Backend Performance Test Engineer

The client is a payment system management company. They've been recently acquired by Visa and are looking for a QA Engineer in Munich or Poznan.

Background:
· Hands-on experience with performance engineering, scripting and execution using  tools  like  Gatling, JMeter, LoadRunner etc. 
· Strong understanding of backend performance testing and engineering concepts 
· Ability to define performance test strategy, approach and frameworks 
· Proficient in code profiling and CPU/heap/thread analysis 
· Deep understanding of RESTful web-services architecture 
· Ideally: Strong programming background using Java and Spring Boot

Qualifications:
· Self-starter attitude, ability to jump on news topics fast and get up-to-speed on your own
· Experience in spreading a quality-focused mindset
· Passion for test automation, always looking for the next best way to eliminate manual steps in testing
· Great communicator, who can switch seamlessly between business and tech languages
· Ideally: Experience in leading and engaging a team

Tasks
· Work as a member of a cross-functional agile team, with focus on quality assurance of customer integrations
· Be involved throughout the entire development life cycle, from requirements definition to product delivery
· Design, develop and execute maintainable automated and manual test cases covering client integrations, and work iteratively together with the team to optimize them
· Research, recommend and implement tools and processes as needed with the goal of increasing automation and test coverage
· Understand our products from a client perspective and identify and test functional ‘edge cases’ outside of the product expected functionality