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Performance Test Engineer

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about 4 hours ago
Porto, PortugalMid Level / Senior
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Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain performance test scripts and scenarios using tools like k6, Gatling, or JMeter.
  • Build and maintain realistic workload models that represent production traffic patterns.
  • Define and document performance test objectives and service level objectives (SLOs).
  • Execute various test types including load, stress, and scalability tests.
  • Analyze test results to identify bottlenecks and produce actionable findings.
  • Collaborate with developers and QA engineers to support remediation efforts.
  • Set up and maintain performance test environments and test data.
  • Integrate performance tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation.
  • Define monitoring dashboards and alert thresholds using observability platforms.
  • Triage performance-related defects and contribute to root cause analysis.
  • Maintain performance test documentation and results archives.
  • Leverage AI-assisted tooling for automated anomaly detection and result analysis.

Requirements

  • 4–7 years of hands-on experience in performance testing or engineering.
  • Practical experience with performance testing tools like k6, Gatling, or JMeter.
  • Solid understanding of various performance test types and their applications.
  • Experience defining workload models based on production metrics.
  • Proficiency with application performance monitoring tools like Datadog or Grafana.
  • Ability to interpret test results and communicate findings clearly.
  • Experience integrating performance tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Scripting or programming skills in languages like Python or JavaScript.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML concepts applied to testing.
  • Experience testing web applications and APIs under realistic concurrency.

Benefits

  • Five9 Shares
  • Bonus Scheme
  • 10% Flexi Benefit
  • Meal Allowance
  • Medical Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • 25 day Annual Leave + Public Holidays

Tech Stack

Apache JMeterDatadogDockerGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDGrafanaGroovyJavaJavaScriptJenkinsKubernetesNode.jsPrometheusPython

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