Position Summary

The Digital Delivery team is responsible for engineering and supporting modern web and mobile applications through the development of user interfaces, microservices, and scalable solutions across multiple devices and platforms.

As a Performance Test Engineer, you will be responsible for executing end-to-end performance testing efforts while partnering with QA leads and leadership to support testing activities across multiple initiatives. This role requires strong hands-on performance engineering expertise, including designing, developing, and executing performance test strategies to validate system scalability, reliability, and stability.

In addition, this role will support senior leads and QA leadership in advancing performance testing processes, identifying risks and bottlenecks, analyzing test results, and driving performance improvement recommendations.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing to validate the production readiness of applications and infrastructure for stability and performance.
• Design, develop, and execute performance test scripts and scenarios that accurately simulate real-world user behavior.
• Build, maintain, and enhance automated performance testing solutions using tools such as NeoLoad or similar platforms.
• Analyze performance test results to identify bottlenecks, system constraints, and optimization opportunities.
• Utilize monitoring and observability tools (such as AppInsights, Splunk, or equivalent) to assess system performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate performance testing early in the SDLC.
• Define performance SLAs and establish baseline metrics using production insights to ensure realistic and measurable performance goals.
• Identify, understand, and document system dependencies across services and applications for accurate test coverage.
• Implement mocking strategies to isolate dependencies and enable stable, repeatable testing.
• Support the stabilization and management of performance testing environments, ensuring consistency, reliability, and scalability.
• Support QA leads and leadership in planning, prioritization, and execution of performance testing activities.
• Assist in coordinating performance testing efforts across multiple initiatives to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior team members and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
• Review performance test scripts, plans, and results to ensure alignment with standards and best practices.
• Collect, analyze, and communicate performance testing results to leadership and stakeholders, providing actionable insights and recommendations.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of performance testing strategies, frameworks, and standards.
• Drive process improvements to enhance testing efficiency, coverage, and effectiveness.
• Analyze and optimize performance across distributed microservices architectures, containerized platforms, and cloud-native environments.
• Document, track, and report defects identified during testing in accordance with defect management processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to drive timely resolution of issues and communicate risks, trends, and outcomes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in software testing, with a strong emphasis on performance engineering, including performance test planning, execution, analysis, and optimization of application performance and scalability.
• Experience defining performance baselines and SLAs using production or production-like environments.
• Experience with dependency mapping, service virtualization, and mocking frameworks (WireMock preferred).
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Azure App Insights, Splunk, or equivalent.
• Hands-on experience with Postman and performance testing tools such as NeoLoad or similar platforms.
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps or comparable test management tools for planning, executing, tracking, and reporting testing activities.
• Solid understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile methodologies.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes, assess risks, and drive effective resolutions for complex technical issues.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across technical teams, business partners, and leadership.
• Strong knowledge of performance testing methodologies, including:
• Load testing
• Stress testing
• Endurance testing
• Scalability testing
• Strong understanding of shift-left testing practices and early performance validation strategies.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC), and quality engineering best practices, including:
• Test strategy
• Test automation
• Defect management
• Continuous quality improvement
• Hands-on experience with scripting and programming languages, including the ability to develop, maintain, and troubleshoot automated test solutions and frameworks.

Must-Have Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in performance testing and performance engineering
• Ability to design and execute the right testing strategy to understand system behavior and identify required improvements
• Experience with load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing
• Strong understanding of performance metrics and workload modeling
• Ability to identify performance risks before production
• Strong technical analysis and problem-solving skills
• Ability to analyze test results and identify bottlenecks
• Ability to perform root cause analysis across multiple applications and layers
• Ability to recommend actionable performance improvements
• Strong automation and scripting experience
• Ability to develop, maintain, and troubleshoot automated performance test scripts (JavaScript preferred)
• Solid hands-on experience with performance scripting and monitoring tools
• Ability to create a repeatable and scalable performance testing process
• Solid understanding of STLC, SDLC, Agile methodologies, test automation, defect management, and continuous quality improvement

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Hands-on experience with mocking tools, preferably WireMock
• Understanding of functional testing / SDET practices
• Experience testing microservices, APIs, and distributed systems
• Exposure to cloud-native environments and containerized platforms

Core Keywords / ATS Terms

• Performance Testing
• Performance Engineering
• Load Testing
• Stress Testing
• Endurance Testing
• Scalability Testing
• NeoLoad
• JMeter
• WireMock
• Azure DevOps
• App Insights
• Splunk
• Postman
• CI/CD
• SDLC
• STLC
• Test Automation
• JavaScript
• Root Cause Analysis
• Bottleneck Analysis
• Microservices
• Cloud-native Applications
• Containerized Platforms
• SLA / Baseline Metrics
• Shift-left Testing
• QA Engineering

Pay: $56.00 - $62.00 per hour

Work Location: In person