8755 Lead Performance Engineer jobs in Bengaluru

Scope

• We are building a highly resilient, scalable, and world-class SaaS-based Transportation Management System (TMS) using modern technologies.
• To achieve this, we need a strong Performance Engineering team within our Product Development (PD) organization.
• As a Performance Lead Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in guiding the team, ensuring application performance, and proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks.

What You will Do

• Lead the design and execution of comprehensive performance test strategies across applications.
• Develop test scenarios and guide junior engineers in creating efficient performance scripts.
• Execute end-to-end performance testing, analyze results, and resolve bottlenecks.
• Collaborate closely with developers and DevOps to address regressions and optimize code for performance.
• Evaluate and implement new tools, features, and technologies through proof-of-concept initiatives.
• Prepare and present detailed performance reports, effectively communicating insights and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Build and maintain test automation frameworks and utilities to improve efficiency.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and excellence.

What We are Looking For

• Experience: 810.5 years in Performance Testing and Engineering.
• Expertise: Deep knowledge of performance testing methodologies with strong expertise in JMeter.
• Diagnostics: Skilled in analyzing thread dumps, GC logs, and heap dumps to troubleshoot performance issues.
• Cloud and other tools: Experience with major cloud platforms (Azure preferred), Kafka, Splunk and AppDynamics
• Scripting: Strong proficiency in Python and shell scripting.
• Operating Systems: Experience with Windows, Linux, and Unix environments.
• Databases & APIs: Good understanding of REST APIs and experience with AzureSQL Server databases.
• AI skills: Exposure to Generative AI and Agentic AI technologies.
• Agile Methodologies & Tools: Comfortable working in Agile environments with strong expertise in Jira, a solid understanding of the performance engineering lifecycle, and active participation in Agile ceremonies.
• Capacity Planning & FinOps: Strong understanding of FinOps principles with hands-on experience in capacity planning, cost optimization, and resource utilization exercises on Cloud
• Domain: Prior experience in enterprise Supply Chain applications like TMS, WMS, OMS or e-commerce platforms is a strong plus.

About Company :

They balance innovation with an open, friendly culture and the backing of a long-established parent company, known for its ethical reputation. We guide customers from what's now to what's next by unlocking the value of their data and applications to solve their digital challenges, achieving outcomes that benefit both business and society.

About Client:

Our client is a global digital solutions and technology consulting company headquartered in Mumbai, India. The company generates annual revenue of over $4.29 billion (₹35,517 crore), reflecting a 4.4% year-over-year growth in USD terms. It has a workforce of around 86,000 professionals operating in more than 40 countries and serves a global client base of over 700 organizations.

Our client operates across several major industry sectors, including Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI), Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT), Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Manufacturing & Consumer. In the past year, the company achieved a net profit of $53.4 million (₹4,584.6 crore), marking a 1.4% increase from the previous year. It also recorded a strong order inflow of $5 6 billion, up 15.7% year-over-year, highlighting growing demand across its service lines.

Key focus areas include Digital Transformation, Enterprise AI, Data & Analytics, and Product Engineering—reflecting its strategic commitment to driving innovation and value for clients across industries.

Job Title: Performance Testing.

·Location: Pune(Hybrid)

· Experience: 5.5+

· Job Type : Contract to hire.

· Notice Period:- Immediate joiners.

Job description

8 years of experience in Performance Testing and Engineering

2 years of experience in leading a team of atleast 3 member Should have experience working in larger engagement Where the total team size is 500

Worked on minimum two performance Testing tool and any of the APM tool

Sound knowledge in various Non Functional Testing Failover testing is a must

Requirement Gathering and Analysis Ability to understand NFRs and translate them into specific Design and Testing goals Effectively capture and build a strategy to validate NFRs Test Plan and test Strategy Ability to effectively execute the testing strategy

Participate in all phases of the Performance TestingEngineering lifecycle Requirement Gathering Design Development Scripting Execution Analysis Troubleshooting Reporting

Leverage Application performance management and profiling tools to identify isolate and resolve performance bottlenecks

Coordinate with all stakeholdersteams to identify performance bottlenecks across all tiers components layers

Analysis and resolution of critical and complex application issues like crashes hung threads memory leaks etc

Ensure test scripts and test scenarios simulate real world scenarios Data driven script development and test execution

Provide and present organization level reports to stake holders like WSR MMR QBR

Determines requirements for test environments test data test infrastructure and tools and coordinates with Project Teams

Typically manages a project with a team size ranging from 3 to 6 people

Experiences on Performance Engineering profiling and tuning experience including experience working with APM tools such HP Diagnostics DynaTrace App dynamics etc

Should have performance monitoring experience across Windows and UNIX platforms with OpenView Sitescope Wily or similar tools

Ability to understand and analyze AWR reports

Ability to adapt and learn quickly in a complex and dynamic environment

Strong written oral presentation skills

Must be able to work both independently and within a group

Excellent technical interpersonal analytical and problemsolving skills

Should have experience working in Agile project

Skills

Mandatory Skills :
Performance Testing -Analysis (Analysing test Results, Server Stats,Bottlenecks, tuning and recommendations),Performance Testing -Emerging Tools (K6,Gatling),Performance Testing -Execution (Baseline, Load, Endurance, Stress, Volume,Network, DR, Failover, Spike, Saas based/COTS),Performance Testing -NFR Gathering (Log Analyis, User Interview, Reverse Engineering, NFR Documentation),Performance Testing -Planning (Strategy, Approach, Estimation, Workload Modeling, Risk and Issue Management),Performance Testing -Performance Engineering,Jmeter, Blazemeter -Performance Testing,Neoload -Performance Testing,LoadRunner-Performance Testing

• Should have experience to build best fit architectural solution in form of frameworks tools in identified technology area
• Should be conversant with architecture principles and practices Architecture frameworks and methodology Architecture patterns Architect QoS performance scalability maintainability reusability
• Should be able to provide technical leadership and strategic direction for testing
• Should be able to create technology differentiation by contribution to new proposal pursuits
• Preferably should be aware of industry trends in some emerging technology areas blockchain AR VR LCNC Quantum computing etc
• Preferably a thought leaders within the area of technology specialization esp for Sr
• Tech Arch role should have published some whitepapers or presented in some industry forums

Technology->Performance Testing->Performance Testing - ALL->Rational Performance Tester,Technology->Performance Testing->Performance Engineering->Apache Jmeter,Technology->Mobile Testing->Mobile Performance Testing->Jmeter,Technology->Infra_ToolAdministration-Others->Loadrunner,Technology->DevOps->Continuous delivery - Continuous deployment and release->LoadRunner,Technology->Mobile Testing->Mobile Automation Testing->Junit,Technology->DevOps->Continuous integration - Java->Junit,Technology->Mobile Testing->BDD, TDD, ATDD for Mobile Test Automation,Technology->Ruby on Rails->MySql,Postgres,Oracle,cucumber,Technology->Java->Play Framework,Technology->Database->MySQL,Technology->Agile Management->Agile Management Tools->JIRA

1) 4-6 years of hands-on experience in performance testing.

2) Must have strong experience with one or more load testing tools (e.g., JMeter, K6).

3) Must have working experience on Git for version control.

4) Must have experience with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools (Datadog, Dynatrace).

5) Must have very good analytical and problem-solving skills with a performance mindset.

6) Strong knowledge of log analysis using Kibana or Elasticsearch.

7) Basic knowledge of AWS services and architecture.

8) Understanding of Kubernetes (K8s) concepts and deployments.

9) Must have experience with CI/CD tools and processes (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD).

Tool Expertise

Proficient in performance profiling using Selenium with Browser Mob Proxy , and Chrome DevTools (Performance, Network, Memory tabs). Skilled in load testing using Apache JMeter.

Test Design & Execution

Expertise in designing and executing various test types: Load, Stress, Spike, Soak, and Scalability tests.

Capable of simulating high concurrency scenarios, managing TPS/RPS, and capturing critical performance metrics like response time, throughput, latency, and error rates.

Monitoring & Bottleneck Analysis

Experienced in using AWS X-Ray and CloudWatch for performance monitoring.

Skilled in identifying bottlenecks through CPU/memory profiling, GC tuning, and analyzing thread/connection pool saturation.

Strategy & Planning

Strong ability to define Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) and KPIs.

Competent in creating comprehensive performance test plans including goals, scenarios, tools, and data setup.

Experienced in estimating peak load, concurrency needs, SLA targets, and ensuring test-production environment parity.

About Albertsons Companies Inc.:

As a leading food and drug retailer in the United States, Albertsons Companies, Inc. operates over 2,200 stores across 35 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners across the United States, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco and others, serve more than 36 million U.S customers each week.

We build and shape technology solutions that solve customers’ problems every day, making things easier for them when they shop with us online or in a store. We have made bold, strategic moves to migrate and modernize our core foundational capabilities, positioning ourselves as the first fully cloud-based grocery tech company in the industry.

Our success is built on a one-team approach, driven by the desire to understand and enhance the customer experience. By constantly pushing the boundaries of retail, we are transforming shopping into an experience that is easy, efficient, fun and engaging.

About Albertsons Companies India:

At Albertsons Companies India, we're not just pushing the boundaries of technology and retail innovation, we're cultivating a space where ideas flourish and careers thrive. Our workplace in India is a vital extension of the Albertsons Companies Inc. workforce and important to the next phase in the company’s technology journey to support millions of customers’ lives every day.

At the Albertsons Companies India, we are raising the bar to grow across Technology & Engineering, AI, Digital and other company functions, and transform a 165-year-old American retailer. At Albertsons Companies India associates collaborate directly with international teams, enhancing decision-making processes and organizational agility through exciting and pivotal projects. Your work will make history and help millions of lives each day come together around the joys of food and inspire their well-being.

Position Title: Senior Engineer Quality

Job Description:

Roles & responsibilities:

• Work in an Agile environment and adhere to all QE best practices.
• Set up the test framework and build and maintain automated test cases for Mobile and Web application components to improve quality and development velocity.
• Perform testing using a variety of test methodologies including manual and automated testing by scripts.
• Set up the pipelines to ensure the functional, regression and E2E testing can be triggered automatically.
• Proactively track both functional testing and regression testing status for each sprint release.
• Assist the developers to analyze the root cause and the impact of software defect, provide suggestions for quality improvements.
• Report and track and help determine priorities for enhancements and defects utilizing tools like JIRA.
• Work in partnership with Scrum team members, including engineering and product management, to deliver business functionality on-time, with required quality, and that meets the acceptance criteria.
• Write test cases and scenarios from the requirements/designs;
  manage bug tracking.
• Create, trigger, monitor and control the execution of automated test suites, identifying issues and potential gaps.
• Support QE governance of test processes, data, and execution metrics to help drive improve the performance of team.
• Perform risk analysis for features/projects in your ownership, provide mitigation and escalate appropriately.
• Collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to analyze, debug and resolve any issues.
• Develop high-quality, end-to-end automation tests that match acceptance criteria and user scenarios.
• Be a key contributor to the continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines. Perform code reviews for your teammates. Help develop and build the test infrastructure with the DevOps team.
• Work with our Product Management Team to define good acceptance criteria for our stories.
• Perform manual exploratory testing and troubleshooting to help identify difficult to find bugs and UX issues.
• Ensure the monthly releases are validated and ready for our customers.
• Develop and document quality risks and mitigations.
• Develop documentation standards, procedures and approval hierarchies.
• Propose and implement changes in overall testing processes.
• Represent the Quality/ Test perspective to determine the release readiness for the entire program/project(s).
• Recommend ways to load-balance work as needed across the program team which results in more effective and efficient testing.
• Provide guidance and direction to less experienced staff in resolution of escalated issues and/or complex production, application or system problems.
• Mentor team members.
• Oversee the work of less experienced team members.

Experience Required:

• Specialized knowledge of test automation techniques for complex interdependent programs/projects.
• Specialized knowledge of Java, JavaScript, or Python
• Specialized knowledge of developing and executing web automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver or any similar automated test tools for web applications.
• Specialized knowledge of developing and executing Mobile automation scripts using Appium, Expresso, or any similar automated test tools for Mobile applications.
• Specialized knowledge of developing and executing API automation scripts using Karate, Postman, Rest Assured, WireMock, Mockito, or any similar automated test tools.
• Specialized knowledge of developing and executing UI/API performance test scripts using JMeter, LoadRunner, Lighthouse or any similar tools
• Specialized knowledge of Accessibility testing using WAVE, AXE, AccessScan or any similar tools
• Specialized knowledge of monitoring and logging tools using DataDog, Azure Log Analytics, Grafana, AppD or similar tools
• Specialized knowledge of testing methodologies and processes.
• Specialized knowledge of the full software development lifecycle and software development methodologies (Agile).
• Excellent organizational and troubleshooting skills with attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively in a matrixed organization.
• Strong ability to mentor, coach and train lower-level Quality Engineers
• Passion for testing excellence through automation and process improvements.
• Leadership skills and self-starter.

Competencies:

• Compassionate and kind, showing courtesy, dignity, and respect. They show sincere interest and empathy for all others.
• Show integrity in what is done and how it is done - without sacrificing personal/business ethics.
• Embrace an inclusion-focused mindset, seeking input from others on their work and encouraging the open expression of diverse ideas and opinions
• Team-oriented, positively contributing to team morale and willing to help.
• Learning-Focused, finding ways to improve in their field and use positive constructive feedback to grow personally and professionally
• Think strategically and proactively anticipate future problems, needs or changes in the work

Skills Required:

• JMeter performance testing
• Selenium
• Language – Java / JavaScript / Python

Additional skills:

• Web Testing - Cucumber Testing JUnit
• Mobile testing - Appium/Espresso
• API - Karate, Postman, Rest Assured, Swagger, SoapUI, Wiremock/Mockito
• Accessibility - WAVE, AXE, AccessScan or similar tools
• Logging / Monitoring tools - DataDog, Azure Log Analytics, Grafana, AppD
• Dashboarding and documentation - Jira and Confluence
• Database - MongoDB, SQL and Cassandra
• Linux operating systems.

Join us as a Software Engineer, Performance Testing

• This is an opportunity for a driven Software Engineer to take on an exciting new career challenge
• Day-to-day, you'll build a wide network of stakeholders of varying levels of seniority
• Its a chance to hone your existing technical skills and advance your career
• We're offering this role at associate vice president level

What you'll do

In your new role, youll engineer and maintain innovative, customer centric, high performance, secure and robust solutions. Youll be working within a feature team and using your extensive experience to engineer software, scripts and tools that are often complex, as well as liaising with other engineers, architects and business analysts across the platform.

Youll also be:

• Producing complex and critical software rapidly and of high quality which adds value to the business
• Working in permanent teams who are responsible for the full life cycle, from initial development, through enhancement and maintenance to replacement or decommissioning
• Collaborating to optimise our software engineering capability
• Designing, producing, testing and implementing our working code
• Working across the life cycle, from requirements analysis and design, through coding to testing, deployment and operations

The skills you'll need

Youll need a background in software engineering, software design, architecture, and an understanding of how your area of expertise supports our customers. You'll need at least nine years of experience in design, development and execution of the performance and load tests of the Avaloq Banking System. You'll need experience in maintaining the performance testing tools while supporting the development and designing the future roadmap of the tools.

You'll also need experience in C#, WCF, Oracle SQL, postgres and unix.

Youll also need:

• Experience of working with development and testing tools, bug tracking tools and wikis
• Experience in multiple programming languages or low code toolsets
• Experience of DevOps, Testing and Agile methodology and associated toolsets
• A background in solving highly complex, analytical and numerical problems
• Experience of implementing programming best practice, especially around scalability, automation, virtualisation, optimisation, availability and performance

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Performance Test Lead to design, execute, and lead performance

testing strategies for large-scale applications. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in

industry-standard performance testing tools, CI/CD integration, APM monitoring, and system

metrics analysis. This role requires strong technical leadership, mentoring skills, and the ability

to work closely with developers, architects, and infrastructure teams to ensure application

scalability, stability, and performance.

Key Responsibilities

● Lead end-to-end performance testing initiatives for applications and systems.

● Design, script, and execute realistic load/user flows using performance testing tools such

as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, NeoLoad, k6, or Blazemeter.

● Implement correlation, parameterization, and test data management for accurate test

coverage.

● Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or

Azure DevOps.

● Monitor and analyze performance using APM tools like Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New

Relic, Datadog, Grafana, and Prometheus/InfluxDB.

● Conduct deep-dive analysis of system metrics (CPU, memory, garbage collection,

database connections, thread states, etc.).

● Identify performance bottlenecks across application, database, network, and

infrastructure layers.

● Mentor performance testers, review scripts/results, and provide actionable

recommendations.

● Collaborate with developers, architects, DBAs, and operations teams to resolve

bottlenecks.

Required Skills

● Proven expertise in performance testing with tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling,

NeoLoad, k6, or Blazemeter.

● Strong experience in scripting realistic load/user flows.

● In-depth knowledge of correlation, parameterization, and test data management.

● Hands-on experience with CI/CD integration (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).

● Practical knowledge of APM tools (Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New Relic, Datadog,

Grafana + Prometheus/InfluxDB).

● Familiarity with scaling patterns in AWS, GCP, or Azure.

● Ability to diagnose performance issues across application, DB, network, and

infrastructure layers.

● Excellent communication and reporting skills for stakeholders and technical teams.

Plan, design, and execute performance tests to evaluate application scalability and responsiveness. Use tools like JMeter or LoadRunner to simulate user loads and analyze performance bottlenecks.

Required Candidate profile

Provide detailed reports and recommendations to improve application performance.Collaborate with development teams to optimize code and infrastructure.