Summary We’re looking for a performance test engineer to build and run load, stress, soak, spike, and endurance tests for applications, APIs, and backend services. The role centers on k6 (first priority) and JMeter (second), and includes analyzing results, finding bottlenecks, and integrating performance testing into CI/CD pipelines. Candidates need 5 to 12 years of overall experience, including 3 to 5 years with k6.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain performance test scripts in k6 and JMeter

Run load, stress, soak, spike, and endurance tests

Test applications, APIs, and backend services

Analyze response times, throughput, error rates, CPU, memory, and other metrics

Identify bottlenecks and work with engineering teams to troubleshoot

Define performance goals and success criteria

Write performance test reports

Support benchmarking and capacity planning

Integrate performance tests into CI/CD pipelines

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Strong hands-on experience with k6 and JMeter

Strong performance testing experience, including designing and executing load, stress, endurance, and scalability tests

Experience testing APIs and web applications

Understanding of HTTP/HTTPS, cookies, sessions, headers, and authentication

Ability to analyze logs, metrics, and monitoring data

Scripting skills in JavaScript, Groovy, or Python

Familiarity with Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps

Strong communication and analytical skills

Preferred

Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP (any cloud is acceptable)

Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized applications (e.g., EKS)

Experience writing code in Java or Python