Performance Test Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive

  performance test strategies, plans, and scripts

  using

  JMeter

  .
• Perform

  load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing

  across cloud and distributed systems.
• Analyze performance test results to identify

  bottlenecks, performance degradation, and optimization opportunities

  .
• Conduct

  root cause analysis

  of performance issues and work closely with development teams to implement fixes.
• Collaborate with

  development, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders

  to gather requirements, share findings, and drive performance improvements.
• Monitor application performance in

  production and pre-production environments

  to proactively identify risks.
• Participate in

  capacity planning

  to ensure systems can handle current and future workloads.
• Use

  APM and monitoring tools

  such as

  Grafana, Datadog

  , or similar platforms for performance analysis and visualization.
• Generate

  detailed performance reports

  with clear findings, trends, and actionable recommendations.
• Maintain

  clear and concise documentation

  for test plans, scripts, execution results, and improvement suggestions.
• Continuously improve

  performance testing processes, frameworks, and methodologies

  .
• Lead and mentor performance QA team members, providing technical guidance when required.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 8–12 years

  of experience in performance testing and analysis.
• Strong expertise in

  Apache JMeter

  , including scripting using

  Java, Groovy, or BeanShell

  .
• Hands-on experience with

  Grafana, Datadog

  , or other APM tools.
• Solid understanding of

  web applications, REST APIs

  , and their performance characteristics.
• Experience with

  client-side performance testing

  using tools such as

  Lighthouse, mPulse

  , or similar.
• Experience with

  component-level performance testing

  .
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in an

  Agile/Scrum environment

  .
• Proven experience

  leading performance testing teams

  .
• Strong experience communicating directly with

  clients and cross-functional stakeholders

  , both technical and non-technical.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills.