Performance Engineer

Job Description for Performance Engineer

Responsibilities

What will you contribute

As a Performance Engineer you will working in Large Enterprise Group of Payments BU and will be responsible to ensure the high performance and scalability of our software products. The Performance Engineer will work closely with the development team to analyze bottlenecks in the performance of the product and work on the improving the design and execute performance tests, analyze test results, and provide recommendations to further improve performance. The ideal candidate should be experienced in performance testing methodologies, have a deep understanding of performance metrics, and the ability to identify and recommend solutions to performance issues.

Responsibilities & Deliverables

• Evaluate the speed, reliability, and scalability of the product.
• Analyzing test results and creating detailed reports on system performance.
• Identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks in the system.
• Working closely with software developers and architects to optimize system performance.
• Defect fixing is required after identifying the issues
• Implementing performance monitoring tools to detect and troubleshoot system performance issues.
• Developing strategies and plans to improve system performance.
• Providing advice and guidance on system performance to project teams and stakeholders.
• Documenting the performance-related processes, issues, and solutions for future reference.
• Staying updated on the latest industry trends and technologies related to system performance.
• Collaborate with Performance testers and Test architects to design comprehensive performance testing suite.
• Work with Product Management to define and add tasks & SLAs to product roadmap for achieving improvement.

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum of 7 years overall IT experience.
• Proven experience as a Performance Engineer or in a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of performance testing tools and methodologies i.e. Jmeter, jprofiler, gatling, stress/endurance/chaos testing

Technical Skills

• Core Java
• Hibernate, JPA, JTA
• Spring, XMLBeans
• Web Services, XML, XSD, REST services
• Microservices
• Spring boot, Spring Cloud
• Kafka, Vertex
• SQL
• IBM MQ, Active MQ, JMS
• WebSphere/WebLogic
• Unit testing tools like Junit, mocking libraries such as Mockito
• Build tools like Gradle and Maven
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python.
• Understanding and analysis DB AWR reports.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong communication skills to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders.