Performance QA Engineer III

 Job Title: Performance QA Engineer III

About role

We are seeking an experienced Performance Test Lead with over 10 years of experience in performance engineering and testing of enterprise-grade cloud applications. The ideal candidate with strong technical expertise in performance testing tools like Apache JMeter and LoadRunner, and a proven track record of leading performance testing efforts for large-scale, distributed, cloud-native applications.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you will define the performance testing strategy, mentor team members, and work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure our applications meet scalability, reliability, and responsiveness goals. In this role you will optimize one of the leading underwriting solutions on the market, covering more than 100 customers globally. It is a unique opportunity to expand your expertise and enhance your skill in a dynamic friendly company, one of India top employers in 2025.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and lead the performance testing strategy for highly available, scalable, and resilient cloud-based (preferably Azure) and on prem applications.
• Architect and implement performance testing frameworks using JMeter, LoadRunner, and other relevant tools.
• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive performance test plans including load, stress, spike, endurance, and capacity testing.
• Collaborate with solution architects, developers, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to define performance SLAs and technical baselines.
• Analyze test results and provide detailed insights and recommendations for tuning application code, infrastructure, and database queries.
• Drive root cause analysis for performance bottlenecks and work closely with engineering teams to implement optimizations.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines for continuous performance monitoring and validation.
• Setup and maintain performance test environments that replicate production as closely as possible.
• Coach and mentor junior performance engineers; promote best practices and performance-first mindset across teams.
• Present test findings and status reports to leadership and stakeholders in a clear and actionable format.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 10+ years in performance testing/engineering for web and cloud applications (cloud-native preferred).
• Recent team-leading experience with accountability and pro-activeness takes ownership and uses critical thinking to challenge/improve results.
• Hands-on PT Lead operating as an IC (drives end-to-end delivery; mentors/guides as needed).

• Expert scripting + tool mastery: JMeter (expert) and LoadRunner (expert); Performance Center/ALM; current hands-on usage required.
• Recent 2+ years performance testing cloud-hosted applications on Azure or AWS, including infrastructure/performance implications.
• Performance test strategy for microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven architecture.
• Monitoring/observability: Azure Application Insights (preferred), Datadog, Open Telemetry; able to correlate telemetry with test outcomes.
• Solid performance tuning knowledge across applications, infrastructure, network, and database layers.
• CI/CD & DevOps integration of performance tests using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills—clearly articulates performance findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Experience testing SaaS or enterprise cloud applications.
• Familiarity with performance tuning techniques at the code, DB, and infra levels.
• Exposure to monitoring & observability tools
• Programming Experience