Staff Performance Test Engineer

• Champion performance testing strategy and execution across all Harness modules
• Architect scalable, reusable performance testing frameworks and automated pipelines
• Establish performance benchmarks in partnership with product and engineering leadership

• Conduct comprehensive performance analysis using industry-standard profiling tools (JFR, JMC, Splunk,DataDog)
• Execute sophisticated testing scenarios including load, stress, endurance, and spike testing for cloud-native microservices
• Drive thorough root cause analysis for performance issues and collaborate on optimization solutions
• Deliver clear, actionable performance insights through metrics analysis (p99, mean, median) to stakeholders

• Develop advanced tooling for realistic workload generation, test data simulation, and dynamic environment management
• Create monitoring and observability solutions to track system behavior under production-scale loads
• Build automation that enables teams to integrate performance testing early in the development lifecycle

• Mentor engineering teams on performance best practices and shift-left testing approaches
• Work closely with SRE and DevOps teams to optimize system performance and reliability
• Foster a culture of performance awareness across cross-functional teams

What Were Looking For

• 8+ years in software quality engineering with 3+ years specializing in performance engineering at a product-focused company
• Expert-level proficiency with performance testing tools such as Gatling, JMeter, Locust, or k6
• Deep understanding of microservices architectures, asynchronous systems, and API technologies (REST/gRPC/GraphQL)