Performance Test Engineer

Purple Drive

Job Location:

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 1 hour ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Performance Test Engineer with strong expertise in load and performance testing to ensure the scalability reliability and stability of enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will work closely with Development QA and DevOps teams to identify performance bottlenecks and improve overall system efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Design develop and execute performance load stress spike and endurance tests using Apache JMeter and BlazeMeter
Analyze performance test results and identify application database and infrastructure bottlenecks
Collaborate with development QA and infrastructure teams to troubleshoot performance issues and perform rootcause analysis
Create and maintain performance test plans scenarios scripts dashboards and reports
Monitor application performance and system behavior during testing cycles
Validate performance requirements and SLAs
Participate in performance tuning and retesting after fixes
Support preproduction and production performance testing when required
Provide clear performance metrics dashboards and recommendations to stakeholders

Required Skills & Qualifications

5-10 years of experience in performance and load testing
Strong handson experience with Apache JMeter
Experience using BlazeMeter for cloudbased performance testing
Solid understanding of performance testing concepts:
- Load testing
- Stress testing
- Spike testing
- Soak / Endurance testing
- Scalability testing
Experience analyzing performance metrics:
- Response time
- Throughput
- CPU utilization
- Memory utilization
- Error rates
Good understanding of HTTP/HTTPS REST APIs and web applications
Experience validating backend and database performance
Strong analytical troubleshooting and problemsolving skills
Good communication and documentation skills

Good to Have

Experience in banking or financial services domain
Familiarity with monitoring tools:
- Splunk
- CloudWatch
- Datadog
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- AppDynamics
Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and integrating performance tests into automation frameworks
Basic scripting knowledge (Java Groovy or Python)
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure

Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Performance Test Engineer with strong expertise in load and performance testing to ensure the scalability reliability and stability of enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will work closely with Development QA and DevOps teams to identify performan...

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

Design develop and execute performance load stress spike and endurance tests using Apache JMeter and BlazeMeter
Analyze performance test results and identify application database and infrastructure bottlenecks
Collaborate with development QA and infrastructure teams to troubleshoot performance issues and perform rootcause analysis
Create and maintain performance test plans scenarios scripts dashboards and reports
Monitor application performance and system behavior during testing cycles
Validate performance requirements and SLAs
Participate in performance tuning and retesting after fixes
Support preproduction and production performance testing when required
Provide clear performance metrics dashboards and recommendations to stakeholders

Required Skills & Qualifications

5-10 years of experience in performance and load testing
Strong handson experience with Apache JMeter
Experience using BlazeMeter for cloudbased performance testing
Solid understanding of performance testing concepts:
- Load testing
- Stress testing
- Spike testing
- Soak / Endurance testing
- Scalability testing
Experience analyzing performance metrics:
- Response time
- Throughput
- CPU utilization
- Memory utilization
- Error rates
Good understanding of HTTP/HTTPS REST APIs and web applications
Experience validating backend and database performance
Strong analytical troubleshooting and problemsolving skills
Good communication and documentation skills

Good to Have

Experience in banking or financial services domain
Familiarity with monitoring tools:
- Splunk
- CloudWatch
- Datadog
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- AppDynamics
Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and integrating performance tests into automation frameworks
Basic scripting knowledge (Java Groovy or Python)
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure