Senior Performance Engineer for our client with 7+ years of hands-on expertise to drive our end-to-end performance engineering and reliability strategy. In this role, you will lead large-scale testing initiatives, architect workload models, and diagnose performance bottlenecks across complex, cloud-native environments. If you thrive on deep-dive root cause analysis and modern observability practices.
Key Responsibilities
- End-to-End Performance Strategy:
Lead performance testing and engineering across large-scale distributed systems, from NFR gathering and workload modeling to execution and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
- Scripting &
- Tooling:
Design and optimize customized JMeter test scripts, developing custom code to handle complex scenarios and synthetic user journeys.
- Observability &
- Diagnostics:
Leverage APM tools (Prometheus, Dynatrace, Datadog) and log management platforms (Splunk) to monitor, analyze, and optimize system utilization.
- Setting &
- Data Management:
Collaborate with Test Data Management teams to establish data strategies and utilize service virtualization tools (Mountebank) to decouple dependencies.
- Cross-Functional Leadership:
Partner with Agile software development, DevOps, and business stakeholders to communicate performance insights and drive system improvements.
Qualifications &
- Requirements
- Experience:
7+ years of hands-on experience in Performance Testing &
- Engineering.
- Core Tech Stack:
Advanced mastery of
JMeter
, strong
Linux fundamentals, and proficiency in
Java or
Python
.
- Monitoring &
- Observability:
Hands-on experience with APM tools (
Datadog, Dynatrace, Prometheus
) and
Splunk
.
- Infrastructure &
- Data:
Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure (
Azure
), container orchestration (
Docker, Kubernetes, ECS
), and relational databases (
MySQL
).
- Methodology:
Proven track record in Agile environments, with excellent documentation, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with
Chaos Engineering and SRE principles.
- Knowledge of client-side performance testing tools and framework integration.
- Experience with Service Virtualization.
📌 Senior Performance Engineer (Toronto)
🏢 SCRU Technologies
📍 Toronto
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