Performance QA Engineer: Scale & Reliability

Veeam Software; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation days + VeeaMe days

Private medical insurance

Life and disability insurance

Meal allowance

Job summary

Veeam Software in Lisbon is seeking a Performance QA Engineer to drive performance, load, and scalability testing for key products. You will design realistic enterprise-grade test environments, analyze results to identify bottlenecks, and collaborate with developers to resolve performance issues.

Responsibilities include building and maintaining labs, analyzing root causes, and owning test environments while working with international teams to ensure scalable, reliable performance across

Qualifications

• Technical education or a strong, hands-on passion for systems and performance.
• 1–2 years of experience in performance and/or load testing (or a strong practical background in system performance).
• Ability to analyze test results and clearly identify bottlenecks, limits, and performance risks.
• Solid knowledge of Windows and/or Linux at an advanced user or system administration level.
• Good understanding of system internals: CPU, memory, storage, networking.
• Strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, and structured thinking.
• Motivation to grow as a performance and scalability engineer.
• English proficiency for daily communication within international teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute performance, load, and scalability testing for major components of Veeam products (from requirement analysis and lab design to test execution and results analysis)
• Build and maintain realistic enterprise-grade test environments, including large infrastructures and complex topologies
• Identify performance bottlenecks and system limits, and work closely with developers, functional QA, and product managers to resolve them
• Participate in root cause analysis of performance issues reported by Technical Support and customers
• Own and evolve performance test labs: environment creation, configuration, monitoring, and collaboration with IT teams

Skills

Performance testing

Load testing

Test results analysis

Windows administration

Linux administration

Bottlenecks identification

English communication

Analytical mindset

System performance

Education

Technical education

Tools

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Virtualization platforms

Job description

Veeam Software in Lisbon is seeking a Performance QA Engineer to drive performance, load, and scalability testing for key products. You will design realistic enterprise-grade test environments, analyze results to identify bottlenecks, and collaborate with developers to resolve performance issues.

Responsibilities include building and maintaining labs, analyzing root causes, and owning test environments while working with international teams to ensure scalable, reliable performance across