channels is preferred.
- Python, Groovy, or Shell scripting for automation and data correlation is preferred.
- Database performance tuning familiarity, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle, is preferred.
- Performance Testing/Engineering certification, such as JMeter Certified Tester or LoadRunner Professional, is an advantage.
- Ownership, cross-functional collaboration, adaptability, and attention to detail are valued.
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