Principle Performance Engineer

Principle Performance Engineer

£60,000 - £70,000

45 days holiday

Fully Remote - Must be based in the UK

No Sponsorship Opportunities

An exciting opportunity has opened up at a fast-growing fintech undergoing a major platform transformation who are looking for a Principle Performance Engineer to establish and scale a modern performance testing function.

You'll have the autonomy to define strategy, build tooling, and create performance environments in a multi-cloud/on-prem architecture. This is a high-impact, highly visible role with influence across engineering, DevOps, and product teams.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading performance testing strategy and implementation across the stack
• Designing and managing dedicated performance test environments
• Building scalable, production-replica load scenarios
• Driving a shift-left performance culture across engineering
• Identifying bottlenecks, tuning infrastructure, and enabling high availability
• Advising senior stakeholders on system health and performance risks

You’ll need to bring:

• 8+ years of performance testing experience in enterprise environments
• 5+ years in a lead or principal role within quality engineering
• Strong hands-on expertise with platforms: JMeter, BlazeMeter and Cloudflare, etc.
• Proven experience testing APIs, web applications, and databases: i.e PostgreSQL, Oracle and MSSQL.
• Experience designing performance test environments and load generation tools
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, observability, and performance SLAs

This is a rare opportunity to join a high-performing team and shape the future of performance engineering at a company backed by strong growth and clear technical leadership.

Please quick apply with your CV or reach out to lauren.tiffin@primis-talent.com for more information.