Performance Engineer

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To design, develop, and execute testing strategies to validate functionality, performance, and user experience, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve defects, and continuously improve testing processes and methodologies, to ensure software quality and reliability. 

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of comprehensive test plans and strategies to validate software functionality and ensure compliance with established quality standards.
• Creation and execution automated test scripts, leveraging testing frameworks and tools to facilitate early detection of defects and quality issues.         .
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams to analyse requirements, participate in design discussions, and contribute to the development of acceptance criteria, ensuring a thorough understanding of the software being tested.
• Root cause analysis for identified defects, working closely with developers to provide detailed information and support defect resolution.
• Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as a Performance Engineer at Barclays, where you will drive the evolution of our API First digital strategy, ensuring our platforms are robust, resilient, and optimized for high performance. You will leverage advanced performance engineering practices to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure solutions for our banking, trading, and insurance systems.

To be successful as a Performance Engineer, you must have:

• Deep hands-on experience in performance testing, including load, stress, and resilience testing
• Proven ability to model workloads and optimize system performance
• Proficiency with performance and resilience testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, and related frameworks
• Solid understanding of reliability engineering and non-functional requirements
• Experience with API performance testing and optimization
• Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining automation frameworks for performance testing
• Ability to design, implement, and execute automated regression suites for non-functional requirements
• Ability to troubleshoot failed automated performance tests and resolve framework issues independently
• Experience with test data management and test environment setup for automated performance testing
• Experience integrating automated performance tests into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar tools
• Experience with monitoring and observability solutions for performance analysis
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, OpenShift) and containerization technologies (Docker)
• Practical knowledge of test management tools including JIRA and test case management systems
• Good communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams and functions
• Experience working in Agile development environments

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Strong domain knowledge in banking, trading, and insurance systems
• Exposure to microservices architecture and event-driven design patterns
• Knowledge of security testing concepts and tools
• Familiarity with release and change management processes
• Experience with visual testing tools and approaches
• Understanding of infrastructure as code concepts for test environments

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The role is based out of Pune.