Performance Engineer III

Performance Engineer III

Birmingham, AL (Hybrid, onsite Tues, Wed, Thurs)

12-month contract

Pay Range $60.00-64.00 / hr.

Our client's Performance Engineering team is responsible for ensuring optimal performance across the bank's entire technology portfolio. The Senior Performance Engineer (Level 3) serves as a technical lead and plays a critical role in the end-to-end performance engineering lifecycle, from requirements gathering through testing, monitoring, and analysis.

This position leads project-specific performance testing efforts, mentors junior team members, and communicates closely with technical and business stakeholders. Level 3 engineers are expected to demonstrate autonomy, technical depth, and leadership in both execution and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead full end-to-end performance engineering processes for assigned projects, including gathering performance requirements, designing test strategies, scripting, execution, monitoring, and analysis.
• Serve as the technical lead on performance projects, guiding Level 1 and Level 2 performance engineers.
• Develop and maintain all performance-related documentation, including non-functional requirements (NFRs), test plans, test data, test cases, and reports.
• Design, build, and execute LoadRunner scripts (expert-level proficiency required) to simulate real-world load conditions.
• Utilize Dynatrace, Splunk, and other observability tools to monitor application performance, analyze logs, and identify bottlenecks during test execution.
• Perform load, stress, and endurance testing, and conduct deep root cause analysis for performance issues.
• Troubleshoot complex scripting or testing challenges and provide technical solutions to junior team members.
• Review solution design documents and architecture diagrams to determine what needs to be tested and identify performance-critical components.
• Communicate effectively with business stakeholders, software engineers, and IT managers, providing updates on progress, results, and required actions.
• Contribute to internal automation initiatives related to performance testing and continuous performance improvement.
• Stay informed on industry trends, tools, and evolving best practices in performance engineering.

Required Skills

Bonus Skills