01Overview
Job Title: Sr. Software Quality Engineer-Performance Testing
Location - Hyderabad
Hybrid Model
Experience - 5-8 Years
We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive Senior SQE Performance Testing to lead and own the end-to-end performance engineering lifecycle. The ideal candidate will contribute to defining the performance testing strategy, execute large-scale load tests, and deliver actionable insights through robust reporting and analytics. This role will be part of Software Quality CoE, it demands strong technical expertise, critical thinking, and the ability to make data-driven decisions. Additionally, this role requires leveraging modern AI/LLM tools to enhance productivity in automation, performance scripting, test design, and result analysis.
Key Responsibilities
Drive the overall performance testing strategy aligned with business and product goals
Own end-to-end performance testing lifecycle including planning, scripting, execution, monitoring, and reporting
Design and implement scalable load, stress, endurance, and spike test scenarios
Develop and maintain performance test frameworks and reusable assets
Execute tests to validate system scalability, reliability, and stability under load
Analyze performance bottlenecks across application, database, and infrastructure layers
Deliver detailed performance reports, dashboards, and analytics with actionable recommendations
Collaborate with development, DevOps, and architecture teams to resolve performance issues
Integrate performance tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous performance validation
Drive performance optimization initiatives and ensure SLAs/SLOs are met
Required Skills & Qualifications
5 to 8 years of hands-on experience in Performance Engineering
Solid expertise in any of the performance testing tools (code as a test) such as Gatling, K6, Locust or similar
Solid understanding of performance testing methodologies, workload modeling, and capacity planning .