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Meet Benevity 

The world’s coolest companies (and their employees) use Benevity’s technology to take social action on the issues they care about. Through giving, volunteering, grantmaking, employee resource groups and micro-actions, we help most of the Fortune 100 brands build better cultures and use their power for good. We’re also one of the first B Corporations in Canada, meaning we’re as committed to purpose as we are to profits. We have people working all over the world, including Canada, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, the United States and more!

Benevity is looking for a Software Developer in Test (SDT) with a specialization in Performance Testing to join our team. As a key player in our quality strategy, you will be responsible for ensuring our Saas platform can scale to meet peak demand, especially during our busy season. You'll leverage your strong coding skills and deep understanding of performance testing methodologies to enhance the reliability, performance, and scalability of our web-based products and APls. You'll design, develop, and maintain automated performance test suites, ensuring seamless integration into our Cl/CD pipelines. A champion of best practices in performance engineering, you'll collaborate closely with developers and QA to drive performance optimizations, proactively identify bottlenecks, and ensure our services can keep up with the required transactions per second (tps).

What you’ll do:

• Design, write, and maintain automated performance test scripts for web applications and APIs to ensure comprehensive test coverage
• Lead performance testing preparations for our busy season, including load, stress, and scalability testing to ensure our services meet high traffic demands
• Collaborate with developers and DevOps to integrate performance tests into the build and CI/CD pipelines
• Analyze performance results, identify bottlenecks, and work with development teams to resolve issues
• Track and report key performance metrics, including response times, throughput (tps), and resource utilization
• Create detailed performance test plans and follow a defined test strategy, ensuring alignment with product and engineering goals
• Drive improvements in performance testing processes, tooling, and efficiency.

What you’ll bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in software development and test automation, with a focus on performance testing
• Strong expertise in writing and maintaining performance tests using frameworks like JMeter, Gatling, or similar tools
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, JavaScript and PHP
• Experience with application performance monitoring (APM) tools and debugging
• performance issues
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (GitLab, Jenkins)
• Strong analytical and debugging skills
• Enthusiastic about learning and applying new technologies like Al/GenAl testing approaches

Discover your purpose at work

We are not employees, we are Benevity-ites. From all locations, backgrounds and walks of life, who deserve more …

Innovative work. Growth opportunities. Caring co-workers. And a chance to do work that fills us with a sense of purpose.

If the idea of working on tech that helps people do good in the world lights you up ... If you want a career where you’re valued for who you are and challenged to see who you can become …

It’s time to join Benevity. We’re so excited to meet you.

Where we work

At Benevity, we embrace a flexible hybrid approach to where we work that empowers our people in a way that supports great work, strong relationships, and personal well-being. For those located near one of our offices, while there’s no set requirement for in-office time, we do value the moments when coming together in person helps us build connection and collaboration. Whether it’s for onboarding, project work, or a chance to align and bond as a team, we trust our people to make thoughtful decisions about when showing up in person matters most.

Join a company where DEIB isn’t a buzzword

The diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and passions of our people make it possible for us to keep innovating as the market leader in our space.

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are part of Benevity’s DNA. You’ll see the impact of our massive investment in DEIB daily — from our Black Employee Network making space for us to have difficult conversations to our Pride events and the exceptional diversity on our leadership and tech teams.

We strive to build a strong culture of belonging so that every Benevity-ite feels included and can thrive as their authentic selves — in a place where everyone has an equitable opportunity to shine!