Sr SDET - Performance Testing
Core
Designing and executing performance testing strategies to ensure quality, scalability, and resilience of a high-traffic AI-powered business operating system.
Role type
Senior SDET (Performance Testing)
Builds
Performance baselines, shared testing frameworks, automated regression checks, and production-like environments.
Domain
SaaS / Distributed Systems / Performance Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Performance testing, load/stress/spike testing, capacity planning, root cause analysis, distributed systems, microservices, observability, CI/CD integration, Kubernetes, cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure), Python/JavaScript/TypeScript/Java
Preferred skills
Runtime profiling, frontend performance, AI-assisted tooling, NoSQL/search datastores, chaos testing
Technologies
k6, Gatling, Locust, New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, Azure
Responsibilities
Define performance baselines (SLIs, SLOs, latency, throughput); build shared performance testing frameworks and production-like environments; implement automated performance regression checks in CI/CD; execute load, stress, soak, and spike testing; perform root cause analysis of bottlenecks across API, database, and frontend layers; mentor junior team members on performance engineering.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
