QA Performance Test Engineer

We are looking for the QA Performance Test Engineer. This role is responsible for the design, development and execution of automated performance, load and stress testing of distributed network systems. The QA Performance Test Engineer will work closely with the QA and Development team members to develop test strategies, plans and schedules, while adhering to defined quality metrics and requirements. This position requires an individual who is passionate about automation and developing elegant software solutions.

This role will report to: Senior QA Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members during the design and implementation phase to ensure testing is taken into consideration
• Build automated tests and incorporate them into the existing framework
• Refactor existing tests to conform to new requirements and/or behaviors
• Perform code reviews to help ensure the highest level of code quality

Desired Skills and Experience

• Solid programming experience with a scripting language (Ruby preferred) in a Linux environment
• Experience building automated tests using RSPEC (or similar)
• Solid understanding of the HTTP protocols
• Experience with distributed systems such as CDN/DNS is a big plus
• Experience working with Jira is a plus
• Comprehensive understanding of test methodologies and techniques
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins)
• Good understanding of object-oriented programming concepts
• Experience with the Linux command line
• Experience with QA for high performance distributed systems
• Experience with UI Automation framework like Selenium a plus
• Bachelor’s in computer science (or comparable industry experience)
• Minimum 4 years of software test automation experience