Senior Performance Testing Engineer

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Toronto is seeking a Performance Testing Engineer to enhance mission-critical applications. The role involves creating performance tests and collaborating with development teams to ensure quality and efficiency. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in performance testing and scripting, with a strong focus on automation tools. This position offers a great opportunity for growth in a dynamic team environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible work/life balance options

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of experience analyzing Nonfunctional requirements.
• Experience developing production workload models for testing.
• Hands-on expertise in various performance test frameworks/tools.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and execute performance test cases for projects.
• Review nonfunctional requirements to validate solutions.
• Support implementation of the QE Program and standards.

Skills

Agile Methodology

Performance Testing

Automation Testing Tools

Programming Languages

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Education

Computer Engineering or Computer Science degree/diploma

Tools

LoadRunner

JMeter

Dynatrace

Job description

Job Description

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?

Are you a talented, creative, and results-driven professional who thrives on delivering high-performing applications? Come join us!

Personal & Commercial Credit Technology (PCCT) is part of RBC’s Technology and Operations division. PCCT impact is far-reaching as we collaborate with partners from across the company to deliver innovative and transformative IT solutions. As a Performance Testing Engineer, you provide support for a suite of business mission‑critical and complex applications, understanding both the front and back‑end of the applications and will be doing hands‑on testing on various projects using RBC approved performance tools - Dynatrace, Jmeter, Loadrunner, etc.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Responsible for creating, maintaining, and executing performance test cases & automation for all a large pool of projects
• Responsible for reviewing nonfunctional requirements and development activities to ensure full understanding of the scope of work and optimal ways to validate solutions
• Responsible for overall quality of testing deliverables/activities.
• Support the implementation of the QE Program and overall QE process and standards through continuous test execution and reporting.
• Leverages the existing automation frameworks, tools and artefacts to ensure the testing process is continuous, comprehensive and fully autonomous.
• Responsible for following agreed upon processes for test results storage, defect tracking and defect verification and supporting project metrics
• Closely work with the Application Development team as one team to integrate quality engineering mindset/concepts within the DevOps framework/pipeline.
• Work with Sr. QE lead/ Manager across LOB to identify E2E application changes to drive QE strategies during testing.
• Responsible for technical coaching, mentoring, training, and day‑to‑day interaction with a team of QE practitioners, and developers and driving test case for projects/programs.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

Must have

• Minimum 5+ years of experience with analysis of Nonfunctional requirements from performance and security perspective for agile and non‑agile projects
• Hands on experience in performance test case design and analysis of results at different levels (component/service, integration, end to end/user scenarios), security testing and other types on nonfunctional testing-Hands‑on.
• Hands on experience developing production work load models and coordinate test environments scaled to run ‘close to prod’ performance tests
• Hands on experience with Environment mapping of performance testing environment against production
• Hands on experience with Diagnostics processes and tool such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics in non‑production environment to diagnose performance bottlenecks early during delivery life cycle.
• Hands on expertise in a variety of performance test frameworks/tools (e.g., HP LoadRunner, JMeter, etc.), monitoring tools (e.g., Dynatrace) and script development using scripting languages (e.g., Perl, Python, Bash, etc.)
• Hands‑on programming experience (e.g., Java, C, SQL DB querying)

Nice‑to‑have

• QA‑related certification. E.g. ISTQB, Agile testing, Mobile Testing etc.
• Performance testing with AI
• Computer Engineering, Computer Science, related (technical) degree/diploma or equivalent experience(e.g., python, Java, C, SQL DB querying)

What’s in it for you?

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high‑performing team
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

Job Skills

Agile Methodology, Automated Testing, Automation, Automation Testing Tools, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, LoadRunner Enterprise, Performance Testing, Programming Languages, Software Change Request Management, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Engineering, Software Integration Engineering, Software Product Design, Software Product Technical Knowledge, Software Release Management, System Testing Tools, Test Automation Framework

Additional Job Details

• Address: RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTO

• City: Toronto

• Country: Canada

• Work hours/week: 37.5

• Employment Type: Full time

• Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

• Job Type: Regular

• Pay Type: Salaried

• Posted Date: 2025-10-14

• Application Deadline: 2025-11-28

Note

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above.

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