Performance Test Engineer

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

Key Responsibilities

• Technical design and development of Performance framework for large core product and functional components
• Conduct requirement and design analysis, and prepare specifications, test cases, and test data for functional, regression, automation, and performance testing
• Conduct product validation test execution, develop performance test plans and test strategies, report defects, and generate test reports
• Work closely with application development, architecture, and infrastructure teams to define success criteria for automation, performance testing, and application analysis initiatives
• Mentor team members on performance testing best practices and drive adoption of testing frameworks
• Conduct load, stress, and endurance testing to ensure system reliability under diverse conditions
• Contribute to a culture of innovation, quality, and continuous improvement within an Agile team
  
  
  

Required Experience, Skills, And Qualifications

• 5 to 8 years of hands-on experience in performance testing, ideally within a product-focused organization
• Proficiency in Java programming for test automation and scripting (hands-on expertise required)
• Expertise with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, or similar
• Strong SQL skills for writing and optimizing database queries
• Experience in test case management, reporting, and using bug tracking systems such as Jira
• Exposure to Linux and SQL, and flexible to work on manual testing when needed
• Strong knowledge of enterprise application architecture and technologies, including databases, web, web services, and reporting
• Strong comprehension, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, quick learner, and good troubleshooting capabilities
  
  
  

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Informatics, life sciences, or equivalent work experience is required
• Master of Science (MS) degree in a relevant study area is preferred
• Experience working in a regulated environment of the healthcare, diagnostics, and/or pharmaceutical industry with Information Security and Computer System Validation (CSV)
• Experience testing business intelligence/analytics applications or software for multi-tenant enterprise SaaS applications is a big plus
• Knowledge of UI/UX testing and accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) is a plus
  
  

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.