BUILD YOUR CAREER AT INFORMATICA

We’re looking for a diverse group of collaborators who believe data has the power to improve society. Adventurous minds who value solving some of the world’s most challenging problems. Here, employees are encouraged to push their boldest ideas forward, united by a passion to create a world where data improves the quality of life for people and businesses everywhere.

LEAD PERFORMANCE ENGINEER

We’re looking for a Lead Performance Engineer candidate with experience in load testing tools (like JMeter, LoadRunner), to join our team in Toronto, Canada, Hybrid.
You will report to the Manager, Development
You will design and develop performance test scripts, execute performance tests, and analyze results to identify bottlenecks, performance issues, and areas for improvement.

YOUR ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES? HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Lead and manage the performance testing efforts, including planning, designing, and executing performance tests.
• Develop performance test strategies and plans based on business requirements and high-level designs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand system requirements and identify performance testing needs.
• Design and develop performance test scripts, execute performance tests, and analyze results to identify bottlenecks, performance issues, and areas for improvement.
• Provide detailed performance test reports and recommendations for improvement to project stakeholders.
• Actively collaborate with product management, development, and architecture teams to improve product performance.
• Stay updated with the latest performance engineering tools, techniques, and best practices, and implement them in our process.
• Identify and troubleshoot performance issues in production environments.
• Collaborate with geographically dispersed, cross-functional teams in an agile environment.

ROLE ESSENTIALS

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent technical degree.
• 6+ years of experience in performance engineering and benchmarking for Java enterprise applications.
• Hands-on experience with load testing tools (like JMeter, LoadRunner, Locust, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with automated performance testing and scripting (Python, Shell, etc.).
• Hands-on experience in profiling application flows using profiling tools (like JProfiler, JFR, etc.) and debugging distributed applications (open tracing, Elastic APM, Jaeger, etc.).
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL database platforms (Oracle, MongoDB, etc.) and search engines (like Elastic Search).
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native microservices-based platforms, technologies, and stacks (Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, etc.).
• Extensive experience in conducting and interpreting performance/stress volumes to pinpoint bottlenecks in the system.
• BA/BS or equivalent educational background, we will consider an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• Supervises Operational Duties of Staff
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant professional experience