Lead Performance Test Engineer

Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers in Mumbai seeks a seasoned Performance Engineer to lead end-to-end performance testing, analysis, and optimization. You will implement monitoring, collaborate across teams, and drive CICD integrations to ensure scalable, reliable applications.

The role requires strong programming skills, cloud experience, and a track record of delivering performance improvements across complex systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree preferred in Software Engineering or Computer Science.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in performance engineering or related roles.
• Hands-on experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling).
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New Relic).
• Proficiency in scripting/programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Shell).
• Deep understanding of system architecture, networking, and database performance tuning.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP) with experience reading logs and viewing usage metrics.
• Exposure making updates and improvements to CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute performance, load, stress, and endurance tests for applications and systems.
• Analyze test results, identify bottlenecks, and perform root cause analysis for performance issues.
• Implement and maintain monitoring tools to track performance metrics.
• Collaborate with developers, QA, and DevOps teams to ensure performance requirements are integrated early in the development lifecycle.
• Document test plans, results, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Integrate test scripts within CI/CD pipelines for efficient execution. Monitor application performance using APM tools, providing actionable insights.
• Generate performance reports and present findings to management and stakeholders.
• Mentor teams on performance best practices and foster a performance-aware culture.
• Design and document performance testing processes and best practices.

Skills

Performance testing

Monitoring tools

Scripting languages

CI/CD

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

JMeter

LoadRunner

Gatling

Dynatrace

AppDynamics

New Relic

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

• Develop and execute performance, load, stress, and endurance tests for applications and systems.
• Analyze test results, identify bottlenecks, and perform root cause analysis for performance issues.
• Implement and maintain monitoring tools to track performance metrics.
• Collaborate with developers, QA, and DevOps teams to ensure performance requirements are integrated early in the development lifecycle.
• Document test plans, results, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Integrate test scripts within CI/CD pipelines for efficient execution. Monitor application performance using APM tools (e.g., Datadog, New Relic), Grafana, Prometheus, or Splunk), providing actionable insights.
• Generate performance reports and present findings to management and stakeholders.
• Mentor teams on performance best practices and foster a performance-aware culture.
• Design and document performance testing processes and best practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required, master’s degree preferred; Software Engineering, Computer Science degree is preferred. Any other related discipline or commensurate work experience considered.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in performance engineering or related roles
• Hands-on experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling).
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New Relic).
• Proficiency in scripting/programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Shell).
• Deep understanding of system architecture, networking, and database performance tuning.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP) with experience reading logs and viewing usage metrics within (e.g. Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray).
• Exposure making updates and improvements to CICD pipelines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with microservices and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of APM tools and distributed tracing.
• Relevant certifications in performance testing or cloud technologies.