Performance Test Engineer Lead

Preservica; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Performance Test Engineer Lead, where you'll strategize and implement performance testing for scalable applications. This role offers a blend of technical challenges and leadership opportunities, with a focus on personal development and career growth.

Benefits

Annual training allowance

Career growth opportunities

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Expertise in performance testing tools like JMeter and LoadRunner.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring tools like Grafana and Prometheus.
• Ability to script in Python, Bash, or Java.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement performance testing plans including load and stress testing.
• Develop automated performance testing suites using tools like JMeter.
• Conduct performance analysis and troubleshoot issues.

Skills

Performance Testing

Mentoring

Problem Solving

Tools

JMeter

Gatling

LoadRunner

Grafana

Prometheus

AWS CloudWatch

Jenkins

TeamCity

Job description

Preservica Abingdon-On-Thames, England, United Kingdom

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Can you help us to double in size? Do you understand the demands of scaling up an enterprise SaaS solution? Are you ready for the challenge of delivering the world's fastest-growing Active Digital Preservation solution, knowing that it is safeguarding the world's most precious digital assets?

We are Preservica, and we are changing the way organisations safeguard their digital information.

Our projects are at the forefront of commercial software solutions addressing the need for smart digital preservation technologies. As a world-leader in digital preservation, our award-winning software is used by leading businesses, archives, libraries, museums, and government organisations across the globe.

We are growing rapidly, and to maintain our pace, we hire strong technical talent and support their growth. Our offices are in Abingdon, but this Performance Test Engineer Lead role can be either office-based or hybrid with monthly office days. You should live within reasonable commute of Abingdon.

The Role

Working as part of our Software Quality team, you will play a key role in strategising, implementing, and optimising performance testing for our systems, ensuring robust, scalable, and high-performing applications. This is a hands-on position requiring technical expertise and the ability to mentor junior team members while driving improvements in performance testing practices across the business.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Design and implement detailed performance testing plans, including load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing.
• Develop and maintain automated performance testing suites using tools like JMeter, Gatling, NeoLoad, LoadRunner, or similar.
• Integrate automated performance tests into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, TeamCity, or similar tools.
• Establish and maintain key performance metrics through baseline vs. benchmarking analysis.
• Conduct in-depth performance analysis using tools like Grafana, Prometheus, AWS CloudWatch, and Azure Insights.
• Work closely with engineers and operational teams to diagnose and troubleshoot performance issues.

What We Offer

Along with a competitive salary and benefits, we offer great future prospects in a fast-growing market. We support your technical and leadership development, providing tailored career growth opportunities.

Our focus on personal development includes an annual training allowance to learn new technologies, soft skills, or professional qualifications.

Preservica is an equal opportunity employer.

Desired Experience

• Expertise in performance testing tools like JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner, etc.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, AWS CloudWatch, or similar.
• Experience with Jenkins, TeamCity, Kubernetes, Docker, RabbitMQ, or similar.
• Ability to script and modify solutions in Python, Bash, Java, etc.
• Experience with Playwright and TypeScript.

Relevant Certifications or Qualifications in Performance Testing

Nice to Have:

• RDMS experience
• DevOps experience with Terraform and/or Ansible
• Cloud experience with AWS and/or Azure
• Line management experience

Step up as our Performance Test Engineer Lead! Help scale our cutting-edge digital preservation solution. Ready to make an impact? Apply now.

Additional Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Information Technology
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting