Lead Analyst - Performance Testing

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Position Description:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Test Engineer Performance Testing who will play a key role in assessing and optimizing the performance, scalability, and reliability of software products, particularly in cloud-native and microservices environments. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in performance testing tools, cloud infrastructure, and monitoring solutions with a solid understanding of application architecture and DevOps practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and execute performance, load, stress, and scalability tests for applications, APIs, and microservices hosted on cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (development, DevOps, product) to understand architecture and system flows, and identify performance bottlenecks early
• Create and maintain performance test scripts using tools like JMeter (preferred), LoadRunner, or Gatling
• Analyze system performance using tools such as Grafana, Kibana, and Dynatrace to identify trends, bottlenecks, and areas of concern
• Build and enhance performance test frameworks and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines (eg, Jenkins, Azure DevOps)
• Simulate real-world scenarios to validate application performance under various loads and across environments
• Interpret performance results, correlate metrics, and provide actionable insights and recommendations to improve application responsiveness and stability
• Work in Agile teams, contributing to sprint planning and product release cycles with a performance-first mindset
• Document performance test strategies, scenarios, execution results, and reports for stakeholders
• Collaborate on performance tuning at all layers frontend, middleware, backend, database, and network infrastructure

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in performance engineering and testing
• Strong proficiency in scripting languages such as C#, JavaScript, or C, and sound OOPs concepts
• Hands-on experience in SQL Server for performance testing DB-intensive operations
• Experience in testing distributed cloud applications and understanding cloud-native architecture impacts on performance
• Strong exposure to microservices performance testing, service-level validation, and throughput/latency analysis
• Experience in CI/CD pipelines and automation of performance tests in release workflows
• Familiarity with product testing lifecycle in Agile environments and understanding of DevOps practices
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills
• Effective communication and documentation skills to share findings with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience in performance optimization and working closely with development/infra teams for resolution