Performance Tester, GCP

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Establish and lead the performance engineering strategy for cloud-native applications hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Act as the subject matter expert concerning application performance, scalability, and observability in distributed systems.

• Evaluate and enhance application performance across microservices, APIs, databases, and high-volume transaction workflows.

• Detect and address performance bottlenecks that affect user experience, including patient data retrieval, historical data loading, and real-time clinical workflows.

• Design, implement, and supervise performance, load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing using top-tier industry tools.

• Utilize statistical analysis and performance metrics to identify trends, predict system behavior, and offer actionable recommendations.

• Collaborate with software engineering, architecture, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), database, and infrastructure teams to execute performance enhancements.

• Lead and mentor a team of 4–5 Performance Engineers, establishing best practices, technical standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Spearhead performance testing automation and its integration within CI/CD pipelines.

• Present performance evaluations, risks, capacity planning suggestions, and optimization strategies to technical leadership and executive stakeholders.

• Advocate for a performance-first engineering culture throughout the software development lifecycle.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in Performance Engineering, Performance Testing, or Application Performance Optimization.

• Expert-level proficiency in designing and executing performance testing strategies at an enterprise scale.

• Extensive knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including cloud observability, monitoring, and performance optimization.

• Strong comprehension of distributed cloud-native architectures, microservices, REST APIs, and containerized applications.

• Experience in analyzing application performance across databases, application servers, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.

• Practical experience with one or more performance testing tools such as OpenText LoadRunner Enterprise (LRE), Apache JMeter, or Gatling.

• Comprehensive knowledge of performance monitoring and observability platforms.

• Experience in interpreting large performance datasets and applying statistical analysis to detect trends and capacity constraints.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting technical findings to both engineering teams and executive leadership.

• Proven record of leading and mentoring technical teams in dynamic, high-availability environments.

• Preferred Qualifications: Experience in supporting healthcare, life sciences, financial services, or other highly regulated industries.

• Experience in optimizing applications running on Google Cloud services, including Cloud Spanner.

• Familiarity with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native deployment patterns.

• Experience in implementing performance testing within CI/CD pipelines.

• Knowledge of modern observability platforms such as Google Cloud Operations Suite, Dynatrace, New Relic, AppDynamics, or Grafana.

• Experience with capacity planning, resiliency testing, and production performance monitoring.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary package

• Share plan

• Company performance bonuses

• Value-based recognition awards

• Referral bonus

• Career coaching

• Global career opportunities

• Non-linear career paths

• Internal development programs for management and technical leadership

• Complex projects

• Rotations

• Internal tech communities

• Training

• Certifications

• Coaching

• Online learning platforms subscriptions

• Pass-it-on sessions

• Workshops

• Conferences

• Hybrid work and flexible working hours

• Employee assistance program

• Global internal wellbeing program

• Access to wellbeing apps

• Global internal tech communities

• Hobby clubs and interest groups

• Inclusion and diversity programs

• Events and celebrations