Senior Performance Test Engineer – Cloud, API & CI/CD

Kainos; Ilkley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic technology company in Ilkley is seeking a Senior Performance Test Engineer to develop and execute Non-Functional tests as part of an agile team. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of experience in performance testing, strong proficiency in testing tools, and the ability to analyze performance bottlenecks. You'll work collaboratively with talented colleagues and contribute to innovative projects that make a real impact.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in performance testing/engineering roles.
• Proven ability to analyze performance bottlenecks.
• Experience generating performance reports for technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Non-Functional tests.
• Collaborate with development and DevOps teams.
• Conduct capacity planning and tuning for performance investigations.

Skills

Performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling)

Java (or Scala) for scripting

HTTP, REST, JSON, API performance testing

Load and stress testing

Analyzing performance bottlenecks

CI/CD integration (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI)

Analyzing system metrics

Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure)

Database query optimization

Collaboration with DevOps teams

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

AWS CloudWatch

Job description

A dynamic technology company in Ilkley is seeking a Senior Performance Test Engineer to develop and execute Non-Functional tests as part of an agile team. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of experience in performance testing, strong proficiency in testing tools, and the ability to analyze performance bottlenecks. You'll work collaboratively with talented colleagues and contribute to innovative projects that make a real impact.