Senior Performance Test Engineer

BlackLine · Bengaluru

Make Your Mark:

This position is responsible for implementing various aspects of Software Performance Testing & Engineering practices, working alongside product delivery teams, DBAs and marketing teams collecting Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) for various aspects of the software. These NFRs will be used to create product centric Test Strategies for Performance Test Execution and Delivery. The position will be responsible for quality and on-time delivery of the overall solution to production.

You'll Get To:

Responsible for the Identification of scope, design the performance test strategy, performance test planning, test development and execution
Work alongside the IT & Non-IT Domain teams like DevOps, Engineering, DBA and Product in defining/validating the non-functional requirements (SLOs - Service Level Objectives, SLIs - Service Level Indicators, and CUJ’s (Critical User Journey’s))
Manages and coordinates the test execution across Technology, including the risks and issues related to Performance test delivery
Closely collaborates with Infrastructure and DBAs for real time performance monitoring. Performs database load testing for performance, reliability, and scalability using varying user load and able to identify opportunities to improve the database performance
Integrates the performance tests with the deployment pipeline to continuously evaluate the system performance (Continuous Integration)
Communicates the performance trends to the senior management at a regular interval and/or a need basis through dashboards
Leads the analysis of the current technology environment and production defects to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for performance improvements
Shares performance perspectives particularly for new or shared infrastructure and architecture solutions. Be a consulting point for application or infrastructure development projects on performance and non-functional requirements
Understands technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable improvements and innovations on the company's technology platform overall's technical performance.
Works in an onsite/offshore environment and may lead people

What You'll Bring:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or another related field.
7 + years of demonstrable relevant IT work experience including application development / engineering, technical performance testing and engineering
Experience designing and executing performance testing for B2B Payments processing platform (Web, APIs, Microservices & Database) is required
Hands-on experience with tools like AppDynamics, Data Dog, New Relic, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, Solarwinds DPA for real time database monitoring.
Strong experience in performance testing the MS SQL and PostgreSQL databases, with an ability to go deep into Database internals.
Proven background in performance and non-functional requirements testing from strategy to execution
Experience of delivering performance tests for Monolith applications Microservices. Experience working in cloud environments is highly valued.
Hands-on experience working under agile methodologies and DevOps environments. Proficient working with DevOps tool chains (ADO – AzureDevOps, GCP) and CI/CD software delivery models using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform and ArgoCD, particularly with Performance tools such as Gatling, JMeter, Locust, Sitespeed.io
Demonstrate your prior experiences in bringing new tools or created your own tool to solve complex problems
A minimum of 6 years of experience in enterprise-grade production environment.
Previous experience with a variety of performance testing tools and technologies.
Experience leveraging AI Technologies to improve engineering productivity is a bonus (using tools like Claude, Agent SDKs, Vertex AI etc)

Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining:

A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future. Every door at BlackLine is open. Just bring your brains, your problem-solving skills, and be part of a winning team at the world's most trusted name in Finance Automation!
A culture that is kind, open, and accepting. It's a place where people can embrace what makes them unique, and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives.
A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered. BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity.

BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, age, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, ancestry, color, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, medical condition, genetic information, or any other protected class or category recognized by applicable equal employment opportunity or other similar laws.

BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture. Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 3 days a week.

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