QA Performance Engineer (YouTrack)
Core
Ensuring top-tier performance and reliability for YouTrack, a comprehensive project management system, by implementing performance testing strategies and uncovering bottlenecks before they impact users.
Role type
QA Performance Engineer
Builds
Automated performance test suites and CI-integrated performance checks for YouTrack
Domain
SaaS project management tools / Web application performance
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Performance testing (manual & automated), HTTP/TCP/IP protocols, JMeter, Gatling, k6, Selenium, Playwright, CI/CD integration, Bash scripting, Docker, Kubernetes, REST API testing, system performance monitoring (top, htop, perfmon)
Preferred skills
None explicitly stated as preferred skills (listed as 'strong plus' in requirements)
Technologies
JMeter, Gatling, k6, Selenium, Playwright, Docker, Kubernetes, Bash, grep, SSH, curl, top, htop, perfmon
Responsibilities
Participate in performance testing and analysis using manual and automated approaches; Write new automated performance tests and maintain the existing test suite; Reproduce complex performance bugs and issues reported by users; Configure performance test invocations as an integrated part of CI cycles; Collaborate on functionality planning, incident investigation, and product releases
Seniority
Mid-level to Senior, hands-on IC