Senior Performance Test Engineer

Job Description (Job Advert Content)

Role Purpose

• Leads quality control performance tests and analysis of outcomes to ensure technology solutions meet or exceed user acceptances standards and requirements.
  
  

Role Responsibilities

• Design and code automated performance tests in Java (Jmeter, Load runner)
• Embrace Behaviour Driven Development practices, e.g., 3 Amigos collaboration and Gherkin/Cucumber.
• Leads a wide range of quality control tests and analyses to ensure that software meets or exceeds specified performance standards and end user requirement.
• Ensure our applications meets performance standards by coding automated tests in Scala using the Gatling framework.
• Proficient in using APM tools like DataDog and AWS CloudWatch to analyse system load, detect performance bottlenecks, and raise issues.
• Implement a variety of tests (stress, load, soak, spike) and analyse results to ensure optimal performance.
• Drafts and revises test plans and scripts to ensure alignment with standards and technology strategy
• Studies requirement specifications both functional and non functional and raise clarifications with Business and Technical Analysts
• Leads the ongoing maintenance of customer technologies, resolving issues and escalating where necessary
• Recommends and supports the implementation of improvements to quality control frameworks, processes and best practices.
  
  

Required Skills/Experience :

• Expert Performance Quality engineer (7-11 years) with excellent knowledge of the Performance Automation tools like Load runner, Jmeter, Gatling.
• Capable of motivating and energizing others, as well as gaining their respect.
• Experience in leading small teams, preferably in an Agile environment
• Experienced Programmer and/or Performance Automation Tester, with good technical skills Java # and/or Python other similar programming language
• Self-starter - does what it takes to get the job done
• Comfortable operating in a dynamic environment
• Experienced, able and keen to work using Agile development methodologies
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• Experience of test tracking tools
• Proficient using source code management tools such as Git or SVN
• Familiarity with and/or accreditation in AWS or similar Cloud technology
  
  

Key Relationships:

• Development Manager / Development Team Lead.
• Business Analysts.
• Agile team members.
  
  

Desired Skills/Experience Required:

• Experience with API interfaces
• Understanding of multithreading.
• Experience in Cloud technologies (AWS).
  
  

Education/ Certifications:

• A good relevant degree is desirable, but experience and the right approach to work are just as meaningful.
  
  

Benefits

We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios! If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career!

We enhance each employee’s potential through personal development through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

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LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

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