Senior Performance Test Engineer

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Description

United's Digital Technology team designs, develops, and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

Find your future at United! We’re reinventing what our industry looks like, and what an airline can be – from the planes we fly to the people who fly them. When you join us, you’re joining a global team of 100,000+ connected by a shared passion with a wide spectrum of experience and skills to lead the way forward.

 

Achieving our ambitions starts with supporting yours. Evolve your career and find your next opportunity. Get the care you need with industry-leading health plans and best-in-class programs to support your emotional, physical, and financial wellness. Expand your horizons with travel across the world’s biggest route network. Connect outside your team through employee-led Business Resource Groups.

 

Create what’s next with us. Let’s define tomorrow together.

Job Overview And Responsibilities

As a Senior Performance Test Engineer of Information Technology at United Airlines, your primary responsibilities will encompass driving performance awareness, developing load and stress test plans, and conducting performance testing. Your expertise is crucial in ensuring that our platform maintains an exceptional user experience, even under peak loads.

In your role, you are tasked with guaranteeing the efficiency, scalability, and reliability of software solutions through continuous, in-depth performance testing, optimization, and collaborative efforts to improve system capabilities.

• Collaborate with developers and product owners to ensure that precise performance requirements and acceptance criteria are accurately documented in Jira/ADO for each production change, whether for new features or updates to existing functionalities.
• Design, develop, and conduct performance test scripts for UI, API, Desktop, and mobile applications to identify bottlenecks and enhance system performance with every production change. Analyze test results to optimize performance and improve the customer experience.
• Create and maintain performance test results metrics and dashboards. Continuously communicate any risks and results associated with application performance under both normal and extreme loads to project stakeholders.
• Adhere to performance test best practices and ensure that deliverables are completed on time.
• Develop and sustain performance test frameworks and tools.
• Provide mentorship to junior performance test engineers and offer guidance on performance testing methodologies and tools. Keep up to date with new testing tools and technologies.
  
  

This position is offered on local terms and conditions. Expatriate assignments and sponsorship for employment visas, even on a time-limited visa status, will not be awarded. This position is for United Airlines Business Services Pvt. Ltd - a wholly owned subsidiary of United Airlines Inc.

Qualifications

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree or 4 years of relevant work experience
• Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• 4-6 years of relevant experience
• ISTQB® Performance Testing (CT-PT)
• AWS Cloud Practitioner
• In-depth understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Proficiency in performance testing tools such as LoadRunner, JMeter, Gatling, among others.
• Programming/Scripting skills in Java, Python, SQL
• Competence in application monitoring tools like Dynatrace, Datadog, or AppDynamics
• Knowledge of Software Test Life Cycle and familiarity with Agile & Waterfall Methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, and Scaled Agile frameworks.
• Integration of performance testing within a DevOps CI/CD pipeline and good understanding of Harness, TeamCity or like
• Proficient in Automation Framework - Playwright, Selenium, UFT, SeeTest (for UI, API, Desktop, Mobile, Database)
• Comprehension of test environment and release management principles
• Experience with Cloud Technologies
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration abilities
• Capability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
  
  

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

• Airline Domain Knowledge
• Cloud Technology - AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
• GenAI
  
  

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