# Performance Test Engineer

At Nationwide, it’s key that we protect our backend systems from potential performance, resilience and scalability challenges due to the rapidly increasing demand placed on them from front end systems (APIs) and our members 24hr banking behaviours, including regulatory initiatives such as Open Banking. We’ve achieved this through a new enterprise middleware known internally as ‘The Speed Layer’. The Speed Layer is an elastically scalable, event driven middleware based on modern technologies such as Kafka and Mongo Db. We need high-performing individuals to accelerate our test engineering transformation, embedding test solutions which ensure the Society has built the right products & services to the right quality, evidencing the change delivers the agreed outcomes. This role will provide the opportunity to work with some cutting-edge technologies and industry leading vendors. For us, it’s not just about having the right technical background, you need to have an open mind, be able to work collaboratively and be driven to learn and succeed. We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best. At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. Mo

- **Id**: 3892852
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/nationwide-building-society-performance-test-engineer>
- **Role**: QA
- **Role family**: QA
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T11:13:49Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T05:20:28Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7854
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Health insurance, Hybrid work, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Commercial & Retail Banks, Mortgage Lending & Brokers

## Company

- **Id**: 1774099
- **Name**: Nationwide Building Society
- **Domain**: nationwide.co.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/nationwide-co-uk>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 3
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 14
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **Confluence** — Optional: no
- **Jira** — Optional: no
- **JMeter** — Optional: no
- **MongoDB** — Optional: no
- **NFT** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T22:09:57Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker); Route: Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 14
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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