Senior Performance Engineer
State Employees' Credit Union7 months ago
Raleigh, NC, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and execution of load, performance, and stress tests for complex integrated platforms.
- Implement, develop, and maintain performance testing frameworks and advise on performance tooling strategy.
- Own performance architecture responsibilities, including environment dependencies, load-generation infrastructure, and data generation for load scenarios.
- Analyze performance test results, identify bottlenecks, and collaborate with developers on performance optimizations.
- Lead cross-functional efforts to establish non-functional requirements, load scenarios, transaction definitions, workload models, and response-time requirements.
- Produce performance test strategies, reports, and dashboards for technical and business stakeholders.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- At least 5 years of quality assurance experience focused on performance testing.
- Expertise with performance testing and monitoring tools such as JMeter, LoadNinja, or LoadRunner.
- Experience designing, developing, and executing service-level and end-to-end performance tests across varied platforms.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Java and Python.
- Experience with software development, security, data interchange, networking, and data management concepts.
- Experience leading non-functional requirements gathering and workload-model development.
- Ability to translate raw performance metrics into business context for non-technical audiences.
- Expertise in QA methodologies and processes, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and optimization.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Preferred qualifications include a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, Finance, or Engineering; 7+ years of performance-focused QA experience; financial-industry experience; and experience advising IT leadership on technical strategies.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with regular onsite work expectations and remote flexibility.
- The employer may fill the role at a higher or lower level based on business need.
About State Employees' Credit Union
State Employees' Credit Union is a nonprofit, member-owned financial cooperative providing checking and savings accounts, consumer and mortgage lending, credit cards, online/mobile banking, insurance, and investment and trust services to North Carolina public employees and their families. Founded in 1937 and headquartered in Raleigh, it serves over 2.6 million members through 270+ branches and 1,100+ ATMs, making it the largest credit union in North Carolina.