Senior Performance Engineer | End-to-End Performance Testing

Galent; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Galent in Toronto seeks an experienced Performance Testing Engineer to lead end-to-end testing projects. You will design and execute performance scripts, analyze results, and guide teams on bottleneck removal, scalability, and reliability in large distributed systems.

You will apply expertise in JMeter, Linux fundamentals, and scripting, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive performance improvements and robust observability using tools like Prometheus, Dynatrace, and Splunk.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on performance testing experience with modern tools.
• Proficiency in JMeter and at least two APM tools.
• Strong Linux fundamentals and scripting ability.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems and big data.
• Excellent documentation and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end performance testing and engineering engagements.
• Develop and customize performance scripts in JMeter and related tools.
• Analyze performance data to identify bottlenecks and propose solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Dev, Infra, and QA to drive improvements.
• Define data strategies with the Test Data Management team for on-demand data generation.

Skills

Performance testing

JMeter

APM tools

NFR gathering

Workload modelling

Root Cause Analysis

Linux fundamentals

Scripting in JMeter

Agile methodologies

Documentation

Distributed systems

Azure

MySQL

Java

Python

Splunk

Chaos Engineering

Observability

Mountebank

UX Engine

Tools

Prometheus

Dynatrace

Datadog

Mountebank

UX Engine

Splunk

Job description

Galent in Toronto seeks an experienced Performance Testing Engineer to lead end-to-end testing projects. You will design and execute performance scripts, analyze results, and guide teams on bottleneck removal, scalability, and reliability in large distributed systems.

You will apply expertise in JMeter, Linux fundamentals, and scripting, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive performance improvements and robust observability using tools like Prometheus, Dynatrace, and Splunk.