Hybrid Senior Performance Engineer (Dublin) – Load Testing & CI/CD

Nicoll Curtin; Dublin; On-site; EUR 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work pattern - 2 days in office

Job summary

Nicoll Curtin is seeking a Principal Performance Engineer for Dublin-based work on performance testing, bottleneck resolution, and system optimisation. You will design, execute, and automate tests, and collaborate with development teams to improve platform reliability.

The role focuses on end-to-end performance engineering using JMeter, AWS, Groovy/Java, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipelines. Hybrid working in Dublin is expected under a 12-month contract.

Qualifications

• Design, configure, and execute performance tests, driving issue resolution.
• Create and analyse performance metrics: throughput, response times, concurrency, utilisation.
• Investigate applications, databases, middleware, and third-party software to identify bottlenecks.
• Enhance testing capabilities through automation, tooling, and continuous improvements.
• Support and mentor junior engineers, sharing knowledge and best practices.
• Present performance results and recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.

Skills

JMeter

End to end performance engineering

AWS

Groovy or Java

Jenkins

CI/CD

Tools

Dynatrace

Splunk

Grafana

Job description

Nicoll Curtin is seeking a Principal Performance Engineer for Dublin-based work on performance testing, bottleneck resolution, and system optimisation. You will design, execute, and automate tests, and collaborate with development teams to improve platform reliability.

The role focuses on end-to-end performance engineering using JMeter, AWS, Groovy/Java, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipelines. Hybrid working in Dublin is expected under a 12-month contract.