- Bureau à Noida
Description
Job Title: Performance Test Engineer / Performance QA Engineer
About Us-
Paytm is India's leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company. A pioneer of the mobile QR payments revolution in India, Paytm builds technologies that empower small businesses with payments and commerce solutions. Paytm’s mission is to serve half a billion Indians and bring them into the mainstream economy through the power of technology.
Job Summary-
We are seeking a skilled Performance Test Engineer to design, execute, and analyze performance tests to ensure application scalability, stability, and responsiveness under varying load conditions. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with industry-standard performance testing tools and a strong understanding of system architecture, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Key Responsibilities-
-Develop comprehensive performance test strategies and plans aligned with system requirements, project timelines, and business goals.
-Understand application architecture and identify critical business transactions for performance validation.
-Design realistic workload models to simulate real-world usage scenarios.
-Create, maintain, and execute performance test scripts using tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, or similar.
-Conduct baseline, load, stress, and scalability testing to evaluate system behavior under different conditions.
-Monitor system performance using tools like InfluxDB, Grafana, JVM monitoring tools, and MAT (Memory Analyzer Tool).
-Analyze test results to identify performance bottlenecks and system limitations.
-Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to troubleshoot and resolve performance issues.
-Assess system scalability and recommend optimizations to improve performance and reliability.
-Generate detailed performance test reports, including metrics, findings, and actionable recommendations.
-Work with stakeholders to gather and validate Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs), SLAs, and KPIs.
-Perform API and service-level testing using tools like Postman and SOAP UI, including WebSocket testing.
-Communicate performance insights and recommendations clearly to both technical and business stakeholders.
Performance Testing Lifecycle Responsibilities-
-3+ years of understanding system architecture and components
-Identify critical user journeys and transactions
-Design workload models and test scenarios
-Prepare and validate test scripts
-Execute baseline tests
-Perform load, stress, and endurance testing
-Monitor application and infrastructure performance
-Analyze results and provide recommendations
Required Skills & Qualifications-
-3+ years of strong experience in performance testing and engineering
-Proficiency in tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, or equivalent
-Experience with monitoring tools like Grafana, InfluxDB, JVM tools, and MAT
-Knowledge of API testing (Postman/SOAP UI) and WebSocket testing
-Solid understanding of system architecture, scalability, and distributed systems
-Experience in analyzing performance metrics and identifying bottlenecks
-Familiarity with NFRs, SLAs, and KPIs
-Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
-Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams
