Senior Performance Engineer
Location: Toronto ON
Work Model: Hybrid (4 Days Work From Office)
Primary Skills
K6
Grafana
LoadRunner
JMeter
Playwright
Selenium 3.0/2.0
UFT
QTP
Rest Assured / Java
Role Description
We are seeking an experienced Senior Performance Engineer with strong expertise in performance engineering resiliency testing disaster recovery testing performance monitoring and root cause analysis. The ideal candidate will possess extensive hands-on experience with modern performance testing tools application monitoring platforms and enterprise-scale systems.
Essential Skills
10 years of hands-on experience with:
LoadRunner
JMeter
Experience with:
K6
Grafana
Playwright
Selenium 3.0/2.0
UFT
QTP
Rest Assured
Java
Hands-on experience in Resiliency Testing
Hands-on experience in Disaster Recovery Testing
Strong experience with databases and writing SQL queries
Proficiency in:
Java
JavaScript
Experience with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and observability tools including:
Dynatrace
Splunk
Elastic
Grafana Dashboards
Experience working with:
MQ
Kafka
Postman
Strong exposure to:
Performance Engineering
Root Cause Analysis
Performance Reporting
Preferred Skills
Banking domain experience
Knowledge of payment processing systems and transaction types including:
SWIFT
ACH
Wire Transfers
Responsibilities
Design develop and execute performance testing strategies and test plans
Conduct load stress endurance resiliency and disaster recovery testing
Analyze application and infrastructure performance bottlenecks
Perform root cause analysis and provide performance improvement recommendations
Develop and maintain performance test scripts using LoadRunner JMeter K6 and related tools
Monitor application behavior using APM and observability platforms
Validate system performance scalability availability and reliability
Collaborate with development infrastructure and business teams to resolve performance issues
Generate detailed performance reports and present findings to stakeholders
Support enterprise applications and critical business systems through performance engineering best practices
Top 3 Required Skills: 1. IBM Financial transaction 2. Payment flow 3. Support Modernization Detailed Job Description: Design develop and maintain applications built on IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) to support core payments processing. Contribute to the development of payment flows supporting transaction processing. Build and support integrations between FTM and upstream/downstream systems using enterprise integration patterns. Participate in the design development testing deployment and production support. Troubleshoot and resolve application and integration issues in a complex regulated environment. Collaborate with architecture QA and operations teams to ensure platform stability scalability and performance. Support modernization initiatives and enhancements to existing payment hub capabilities. Produce clear technical documentation and participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing.