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You’ll join a collaborative, global team that values curiosity, transparency, and continuous improvement, working closely with customers and internal stakeholders.As a Performance Test Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring that Guidewire-based projects/ solutions meet defined performance, scalability, and stability goals. You will design and execute performance tests, analyze results to identify bottlenecks and areas for optimization, and collaborate closely with functional QA, developers, and architects to help deliver high-quality, reliable solutions for our P&C insurance customers.\nJob Description\nWhat you’ll do\nTake end-to-end ownership of performance testing for assigned projects, from requirement analysis through sign-off.\nWork with architects, functional QA, business analysts, and developers to understand business flows, volumes, SLAs, and peak load expectations.\nDesign performance test approach and scenarios, including workload models, test data strategy, and environment pre-requisites.\nDevelop, maintain, and execute performance test scripts using tools such as JMeter (or equivalent).\nExecute different types of performance tests (load, stress, endurance/soak, spike, scalability) and capture key metrics.\nMonitor application, database, and infrastructure during test runs, and consolidate findings into clear, actionable reports.\nAnalyze test results to identify hotspots and potential risks; provide recommendations for tuning and retest as needed.\nCollaborate with development and DevOps/cloud teams to validate fixes and configuration changes.\nMaintain all performance test artefacts: test plans, scripts, datasets, execution logs, and result summaries.\nShare performance testing best practices with functional QA and junior team members; support knowledge sharing within the QA practice.\nWhat you’ll bring\n5-8 years of overall software QA experience, with at least 3 years focused on performance testing of web or enterprise applications.\nHands-on experience with at least one performance testing tool (e.g., JMeter, Gatling; LoadRunner or similar is a plus).\nGood understanding of performance test types and key concepts: response time, throughput, concurrency, error rates, capacity, and SLAs.\nAbility to interpret and correlate performance metrics across:Application / JVM (threads, heap, GC, response times, throughput)\nDatabase (slow queries, indexing, connection pooling)\nInfrastructure (CPU, memory, network, disk I/O)\n\nExperience using monitoring / APM tools (e.g., Datadog, AppDynamics, New Relic, or similar) to support analysis.\nSolid analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex performance issues under time pressure.\nGood communication skills and stakeholder management; comfortable working with distributed, cross-functional teams.\nPreferred\nExperience with Guidewire applications (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter) or other large-scale, mission-critical enterprise platforms.\nExposure to testing in cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP) and distributed architectures.\nPrior experience in a Professional Services / implementation or customer-facing delivery environment.\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.\nAbout Guidewire\nGuidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.\nAs a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.\nFor more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.\nGuidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.\nGuidewire is proud to be a disability inclusive employer. We are committed to providing individualized accommodations and support to candidates for any part of our hiring process. 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