Senior Performance Test Engineer

Established in 2008, Geidea epitomizes customer focused empowerment and commercial success through continuous innovation.

Geidea makes best in class digital payment solutions available for all by attracting and leveraging the best creative & entrepreneurial talent in the market

Our solutions give any business the chance to get ahead and reach for more no matter their size or maturity.

Our technology mirrors our people - Smart, Innovative & Forward Thinking

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To maintain a competitive advantage as we grow, we are currently looking for a new Senior Performance Test Engineer

Job purpose:

The Senior Performance Testing Engineer is responsible for leading performance testing activities across projects to ensure applications meet performance, scalability, and reliability requirements. This role focuses on designing performance testing strategies, developing and maintaining performance test frameworks, executing complex performance tests, and performing in-depth performance analysis to identify and resolve system bottlenecks.

The role also involves mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to improve system performance and ensure optimal application scalability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement performance testing strategies for applications and services based on system architecture and expected workloads.
• Develop and maintain performance test scripts and frameworks using tools such as JMeter, Gatling, k6, or similar technologies.
• Define realistic workload models and test scenarios based on application usage patterns and business requirements.
• Lead execution of load, stress, spike, and endurance testing to validate system scalability and stability.
• Analyze performance testing results and identify application, database, and infrastructure bottlenecks.
• Work closely with developers, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to diagnose and resolve performance issues.
• Define and track performance KPIs, thresholds, and service-level expectations.
• Support integration of performance testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous performance validation.
• Utilize monitoring and observability tools to analyze system behavior during performance tests.
• Prepare detailed performance test reports including findings, analysis, and optimization recommendations.
• Mentor and guide Performance Testing Engineers (L1 & L2) in performance testing best practices.
• Contribute to improving performance testing processes, standards, and automation frameworks.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science.
• +3 years of experience in performance testing, software testing.
• Hands-on experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, Gatling.
• Strong understanding of performance testing methodologies.
• Experience with API and microservices performance testing.
• Experience of system performance metrics such as CPU, memory, throughput, and response time.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Dynatrace, or AppDynamics.
• Ability to write basic to intermediate scripts or code using Java, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages.
• Experience using Jira, Git, or similar collaboration tools.
• ISTQB certification or relevant testing certification is a plus.

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