Performance Engineer

Location: Mississauga, ON

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid — 2 days onsite

Contract Details

- Position Type: Contract
- Contract Duration: 1 year (with potential for extension)
- Pay Rate: C$60.00–C$70.00 / Hour (CAD)
- Shift / Schedule: Monday to Friday – core business hours
- Travel Requirements: Not required

Job Summary

This is a Performance Engineer role supporting a large enterprise team, with scope that could include supporting anywhere across the enterprise. The position is a long-term backfill role supporting important projects for the organization. The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in end-to-end Performance Engineering, with expertise across all phases of performance engineering activities including Requirement Gathering, Planning, Scripting, Execution, Analysis, Troubleshooting, Tuning, and Reporting to evaluate and improve application performance.

Required Skills

- JMeter – Proficient in developing and executing performance testing scripts and scenarios, with the ability to enhance/customize using advanced scripting techniques.
- Dynatrace – Strong expertise in deep-dive performance monitoring and analysis, providing actionable insights to diagnose and resolve bottlenecks.
- Performance Testing – Skilled in defining workload models, simulating production-like scenarios, executing large-scale performance tests, and analyzing results to ensure system stability, scalability, and reliability.
- Non-Functional Requirements & Architecture – Solid understanding of NFRs, system architecture, and technology stacks to ensure comprehensive performance coverage.
- Performance Tuning & Optimization – Ability to fine-tune application, database, and infrastructure components for optimal performance.
- Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams including developers, architects, operations, and business stakeholders to analyze results, recommend optimizations, and drive performance improvements.




- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on delivering measurable performance gains.

Preferred Skills

- Splunk, Log Analysis & Datadog – Skilled in log-based diagnostics and observability for identifying and resolving complex performance issues.
- SRE Skillsets – Exposure to Chaos Engineering, Observability, Monitoring production workloads, and contributing towards transition into an SRE role.
- Test Data & Virtualization – Ability to define test data strategy, collaborate with TDM teams, and develop Virtual Services using Mountebank for performance testing.
- Client-Side & End-User Experience – Experience with tools to measure and enhance end-user performance experience.

Education Requirements

- Bachelor's degree required
- Certifications: not mandatory

Required Experience

- Ideally 6 years of overall experience in Performance Engineering

Nice-to-Have Experience

- Previous experience at TD (highly ideal per hiring manager)

- Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
- 401k Retirement Fund

About the Client

This client is a leading financial services and banking institution operating across a large enterprise with a broad portfolio of technology and digital initiatives. Employing thousands of professionals across its enterprise, the organization supports roles spanning solutions development, release management, and technology engineering, with teams collaborating in rapid-paced, agile environments. Technical contributors — including performance engineers, software developers, and infrastructure specialists — work alongside architects, operations teams, and business stakeholders to deliver mission-critical platforms and services at scale.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-14247 Industry: Engineering

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