Senior Performance Test Engineer

Make Your Mark:

You'll Get To:

• Responsible for the Identification of scope, design theperformancetest strategy,performancetest planning, test development and execution
• Work alongside the IT & Non-IT Domain teams like DevOps, Engineering, DBA and Product in defining/validating the non-functional requirements (SLOs - Service Level Objectives, SLIs - Service Level Indicators, and CUJ’s (Critical User Journey’s))
• Manages and coordinates the test execution across Technology, including the risks and issues related toPerformancetest delivery
• Closely collaborates with Infrastructure and DBAs for real timeperformancemonitoring. Performs database load testing forperformance, reliability, and scalability using varying user load and able to identify opportunities to improve the databaseperformance
• Integrates theperformancetests with the deployment pipeline to continuously evaluate the systemperformance(Continuous Integration)
• Communicates theperformancetrends to the senior management at a regular interval and/or a need basis through dashboards
• Leads the analysis of the current technology environment and production defects to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions forperformanceimprovements
• Sharesperformanceperspectives particularly for new or shared infrastructure and architecture solutions. Be a consulting point for application or infrastructure development projects onperformanceand non-functional requirements
• Understands technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable improvements and innovations on the company's technology platform overall's technicalperformance.
• Works in an onsite/offshore environment and may lead people

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or another related field.
• 7 + years of demonstrable relevant IT work experience including application development / engineering, technicalperformancetesting and engineering
• Experience designing and executingperformancetesting for B2B Payments processing platform (Web, APIs, Microservices & Database) is required
• Hands-on experience with tools like AppDynamics, Data Dog, New Relic, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, Solarwinds DPA for real time database monitoring.
• Strong experience inperformancetesting the MS SQL and PostgreSQL databases, with an ability to go deep into Database internals.
• Proven background inperformanceand non-functional requirements testing from strategy to execution
• Experience of deliveringperformancetests for Monolith applications Microservices. Experience working in cloud environments is highly valued.
• Hands-on experience working under agile methodologies and DevOps environments. Proficient working with DevOps tool chains (ADO - AzureDevOps, GCP) and CI/CD software delivery models using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform and ArgoCD, particularly withPerformancetools such as Gatling, JMeter, Locust, Sitespeed.io
• Demonstrate your prior experiences in bringing new tools or created your own tool to solve complex problems
• A minimum of 6 years of experience in enterprise-grade production environment.
• Previous experience with a variety ofperformancetesting tools and technologies.
• Experience leveraging AI Technologies to improve engineering productivity is a bonus (using tools like Claude, Agent SDKs, Vertex AI etc)

Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining:

• A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future. Every door at BlackLine is open. Just bring your brains, your problem-solving skills, and be part of a winning team at the world's most trusted name in Finance Automation!
• A culture that is kind, open, and accepting. It's a place where people can embrace what makes them unique, and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives.
• A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered. BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity.

BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, age, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, ancestry, color, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, medical condition, genetic information, or any other protected class or category recognized by applicable equal employment opportunity or other similar laws.

BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture. Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 3 days a week.

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