Sr. Performance Engineer

Industry: Financial Services

Location: 100% Remote

Contract: 90 Day Contract-to-Hire

Rate: Up to $137k/year

Top 3 Technical Skills

• Performance testing (load, stress, soak) with tools like Artillery, K6, JMeter
• Automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, TestNG/JUnit)
• Building performance test environments from scratch
  
  

About The Role

We’re looking for a Senior Quality Engineer who knows how to build performance testing environments from the ground up and drive performance strategy across complex, high-traffic systems. This role isn’t about maintaining the status quo—it’s about owning performance from design to delivery. You’ll shape testing approaches, lead automation, and influence engineering decisions that directly impact scalability, reliability, and user experience.

You’ll work closely with Engineering, Product, and Ops to ensure performance isn't an afterthought—it’s built into the lifecycle. If you’re the person who digs into metrics, calls out architectural risks early, and knows how to turn performance findings into business clarity, you’ll thrive here.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Assurance Strategy & Execution

• Develop and execute performance testing strategies that ensure scalable, stable delivery.
• Build and maintain automated test scripts using open-source frameworks.
• Apply version control best practices for test automation code.
• Define and reinforce QA standards for planning, execution, and automation.
  
  

Performance Testing & Optimization

• Lead performance benchmarking, tuning, and performance environment management.
• Use tools such as Artillery, K6, Locus, JMeter, or LoadRunner to measure, analyze, and optimize.
• Identify and mitigate risks, bottlenecks, and architectural limitations.
• Translate performance metrics into clear insights and recommendations.
  
  

Automation & Continuous Improvement

• Build and maintain automation frameworks and test suites.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD workflows.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective/preventive actions.
• Stay current with QA, automation, and performance engineering trends.
  
  

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with Product, Development, and Operations to align performance priorities with business needs.
• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and technical discussions.
• Lead cross-team initiatives to improve quality processes, tools, and methodologies.
  
  

Success Metrics

• Performance environment built, validated, and integrated into delivery workflows.
• Clear benchmarking baselines established and maintained.
• Reduction in performance-related defects and incidents.
• Increased test automation coverage and stability across CI/CD.
• Measurable improvements in system scalability and reliability over time.
  
  

Who You Are

• 5–7 years in QA, performance testing, and automation.
• Experience standing up new performance environments from scratch.
• Skilled in load, stress, and soak testing methodologies.
• Strong communicator able to convert technical metrics into business impact.
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Comfortable working across engineering, product, and operations.
• Focused, detail-oriented, and committed to delivering reliable, high-quality software.
  
  

Tools & Technologies

Performance Testing: Artillery, K6, JMeter, LoadRunner

Automation: Selenium, Playwright, JUnit, TestNG

DevOps & Infra: Azure DevOps, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes

Databases/Messaging: MS SQL Server, MongoDB, RabbitMQ

Monitoring: Datadog, Freshservice

Languages/Frameworks: Python, React, .NET, MuleSoft

Cloud: Azure