Performance Engineering Architect – Hybrid Contract

Snap Analytics; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Snap Analytics is seeking a Non-Functional & Performance Test Architect on a contract basis to lead the enterprise-wide performance engineering strategy. You will embed non-functional quality across delivery with a shift-left approach, collaborating with Engineering, Architecture, Product, DevOps and Cloud Operations to drive consistency and governance.

You will define standards, tooling, metrics, and governance, and drive continuous improvement while aligning with senior stakeholders across

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Performance Engineering and Non-Functional Testing within large-scale technology environments.
• Background in the financial services industry and working with Snowflake and SQL.
• Strong knowledge of performance, scalability, resilience, reliability, security, availability, and recoverability testing.
• Experience defining enterprise standards, frameworks, and governance models.
• Understanding of modern software engineering, cloud platforms, DevOps, and CI/CD practices.
• Experience selecting and implementing non-functional testing tools and frameworks.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and technical teams without direct authority.
• Experience working collaboratively with third-party suppliers and partners.

Responsibilities

• Establishing the standards, frameworks, tooling, governance and best practices for non-functional and performance testing
• Providing leadership and guidance on performance engineering and non-functional testing practices
• Embedding a shift-left approach to performance, resilience, reliability, security, availability, and recoverability across the delivery lifecycle
• Defining and governing tooling and frameworks that support enterprise-wide adoption
• Working closely with Engineering, Architecture, Product, DevOps, Cloud Operations, and Delivery teams to drive consistent approaches
• Defining metrics, reporting, and quality measures to improve visibility and decision-making
• Driving continuous improvement across non-functional testing and performance engineering capabilities

Skills

Performance Engineering

Non-Functional Testing

Stakeholder management

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Snowflake

SQL

Job description

Snap Analytics is seeking a Non-Functional & Performance Test Architect on a contract basis to lead the enterprise-wide performance engineering strategy. You will embed non-functional quality across delivery with a shift-left approach, collaborating with Engineering, Architecture, Product, DevOps and Cloud Operations to drive consistency and governance.

You will define standards, tooling, metrics, and governance, and drive continuous improvement while aligning with senior stakeholders across