Performance Test Engineer

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Accurate Background is looking for a performance and load test Engineers are in the role of designing, executing, and analyzing performance tests on software applications to ensure optimal speed, scalability, and stability under various load conditions, collaborating closely with development teams to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and optimize application performance throughout the development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Analyze the business scenarios and understand the non-functional requirements
• Build modular automated performance test scripts to identify load and scalability concerns for web-based applications and mobile applications utilizing SOA design and APIs in a continuous integration environment to provide remediation plans
• Utilizing load, stress, and analysis tools to model performance scenarios, perform initial analysis using performance monitoring tools, and identify potential system and resource bottlenecks
• Work with Engineering Teams to analyze performance results and produce relevant reports and quality metrics with suggestions for improvements
• Some experience load/perf testing microservices for SaaS products will be valuable. Performance testing a UI AND performance testing APIs and microservices with other service dependencies.
• Work with the development, QA, DevOps, and Services teams as required to analyze the load execution results
• Working knowledge of cloud environments and deployments
• Develops dashboards and reports to provide ongoing visibility into the performance of client applications.
• Develops and executes load automated test scripts using any load testing tools like or similar to K6, JMeter, Load Runner
• Work with the DevOps and services teams to define the test data for performance test execution
• Executes and maintains the continuous integration pipeline
• Must participate in demos and code reviews to learn how the feature functions to write load test cases and give feedback on he design
• Proactively seek to provide ideas on how to automate the product(s)
• Works independently while following established guidelines and delivering quality work on time at defined checkpoints
• Manages multiple projects simultaneously and delivers on-time results
• Actively participate in the Agile process such as daily huddles, estimating, code reviews, and retrospectives
• Continuous education to stay up to date on new automation practices

Required Skills

• 5+ Years experience in Load Testing/Performance Testing 
• Exposure to Monitoring tools like Datadog, AppDynamics, NewRelic, etc
• Strong hands-on experience with Jmeter or any load testing tool is required.
• Excellent knowledge of Java and web technology, including HTTP headers and HTTP verbs (post, get, etc).
• Experience with performance measurement, profiling, and optimization tools and techniques.
• Very good at designing test frameworks, load simulation models, and load statistics calculations.
• Very strong in script design/development using Jmeter (Web Protocol) and webServices (over HTTP), with reporting as a plus.

The Accurate Way:

We offer a fun, fast-paced environment, with lots of room for growth. We have an unwavering commitment to diversity, ensuring everyone has a complete sense of belonging here. To do this, we follow four guiding principles Take Ownership, Be Open, Stay Curious, Work as One – core values that dictate what we stand for, and how we behave.