Performance Test Engineer (JavaScript (k6) & Python - Immediate

6 - 11 years

12 - 22 Lacs

chennai bengaluru mumbai (all areas)

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Dear Applicant,

Performance Test Engineer (JavaScript/k6 & Python Focus)

Location: Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad

Employment Type: Full Time

Experience Level: 6 years and above

About the Role:

k6

If youre passionate about uncovering bottlenecks, pushing system limits, and delivering scalable, reliable softwarethis is your playground.

Responsibilities:

Performance Test Development & Execution

  • Design, script, and maintain performance tests in

    JavaScript (k6)

    for web and REST APIs.
  • Create realistic workload models and scenarios:

    load, stress, endurance, scalability

    .
  • Monitor and analyze system metrics:

    latency, throughput, resource utilization

    .
  • Extend k6 capabilities with custom JavaScript functions and utilities.

Automation & Integration

  • Write

    Linux shell scripts

    to automate test setup and execution.
  • Integrate performance test suites into

    CI/CD pipelines

    for continuous validation.

Collaboration & Reporting

  • Work closely with

    Developers, QA, DevOps, and SRE

    teams to define performance benchmarks.
  • Deliver clear, data-driven reports with

    metrics, charts, and actionable insights

    .
  • Integrate test results with observability tools like

    Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog

    .

Qualifications & Requirements:

Must-Have

  • 6+ years in software test engineering, with 2+ years in performance testing.
  • Bachelors or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related STEM field.
  • Strong

    JavaScript skills

    , especially for scripting in

    k6

    .
  • Proven ability to design and execute performance tests for web and REST APIs.
  • Solid understanding of

    descriptive statistics

    (standard deviation, z-score, percentiles).
  • Strong

    SQL skills

    (DDL & DML).
  • Proficiency with IDEs like

    VSCode / PyCharm

    and excellent debugging skills.

Good to Have

  • Experience with

    JMeter

    or other performance testing tools.
  • Comfort executing tests in

    Linux environments

    .
  • Familiarity with

    APM tools

    (Grafana, Prometheus, New Relic, Datadog).

Bonus Skills

  • Ability to code in

    Python

    for building supporting frameworks and automation.
  • Strong grasp of

    system performance engineering

    concepts (scalability, reliability, capacity planning).

Not a Fit If:

  • You rely solely on tool-based testing without

    JavaScript scripting expertise in k6

    .
  • You lack strong

    SQL DDL and DML

    skills.

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