Performance Test Engineer
Guernsey, UK
PCR Digital | B Corp
spike, soak, scalability, failover). Model real-world streaming traffic patterns (burstiness, fan-out, cache behaviour, cold-start, geo distribution). Build automated load frameworks using Locust (Python) or JMeter, with data parameterization and correlation. Manage distributed load generation (containers, cloud workers) to simulate millions of concurrent users. Integrate performance metrics from CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry to analyze … to tune JVM, Akka, thread pools, GC, caching, autoscaling, and database performance. Document test approaches, scenarios, results, and provide clear, actionable tuning recommendations. Tech Stack: Load Tools: Locust (Python), JMeter; k6 or Gatling (nice to have). Languages: Python, Bash, Java (Maven/Gradle, JVM tuning basics). Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform. Observability: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry. Architecture: Akka More ❯
Employment Type: Part-time
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