Performance Specialist

VettedBench; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

VettedBench is seeking a Performance Test Engineer to design and execute load, stress, and spike tests using Apache JMeter. The role focuses on benchmarking microservices API latency and database throughput under multi-tenant peak loads to identify bottlenecks and drive capacity improvements.

You will combine performance testing with SQL Server query profiling and APM/infrastructure monitoring to support capacity planning and ensure system scalability and reliability.

Qualifications

• Experience with load, stress and spike testing using JMeter.
• Experience benchmarking API latency and multi-tenant throughput.
• Ability to profile SQL Server queries and optimize performance.
• Familiarity with APM and infrastructure monitoring.
• Capac ity planning and capacity tuning recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute load test scenarios using JMeter
• Design and execute stress test scenarios using JMeter
• Design and execute spike test scenarios using JMeter
• Benchmark microservices API latency under multi-tenant peak loads
• Benchmark database throughput under multi-tenant peak loads
• Identify performance bottlenecks
• Provide capacity tuning recommendations

Skills

Performance testing

API & microservices benchmarking

Capacity planning

Tools

Apache JMeter

SQL Server Profiling

APM/tools

Monitoring tooling

Job description

Position Overview:

We are seeking a Performance Test Engineer to design and execute load, stress, and spike test scenarios

using Apache JMeter. The role focuses on benchmarking microservices API latency and database

throughput under multi-tenant peak loads, identifying performance bottlenecks, and providing capacity tuning

recommendations. The engineer is expected to combine performance testing, SQL Server query profiling,

and APM and infrastructure monitoring to support capacity planning and ensure system scalability and

reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and execute load test scenarios using JMeter
• Design and execute stress test scenarios using JMeter
• Design and execute spike test scenarios using JMeter
• Benchmark microservices API latency under multi-tenant peak loads
• Benchmark database throughput under multi-tenant peak loads
• Identify performance bottlenecks
• Provide capacity tuning recommendations

Required Skills:

• Apache JMeter
• Load/Stress/Spike Testing
• API & Microservices Benchmarking
• SQL Server Query Profiling
• APM & Infrastructure Performance Monitoring
• Capacity Planning