senior staff performance engineer

Designing comprehensive performance testing strategies, leading initiatives, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure system reliability, scalability, and responsiveness across applications

Conduct thorough performance assessments, including load testing, stress testing, and capacity planning, to identify system bottlenecks and areas for improvement.

Work closely with development and operations teams to Identifying key performance indicators (KPIs) and establishing benchmarks, monitoring solutions, and dashboards that provide real-time insights into system performance.

Architect and implement scalable testing frameworks for performance, and data validation, focusing on AI and Generative AI applications.

Lead the troubleshooting and resolution of complex performance-related issues in QA, Staging, Pre-production and/or Production environments.

Provide guidance and mentorship to junior QA engineers, fostering a culture of quality and continuous learning.

Utilize industry-standard performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling) to simulate real-world scenarios and measure system performance, staying current with emerging tools and technologies in the performance testing space.

Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams to integrate performance testing into the continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes, providing guidance and support to team members on performance testing best practices.

Analyze the CPU Utilization, Memory usage, Network usage, Garbage Collection to verify the performance of the applications.

Generate performance graphs, session reports, and other related documentation required for validation and analysis.

Create comprehensive performance test documentation, including test plans, test scripts, and performance analysis reports, effectively communicating performance testing results and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.

12+ years of experience in performance testing and engineering, with a strong understanding of performance testing methodologies and tools.

Proficiency in performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or Gatling.

Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Javascript, Java.

Extensive experience with cloud technologies and platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).