Performance Test Engineer - JMeter/LoadRunner (5-8 yrs)

Responsibilities :

- Design, develop, and execute performance tests to evaluate the responsiveness, throughput, and scalability of software applications.

- Create and execute load tests to simulate heavy user loads and identify bottlenecks in application performance.

- Conduct stress tests to assess the system's stability under extreme conditions and determine its breaking points.

- Develop and maintain automated performance testing scripts and frameworks using tools like JMeter, Gatling, or other performance testing tools.

- Generate realistic data sets and simulate data conditions to replicate real-world scenarios for testing purposes.

- Monitor and analyze performance metrics during testing, identify performance issues, and collaborate with development teams to resolve them.

- Create detailed performance test reports, including analysis and recommendations for optimizations.

- Collaborate with infrastructure teams to set up and configure test environments that mimic production conditions.

- Work closely with development, QA, and DevOps teams to integrate performance testing into the CI/CD pipeline and ensure continuous performance improvements.

- Maintain documentation for performance testing methodologies, scripts, and configurations.

Requirements :

- 5+ years of strong experience in performance testing methodologies and tools (e. g., JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner).

- Proficiency in scripting and coding (e. g., Java, Python) for test automation.

- Knowledge of data simulation techniques and tools.

- Familiarity with performance monitoring and profiling tools.

- Experience with load balancing, caching, and database performance optimization.

- Experience in identifying and resolving performance issues in production environments, including tuning application, server, and database performance.

- Experience with chaos engineering practices and tools like Chaos Monkey to test system resilience and fault tolerance.

- Understanding of web protocols, APIs, and network configurations.

Good to Have Skills and Attributes :

- Elasticsearch, clickhouse, Kafka, Apache Spark, Redis, Cassandra, Postgres, Kubernetes.

- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies is a plus.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

- Ability to work in a fast-paced and agile development environment.

- Experience in working as part of globally distributed teams.

- A self-starter, who loves to take on hard problems, loves solving service scalability problems, enjoys breaking things, and is enthusiastic to learn new technologies and work in startup environments.