Senior Performance Test Engineer

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November 19

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Kainos

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At Kainos we use technology to solve real problems for our customers, overcome big challenges for businesses, and make people’s lives easier.

1001 - 5000 employees

💰 Venture Round on 1986-04

📋 Description

• work within a multi-skilled agile team • developing and executing Non-Functional tests • learning about new technologies and approaches • collaborating with talented colleagues

🎯 Requirements

• Strong proficiency with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling) • Solid working knowledge of Java (or Scala) for scripting and custom logic • Deep understanding of HTTP, REST, JSON, and API performance testing principles • Experience designing and executing performance, load, and stress tests for web and API-based systems • Proven ability to analyse performance bottlenecks across application, database, and infrastructure layers • Experience with CI/CD integration for automated performance testing (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, TeamCity) • Competence in analysing system metrics (CPU, memory, I/O, network) from logs and monitors • Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure) and distributed load testing • Understanding of database performance and query optimisation (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB) • 3+ years in performance testing/engineering roles • Demonstrated ability to collaborate with development and DevOps teams to resolve performance issues • Experience generating and communicating performance reports and KPIs to technical and non-technical audiences • Prior involvement in capacity planning, tuning, and production performance investigations • Familiarity with Agile delivery and testing practices

🏖️ Benefits

• people-first culture • ideas are valued • growth is supported