Performance Engineer

Rate: $60–$73/hour

Duration: 12-month contract

Location: Mississauga, ON

Work Model: Hybrid, currently 2 days onsite

Hours: Monday–Friday, core business hours

Extension/Conversion: Possible

Role Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced Performance Engineer to support enterprise technology initiatives. The role will focus on end-to-end performance engineering, including requirements, scripting, execution, analysis, troubleshooting and performance optimization.

Key Responsibilities
Develop and execute performance testing scripts and scenarios using JMeter
Conduct large-scale performance, load and scalability testing
Use Dynatrace for deep-dive monitoring, analysis and bottleneck identification
Gather and assess non-functional requirements (NFRs)
Analyze application, database and infrastructure performance
Troubleshoot performance issues and recommend tuning and optimization strategies
Partner with developers, architects and operations teams to drive performance improvements
Produce transparent performance analysis and reporting

Must-Have Qualifications
Approximately 6+ years of Performance Testing/Engineering experience




Robust hands-on JMeter expertise
Strong Dynatrace monitoring and analysis experience
End-to-end performance testing and engineering experience
Strong understanding of NFRs, system architecture and technology stacks
Hands-on performance tuning and optimization experience
Previous experience within banking or financial services
Solid analytical, troubleshooting and communication skills

Nice to Have
Splunk, Datadog and log analysis
SRE, observability or Chaos Engineering exposure
Test data management and service virtualization
Mountebank
Client-side/end-user performance testing
Previous experience within a large financial institution

Ideal Profile: A hands-on Performance Engineer with strong JMeter and Dynatrace expertise who can go beyond test execution to diagnose bottlenecks, troubleshoot complex performance issues and drive application and infrastructure optimization. Note: We use AI tools to: obtain basic information, detect plagiarism, false employment history or references, categorize your skills, and do an initial match with job posting.

📌 Performance Engineer Mississauga
🏢 Infotek Consulting
📍 Mississauga