Performance Test Engineer

Akkodis; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 55.000 - 85.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

AKKODIS is seeking a Senior Performance Test Engineer to join an international banking project for a leading Swiss wealth management group. You will design, implement and analyze performance tests and synthetic monitoring to ensure applications meet reliability and scalability goals.

The role requires hands-on experience with Playwright and Grafana k6, CI/CD pipelines, Azure and Kubernetes, and the ability to communicate technical findings to both technical and business stakeholders.

Formación

• Several years of hands-on experience in Performance Testing and Test Automation.
• Proven experience designing and executing performance and load tests in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong analytical skills and root-cause analysis capabilities.
• Experience with Playwright and Grafana k6 for performance testing and monitoring.

Responsabilidades

• Design, develop and execute performance tests against business-critical applications.
• Analyse results and provide actionable reports and optimization recommendations.
• Collaborate with development, architecture and operations to improve performance and reliability.

Conocimientos

Performance Testing

Test Automation

Performance Engineering

CI/CD

Playwright

Grafana k6

Azure

Kubernetes

Observability

OpenTelemetry

English

Educación

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Software Engineering

Herramientas

Bitbucket

Jenkins

GitLab

Grafana

Prometheus

Dynatrace

Descripción del empleo

At AKKODIS, a global leader in engineering and digital services, we are looking for talent like you!

We are an international company specialized in technology, engineering and innovation, supporting the digital transformation of leading organizations across multiple industries.

We are currently looking for a Senior Performance Test Engineer to join an international banking project for a leading Swiss wealth management group.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Performance Test Engineer to join the Performance Test Services team, supporting internal clients in the implementation of performance testing and synthetic monitoring solutions.

You will act as a technical expert and trusted advisor, helping ensure that applications and services meet the required standards for performance, scalability, stability and availability.

Working closely with development teams, architects, Product Owners and Operations specialists, you will design, implement, execute and analyse performance tests and synthetic monitoring solutions.

Design, develop and execute performance and load tests for business-critical applications and services.

Design, implement and maintain synthetic monitoring solutions to proactively assess application availability and user experience.

Analyse test results and create clear, actionable reports, providing performance insights and optimization recommendations.

Act as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders, helping define performance testing and monitoring strategies.

Identify and analyse performance bottlenecks across applications, APIs, infrastructure and integrations.

Provide recommendations to improve application performance, scalability and resilience.

Contribute to the continuous improvement of test environments, automation frameworks, methodologies and best practices.

Ensure the delivery of stable, maintainable and high-quality test solutions throughout the software development lifecycle.

What are we looking for?

Several years of hands-on experience in Performance Testing, Test Automation, Performance Engineering or Software Engineering.

Proven experience designing and executing performance and load tests in complex enterprise environments.

Strong analytical skills and a structured approach to troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.

Hands-on experience with Playwright and Grafana k6 for performance testing and synthetic monitoring.

Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket, Jenkins, GitLab or similar platforms.

Solid understanding of system architectures, APIs, networking, cloud-native applications and performance engineering principles.

Ability to communicate technical findings, risks and recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.

Experience with Azure and Kubernetes or other cloud and container platforms.

Fluent English and strong communication and collaboration skills.

CI/CD – Bitbucket, Jenkins, GitLab or comparable tools.

Performance testing methodologies, metrics and monitoring practices.

Grafana, Prometheus, Dynatrace or comparable observability platforms.

Knowledge of OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing and end-to-end performance analysis is a plus.

Experience with Exense Step is considered an advantage.

Previous experience in banking, financial services or other enterprise-scale environments will be highly valued.

A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a comparable technical discipline is preferred.

What do we offer?

The opportunity to work on a global banking project for Julius Baer.

An international environment, working with development, architecture, product and operations teams.

A technically challenging position focused on performance engineering, automation and observability.

The opportunity to work with modern technologies including Playwright, Grafana k6, Kubernetes, Azure, Grafana, Prometheus and Dynatrace.

Join AKKODIS, an international technology and engineering company, and continue developing your career in a highly technical environment.