Performance Tester

Job Information
Industry
Software Testing
City
Dubai
Country
United Arab Emirates

Job Description
You will be responsible for creating and executing performance test plans and
strategies for the upkeep of our apps and websites. As a Performance Tester,
you and the rest of the Quality Assurance (QA) team will identify potential
bottlenecks related to our websites, apps, and infrastructure and recommend
effective solutions. You must be familiar with every aspect of the performance
testing process and maintain a high-quality standard throughout the process.

You will participate in global projects as we scale our business operations to
meet the demands of our ever-growing client base. It is important that you are
prepared to expand the scope of your role.

Your challenges
* Analyse website, application, and infrastructure performance requirements, set objectives, design, and integrate automated and manual testing frameworks into internal and external workflows.
* Coordinate with IT teams to find the root causes of performance issues and provide corrective actions. Review the test results and configure analysis graphs and create performance test results reports.
* Decide on the suitable tools to use for performance testing for the applications and develop and maintain the performance test scripts.
* Identify and investigate issues/bugs and implement testing systems for better performance of the websites, applications, back-end infrastructure, and related systems.
* Analyse the performance of the software to different numbers of virtual and live users while monitoring performance measurements under different loads.
* Present the issues discovered internally and reported by our clients and the Client Support team to the rest of the QA team. Assist in updating and documenting the QA team's internal processes and manual guides.
* Compare the production performance and staging environment performance results of Deriv's systems before releasing them to production.

Requirements
* A bachelor's degree in computer science, or an equivalent combination of technical education, training, and work experience
* Competency in writing high-quality, self-documenting code using test-driven development techniques
* Minimum of two years experience in a software or web application testing role
* Experience in performance and load testing
* Experience in designing and executing test plans (both automated and manual)
* Proficiency in Agile development methods such as Scrum or Kanban
* Experience working with Linux and other open-source platforms
* Familiarity with Git
* Understanding of the latest technologies such as JMeter and LoadRunner
* Excellent spoken and written English communication skills
What 's good to have
* Experience with PostgreSQL or another RDBMS
* Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, AJAX, JSON, and CSS
* Aptitude in programming languages like Perl, Python, PHP, C/C++, etc.

Benefits
* Market-based salary
* Annual performance bonus
* Medical insurance
* Housing and transportation allowance
* Casual dress code
* Work permit