Performance Test Lead

ViVA Tech Talent; Badajoz; A distancia; EUR 80.000 - 92.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading FinTech company is seeking a Principal Performance Engineer to lead the performance engineering function. You will define and deliver the performance testing strategy and build environments that replicate production traffic at scale. The ideal candidate has 8–10 years of experience, strong knowledge of testing tools like JMeter and Kibana, and a strategic mindset for scalable systems. The role offers a salary of €80,000 plus bonuses, unlimited vacation, and fully remote work options.

Servicios

Unlimited holiday policy

Home setup & broadband budget

Annual learning budget + tuition reimbursement

Inclusive culture with healthcare, pension & wellbeing support

Formación

• 8–10 years of performance engineering experience within large-scale tech environments.
• 5+ years in a senior or lead-level role.
• Skilled at identifying bottlenecks across application and infrastructure layers.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the design and implementation of performance testing strategy across systems.
• Architect realistic test environments for load, stress, and soak testing.
• Drive early performance analysis and risk mitigation across product teams.

Conocimientos

Performance engineering experience

Deep knowledge of performance testing tools

Strong experience testing APIs and UIs

Ability to design replica environments

Familiarity with IaC and modern DevOps practices

Herramientas

JMeter

BlazeMeter

K6

Kibana

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Descripción del empleo

Principal Performance Engineer | Build the Future of Performance Engineering

Location : Fully Remote (Spain) Type : Full-Time | Permanent Industry : FinTech / Payments Salary : €80,000 + Bonus Level : Principal | Hands-On | Strategic Leadership

Do you want to own, shape, and lead a performance engineering function at scale?

ViVA Tech Talent is hiring on behalf of a high-growth FinTech company. They’re looking for a Principal Performance Engineer to define and deliver performance testing environments, tooling, and strategy across a hybrid infrastructure. This is a chance to shape something foundational from the ground up.

Why You’ll Love This Role

Full Ownership

Define and deliver the performance strategy across the business.

Strategic Influence

Guide performance direction across engineering and operations.

Real-World Simulation

Architect environments to replicate production traffic at scale.

Visible Impact

Your work directly supports key systems used by thousands.

Empowered Culture

Work within a curious, outcomes-driven engineering team.

What You’ll Be Doing Lead the design and implementation of performance testing strategy across systems and teams. Architect realistic test environments for load, stress, and soak testing. Work with Engineering and DevOps to build performance into the development lifecycle. Translate real user activity into scalable test simulations. Build tooling to support system modelling and load generation. Tune infrastructure and applications to support high availability and scalability. Drive early performance analysis and risk mitigation across product teams. Provide visibility of testing results and performance trends to technical leadership.

What You Bring 8–10 years of performance engineering experience within large-scale tech environments. 5+ years in a senior or lead-level role. Deep knowledge of performance testing tools (e.g. JMeter, BlazeMeter, K6, Kibana). Strong experience testing APIs, UIs, services, and enterprise databases (e.g. Oracle, PostgreSQL). Ability to design replica environments that mimic production performance. Familiarity with IaC and modern DevOps practices. Skilled at identifying bottlenecks across application and infrastructure layers. A pragmatic, strategic mindset with a focus on systems that scale.

What You’ll Get €80,000 + performance bonus ️ Unlimited holiday policy Fully remote with home setup & broadband budget ️ Premium equipment & dual-monitor setup Annual learning budget + tuition reimbursement Inclusive culture with healthcare, pension & wellbeing support A tech-first environment that values ownership, autonomy, and delivery

Ready to Drive Performance at Scale? Be the architect behind a new performance capability at one of the most forward-thinking FinTechs.

Apply via LinkedIn – don’t miss this unique opportunity!