QA PERFORMANCE TESTER

Dicetek LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Dicetek LLC is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to lead non-functional testing across high-volume banking and fintech platforms. You will design TPS-driven workloads, validate API and microservice performance, and optimize JVM tuning, caching, and database performance in cloud-native environments on Azure and AWS.

Key tools include JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, Gatling, and observability platforms like Dynatrace or Azure Monitor.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Performance Engineering and Non-Functional Testing.
• Experience testing high-volume banking, payment, digital onboarding, lending, corporate banking, or financial services platforms.
• Experience validating enterprise APIs and microservices handling hundreds to thousands of TPS.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures deployed on Azure and AWS.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, AKS, EKS, and containerized environments.
• Understanding of banking SLAs, service resilience, high availability, disaster recovery, and scalability requirements.
• Experience participating in release readiness, CAB approvals, and production go-live assessments.

Skills

Performance testing

Load testing

API performance analysis

REST APIs & microservices

TPS/concurrency workload design

Monitoring & observability

Tools

JMeter

LoadRunner

NeoLoad

Gatling

Dynatrace

Azure Monitor

Kubernetes

Docker

OpenShift

AKS/EKS

Job description

• Strong expertise in Performance Testing, Load Testing, Stress Testing, Endurance Testing, and Capacity Planning.
• Hands-on experience with JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, Gatling, or similar performance engineering tools.
• Strong experience testing REST APIs, Microservices, Mobile Applications, and Web Applications.
• Experience designing test workloads based on TPS, concurrency, user journeys, and volumetric requirements.
• Strong understanding of API performance, database performance, JVM tuning, connection pooling, caching, and distributed systems.
• Knowledge of API Gateways such as Kong Azure APIM.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools including Dynatrace or Azure Monitor.
• Strong SQL and database performance analysis skills.

Required Skills

• Strong expertise in Performance Testing, Load Testing, Stress Testing, Endurance Testing, and Capacity Planning.
• Hands-on experience with JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, Gatling, or similar performance engineering tools.
• Strong experience testing REST APIs, Microservices, Mobile Applications, and Web Applications.
• Experience designing test workloads based based on TPS, concurrency, user journeys, and volumetric requirements.
• Strong understanding of API performance, database performance, JVM tuning, connection pooling, caching, and distributed systems.
• Knowledge of API Gateways such as Kong Azure APIM.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools including Dynatrace or Azure Monitor.
• Strong SQL and database performance analysis skills.

Required Experience / Knowledge Areas

• 5+ years of experience in Performance Engineering and Non-Functional Testing.
• Experience testing high-volume banking, payment, digital onboarding, lending, corporate banking, or financial services platforms.
• Experience validating enterprise APIs and microservices handling hundreds to thousands of TPS.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures deployed on Azure and AWS.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, AKS, EKS, and containerized environments.
• Understanding of banking SLAs, service resilience, high availability, disaster recovery, and scalability requirements.
• Experience participating in release readiness, CAB approvals, and production go-live assessments.