Performance Test Engineer

D4 Insight; Dubai; On-site; AED 260,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

D4 Insight in Dubai, UAE, is seeking a Performance Test Engineer to ensure enterprise applications deliver high performance, scalability, and reliability. You will design and execute tests across API, Web, and Mobile platforms, collaborating with development and operations teams to drive optimizations.

The role requires 5+ years of experience with JMeter, K6, Gatling, Dynatrace, Grafana, and CI/CD integration, plus a solid grasp of load, stress, and endurance testing.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in performance testing
• Experience with API, Web, and mobile performance testing
• Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Strong knowledge of load testing concepts and baselining

Responsibilities

• Design and execute load, stress, endurance, and scalability tests.
• Develop performance scripts using JMeter, K6, or Gatling.
• Analyze performance metrics and optimize baselines.
• Collaborate with DevOps, QA, and Infra teams to improve systems.

Skills

JMeter

K6

Gatling

API Performance Testing

Web Performance Testing

Mobile Performance Testing

Dynatrace

Grafana

CI/CD Pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Performance Analysis

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Dynatrace

Grafana

Job description

Job Description:

Location:

Dubai, UAE

Experience:

5+ Years

Role Overview

We are seeking Performance Test Engineer to ensure enterprise applications deliver exceptional performance, scalability, and reliability. The role involves designing and executing performance tests across API, Web, and Mobile applications while collaborating with development and infrastructure teams to optimize system performance.

Key Responsibilities

Performance Engineering

• Design and execute load, stress, endurance, and scalability tests.
• Develop performance testing scripts using JMeter, K6, or Gatling.
• Build workload models and establish performance baselines.
• Identify performance bottlenecks across application layers.

Monitoring & Optimization

• Analyze performance metrics and recommend optimization strategies.
• Utilize Dynatrace, Grafana, and APM tools for performance monitoring.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Track KPIs including response time, throughput, latency, and error rates.

Collaboration

• Work with Development, DevOps, QA, and Infrastructure teams.
• Support capacity planning and performance tuning initiatives.
• Maintain documentation and testing standards.

Required Skills

• JMeter / K6 / Gatling
• API, Web & Mobile Performance Testing
• Dynatrace & Grafana
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Docker & Kubernetes
• AWS / Azure
• Performance Analysis

Preferred Skills

• Python / Groovy / Shell Scripting
• Database Performance Tuning
• Capacity Planning
• Performance Testing Certifications

Requirements: