[Hiring] Performance Test Engineer @Kainos

Role Description

As a Performance Test Engineer (Senior Associate) in Kainos, you’ll work within a multi-skilled agile team, developing and executing Non-Functional tests. You’ll do this whilst learning about new technologies and approaches, with talented colleagues who will help you learn, develop and grow.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling)
• Solid working knowledge of Java (or Scala) for scripting and custom logic
• Deep understanding of HTTP, REST, JSON, and API performance testing principles
• Experience designing and executing performance, load, and stress tests for web and API-based systems
• Proven ability to analyse performance bottlenecks across application, database, and infrastructure layers
• Experience with CI/CD integration for automated performance testing (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, TeamCity)
• Competence in analysing system metrics (CPU, memory, I/O, network) from logs and monitors
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure) and distributed load testing
• Understanding of database performance and query optimisation (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB)
• 3+ years in performance testing/engineering roles
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with development and DevOps teams to resolve performance issues
• Experience generating and communicating performance reports and KPIs to technical and non-technical audiences
• Prior involvement in capacity planning, tuning, and production performance investigations
• Familiarity with Agile delivery and testing practices

Requirements

• Experience building scalable and reusable performance testing frameworks
• Ability to define and maintain performance benchmarks, KPIs, and baselines
• Integration of performance testing into CI/CD pipelines for automated validation
• Experience with performance monitoring dashboards (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, AWS CloudWatch)
• Exposure to end-to-end performance validation across cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS)
• Experience with trend analysis and comparative performance reporting across releases
• Mentoring junior engineers in performance testing concepts, workload modelling, and analysis techniques

Benefits

At Kainos, we believe in the power of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive.

We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are.

Our friendly talent acquisition team is here to support you every step of the way, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to reach out.

We understand that everyone's journey is different, and by having a private conversation we can ensure that our recruitment process is tailored to your needs.