Senior Performance Test Engineer

Careernet; Hyderabad, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Careernet is seeking an experienced Performance Testing Lead to design and execute load testing strategies for enterprise applications across web, API, and backend systems. You will analyze bottlenecks, ensure scalability, and collaborate with engineering to ensure release readiness for high-traffic environments.

The ideal candidate has 10–13 years of hands-on performance testing experience, strong JMeter/LoadRunner skills, and expertise with Grafana and Datadog for observability across

Qualifications

• 10 to 13 years of experience in performance testing and performance engineering for enterprise applications.
• Expertise with JMeter and LoadRunner for load, stress, and endurance testing.
• Experience with Grafana and Datadog for metrics analysis and system observability.
• Experience working across AWS, Azure, or GCP environments with performance-focused validation.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute performance test strategies across web, API, and backend systems.
• Build and maintain reusable test scripts and workloads using enterprise performance testing tools.
• Analyze application behavior under load and identify bottlenecks across application, database, and infrastructure layers.
• Use monitoring and observability tools to correlate test results with system metrics and service health.
• Partner with engineering teams to validate scalability targets and support release readiness for high-traffic systems.

Skills

Performance testing

Load testing

Stress testing

Endurance testing

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Technology

Tools

JMeter

LoadRunner

Grafana

Datadog

AWS

Azure

GCP

AppDynamics

Prometheus

Dynatrace

ChatGPT

Gemini

Claude Code

Copilot

Job description

Key Skills:

Performance Testing, Performance Engineering, JMeter, LoadRunner, Load Testing, Stress Testing, Endurance Testing, Scalability Testing, Grafana, Datadog, AWS, Azure, GCP, Monitoring, Observability, AppDynamics, Prometheus, Dynatrace, AI-Assisted Productivity Tools, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude Code, Copilot

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design and execute performance test strategies across web, API, and backend systems.
• Build and maintain reusable test scripts and workloads using enterprise performance testing tools.
• Analyze application behavior under load and identify bottlenecks across application, database, and infrastructure layers.
• Use monitoring and observability tools to correlate test results with system metrics and service health.
• Partner with engineering teams to validate scalability targets and support release readiness for high-traffic systems.

Experience Required:

• 10 to 13 years of experience in performance testing and performance engineering for enterprise applications.
• Expertise with JMeter and LoadRunner for load, stress, and endurance testing.
• Experience with Grafana and Datadog for metrics analysis and system observability.
• Experience working across AWS, Azure, or GCP environments with performance-focused validation.

Good to Have:

• AppDynamics, Prometheus, Dynatrace, and familiarity with AI-assisted productivity tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude Code, or Copilot.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.