Performance & Load Test Automation Engineer :: NYC (Hybrid_Local Preferred)

TestingXperts; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TestingXperts in New York is seeking a QA engineer focused on automation and performance testing to drive scalable quality across web, mobile, and API platforms, while mentoring junior testers and contributing to test strategy.

Healthcare testing experience is a plus, with exposure to Facets, HRP, member and enrolment workflows; the role demands robust automation, fault analysis, and the ability to design, execute, and maintain comprehensive load tests in collaboration with developers and

Qualifications

• Must have automation testing and manual testing experience.
• Experience with LoadRunner or JMeter.
• Strong SQL and backend testing capabilities.
• Experience with API, integration, database, and file testing.
• Agile testing experience.
• ISTQB Foundation certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain performance testing environment.
• Develop and execute performance test scripts.
• Analyze results, identify bottlenecks, and provide improvements.
• Support test planning, execution, defect management, and release validation.
• Automation skills are mandatory; manual testing is one of several responsibilities.
• Collaborate with teams and communicate findings.

Skills

Automation testing

Manual testing

API testing

SQL backend testing

Agile testing

Performance engineering

Capacity planning

Bottleneck analysis

Reporting

Strong communication

Education

ISTQB Foundation

Tools

LoadRunner

JMeter

Monitoring tools

Job description

Key Skills Required (must Have)

• Strong automation testing experience.
• Manual testing experience
• LoadRunner, JMeter
• Performance engineering, workload modelling, monitoring tools, environment setup, capacity planning, bottleneck analysis, reporting
• Strong SQL and backend testing skills.
• Experience with API, integration, database, and file testing
• Experience working in Agile environments
• ISTQB Certification (Foundation Level minimum) preferred; Advanced ISTQB certifications are a plus.

Healthcare Knowledge (details below)

Preferred and great to have; not mandatory

Candidates with healthcare payer experience (particularly exposure to Facets, HRP, member, provider, enrolment, and integration testing) will be given preference

Additional Details

Given our direction toward Quality Engineering, should have the ability to establish and maintain the performance testing environment, develop and execute performance test scripts, analyze results, identify bottlenecks, and provide recommendations to improve application scalability and stability.

Ability to support test planning, test execution, defect management, and release validation activities.

Automation skills are mandatory; manual testing is one of many responsibilities.

Certifications are nice to have for their demonstrated skills

Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Willing to work from the office 2-3 days a week

Candidates who can quickly contribute across multiple testing disciplines will provide the greatest value to the organization and help increase overall testing efficiency and coverage.