Lead Software Performance Engineer

RCI, LLC; Indiana (PA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible spending accounts

Life and accident coverage

Disability

Paid time off

Job summary

Travel + Leisure Co. seeks a Software Performance Engineer to lead medium-sized performance efforts with limited oversight. You will plan, script, execute, and analyze performance tests, owning defect management for assigned projects and mentoring a teammate.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in performance testing, familiar with LoadRunner, JMeter, or BlazeMeter, and strong scripting in Java or Python. This role emphasizes collaboration, risk assessment, and staying current with QA trends.

Qualifications

• Associates or Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or equivalent years of experience and training.
• ISTQB CT-PT Certification preferred.
• 3+ years of practical experience in performance testing.
• Demonstrated competency with a performance testing tool (LoadRunner, Blaze Meter, JMeter, etc.).
• Experience building and tuning agents in an agentic framework is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide estimations to project managers for QA activities and test planning.
• Develop performance plans, scripting, and execution across Web, middle-tier, and backend systems.
• Own performance defect management for assigned projects and track issues.
• Develop automated tools for performance data creation, destruction, and maintenance.
• Collaborate to improve QA and performance practices and industry standards.

Skills

Performance testing

Test planning

Defect management

Automation scripting

Stakeholder communication

Risk analysis

Education

Associates or Bachelor's in IT/CS/Business

Tools

LoadRunner

BlazeMeter

JMeter

Job description

Travel + Leisure Co. seeks a Software Performance Engineer to lead medium-sized performance efforts with limited oversight. You will plan, script, execute, and analyze performance tests, owning defect management for assigned projects and mentoring a teammate.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in performance testing, familiar with LoadRunner, JMeter, or BlazeMeter, and strong scripting in Java or Python. This role emphasizes collaboration, risk assessment, and staying current with QA trends.