Senior Database Performance QA Architect & Benchmark Lead

PowerToFly; Walthamstow; On-site; GBP 89,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is looking for a Senior Database Performance QA Architect to enhance database performance and scalability. Candidates should have over 10 years of performance engineering experience, strong analytical skills, and practical knowledge in SQL and system diagnostics. The position involves improving performance benchmarks while collaborating with engineering and product teams. This role is based in Waltham and offers substantial influence within a multi-year development project.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Performance Engineering, ideally in database products.
• Strong analytical skills and QA mindset for complex problem-solving.
• Experience with writing performance benchmarks and workloads.

Responsibilities

• Lead performance understanding and steer development for scalability goals.
• Own database performance evaluation, identify targets, and define KPIs.
• Investigate system performance with development teams for root cause analysis.
• Collaborate on designing test plans for new features and benchmarks.
• Build automated performance testing tools for CI/CD.

Skills

Performance Engineering

Analytical skills

Database Benchmarking

Linux diagnostics

SQL

Python programming

Shell scripting

Monitoring tools

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Linux

Perf

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK

Job description

A leading technology firm is looking for a Senior Database Performance QA Architect to enhance database performance and scalability. Candidates should have over 10 years of performance engineering experience, strong analytical skills, and practical knowledge in SQL and system diagnostics. The position involves improving performance benchmarks while collaborating with engineering and product teams. This role is based in Waltham and offers substantial influence within a multi-year development project.