Performance Test Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Performance Testing & Analysis

• Design, develop, and execute performance, load, stress, and scalability tests for web and mobile applications.
• Conduct high-level load testing for every release prior to production deployment.
• Analyze test results, identify system bottlenecks, and provide actionable performance optimization recommendations.
• Apply advanced web load testing techniques to enhance user experience under peak traffic conditions across desktop and mobile platforms.

System Optimization

• Collaborate with architects and developers to optimize application code, database queries, and infrastructure configurations.
• Implement and fine-tune caching mechanisms, CDN configurations, web servers, and database performance tuning strategies.

Monitoring & Diagnostics

• Utilize APM and monitoring tools such as DataDog, Grafana, AppDynamics, or New Relic to track system health and performance.
• Proactively detect performance issues in production environments and lead root cause analysis initiatives.

Capacity Planning

• Perform capacity forecasting based on traffic growth trends and seasonal spikes at both component and system levels.
• Work closely with cloud and infrastructure teams to ensure systems are scalable and resilient.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Integrate performance engineering best practices into the SDLC.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote a performance-driven engineering culture across teams.