Load Test Engineer

Kapitalbank is seeking a motivated individual to join our team as a Load Test Engineer. This role offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to our infrastructure by leveraging your expertise to enhance system performance, reliability, and scalability. You will support best practices in performance optimization and lead efforts to implement innovative solutions, working closely with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvements.

Responsibilities

• Developing performance testing strategies: Planning and designing performance tests for key business functions and mission-critical systems.
• Conducting performance tests: Executing and monitoring performance tests to ensure system stability and scalability.
• Performance analysis and optimization: Analyzing test results to identify bottlenecks and provide recommendations for performance improvements.
• Creating test scenarios and load profiles: Developing load scenarios and test profiles based on business requirements and system characteristics.
• Documenting results: Preparing detailed reports with analysis of the test outcomes and recommendations for improvement.
• Supporting external system integrations: Working with integrations, including creating stubs and emulators for external services.
• Stakeholder communication: Collaborating with business and technical stakeholders to align goals and expectations for performance tests and providing reports on test results.
• Collaborating with development and DevOps teams: Working closely with developers and DevOps engineers to integrate performance tests into the development process and CI/CD pipeline.
• Knowledge sharing and mentoring: Participating in team education, conducting workshops, and providing mentoring.

Requirement

• Development of Performance Testing Methodologies (PTM): Proven experience in creating and implementing performance testing methodologies, including the definition of criteria, metrics, and load scenarios, tailored to the specific needs of financial systems.
• Load Testing Profiling: Ability to analyze and create load profiles for the systems under test, including load calculation and bottleneck forecasting, with a focus on high-load environments such as banking applications.
• Work Experience: At least 4 years of experience in performance testing, preferably in the banking sector or similarly high-load systems.
• Executing Performance Tests: Hands-on experience in planning, executing, and analyzing performance tests with a strong focus on the requirements of financial systems.
• Proficiency with Performance Testing Tools: Strong proficiency with tools such as JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner, or their equivalents.
• Stub and Emulator Development: Skills in creating stubs and emulators for external integrations to facilitate isolated testing.
• Knowledge Sharing: Willingness to share knowledge and expertise with colleagues, actively participating in team mentoring and training.
• English Proficiency: Level B2 or higher.