Performance Test Architect
Core
Define and drive performance engineering strategy for enterprise-scale, distributed, cloud-native applications, ensuring systems support business growth and peak workloads.
Role type
Senior Performance Test Architect
Builds
Scalable, resilient, high-throughput enterprise software systems for packaging, printing, and manufacturing industries
Domain
Enterprise software, cloud-native applications, distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Performance engineering strategy, workload modeling, capacity planning, observability, application bottleneck analysis, production-readiness validation, JVM analysis, database performance tuning, Kubernetes optimization, CI/CD integration, root-cause analysis, technical leadership
Preferred skills
AI-assisted performance engineering approaches, mentoring engineers, cross-functional collaboration
Technologies
JMeter, k6, Gatling, Locust, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, AppDynamics, Kibana, InfluxDB, Chrome DevTools, Lighthouse, WebPageTest, Playwright
Responsibilities
Define performance engineering strategies, standards, NFRs, KPIs, SLAs/SLOs, and release criteria; Design and execute baseline, load, stress, spike, endurance, scalability, and resilience tests; Analyze response time, throughput, latency, and resource utilization to identify bottlenecks; Build reusable performance testing frameworks and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines; Lead root-cause analysis of production performance issues; Mentor engineers on performance engineering practices; Represent Performance Engineering in architecture and design reviews
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership