Expert Performance QA Engineer

Ciklum is looking for a Expert Performance QA Engineer to join our team full-time in Ukraine.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Expert Performance QA Engineer, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow.

Our Client is one of the world’s leading leisure travel groups, with over 220 trusted brands in 180 countries and more than 30 million customers. Discovering the world’s diversity, exploring new horizons, experiencing foreign countries and cultures: travel broadens the mind. We create unforgettable moments for customers across the world and make their dreams come true. We are mindful of the importance of travel and tourism for many countries in the world and people living there. We partner with these countries to help shape their future – in a committed and sustainable manner.

Responsibilities:

• Determine the performance test requirements and Performance Test strategy
• Responsible for creating and maintaining test artifacts (plans, reports, dashboards) and ensuring they meet client's expectations
• Develop and support of load testing scripts and scenarios using various protocols and exchange format for back-end and middleware systems using Gatling
• Execute load, stress, volume and endurance Tests as required
• Identify potential and ongoing performance and capacity issues, conduct the corresponding analysis, reporting and recommendations

Requirements:

• Extensive Performance Testing Experience (4+ years)
• Understanding of performance bottlenecks, end-to-end performance measures (server response time, throughput, latency, etc.) and what to be tuned to get better performance and scalability
• Experience with Gatling performance testing framework
• Experience with AWS (2+ years)
• Solid experience with JVM base programming languages (java, kotlin, scala)
• Ability to set up Performance testing process from scratch and plan performance testing activities
• Knowledge of performance bottlenecks and end-to-end performance measures (server response time, throughput, latency, etc.)
• Working experience with service side monitoring tools (AppDynamics, NewRelic, DataDog etc.)
• Ability to setup and maintain jobs using CI tools i.e. GitLab Pipeline
• Strong English verbal and writing skills
• Ability to setup following stack: Gatling tests with InfluxDB and Grafana
• Good knowledge in k8s
• Experienced in UI performance testing

Personal skills:

• Good analytical skills and great interest towards problem analysis and tuning
• Good team player, motivated to solve complex tasks
• Strong communication and problem solving skills
• Self-motivated, self-disciplined and result-oriented
• Strong attention to details and accuracy

What`s in it for you?

• Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance, Mental Health programs, as well as financial and legal consultations
• Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy license, language courses and company-paid certifications
• Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
• Own your schedule – you are the one to decide when to start your working day. Just don’t miss your regular team stand-up
• Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Internal Mobility Program helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfill your potential
• Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
• Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events

About us:

Discover the pros of 20-year global experience! Join one of the largest IT companies in Ukraine, awarded as one of the top 10 employers in Ukraine by Forbes.

Boost your skills and make a difference with cutting-edge projects, skilled colleagues and the latest tech stacks.

Ciklum has been recognised as a veteran-friendly business by the Veteran Hub in Ukraine.

We're committed to creating a welcoming environment for veterans and developing processes that meet their needs. We value the skills and unique perspectives military veterans can bring to our business and are willing to support their transition to civilian life.

Be bold, not bored!

Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.