Performance Test Engineer - Vice President job - Phaxis LLC
New York, NY 10165
About the Job
. As a Software Developer in Test (SDET), you'll work closely with the Development and Testing team. The ideal candidate would be a combination of a hands on developer who has some managerial experience, and who can understand existing automation test frameworks and has an ability to enhance and implement the same and should also be able to work with other engineers and product managers to support feature-based testing.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain performance test scripts using any of following tools k6, JMeter, Locust or lighthouse.
- Design and execute various performance testing scenarios, including load testing, stress testing, spike testing, and endurance testing.
- Utilize Grafana for monitoring and visualizing performance metrics, integrating it with data sources like Prometheus.
- Also work on UI load testing
- Analyze performance test results, identify bottlenecks, and provide actionable recommendations for optimization.
- Work with development, QA, and DevOps teams to integrate performance testing into the CI/CD pipeline.
- Implement performance monitoring and alerting solutions for proactive issue detection.
- Generate detailed performance test reports, highlighting insights, trends, and areas for improvement.
- Collaborate with architects and developers to optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 10-12 years of QA experience which includes 3-5 years of hands-on experience in performance testing and engineering
- Expertise in performance testing tools, particularly k6 and JMeter. Locust and lighthouse experience a plus..
- Strong scripting skills in NodeJS (for k6) and familiarity with other scripting languages like Python or Groovy.
- Proficient in using Grafana for creating dashboards and visualizing performance data.
- Experience with APIs, microservices architecture, and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Solid understanding of HTTP protocols, web technologies, and REST APIs.
- Familiarity with performance monitoring and analysis tools like Prometheus and APM solutions (e.g., New Relic).
- Hands on experience on UI load testing tools like lighthouse or Client load runner a plus.
- Strong analytical skills for interpreting performance test results and diagnosing system performance issues.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Source : Phaxis LLC