Performance Test Engineer

Company Description

Jitterbit is a leading data, application, and process workflow automation solution. Rooted in iPaaS and fueled by an ambitious vision, we integrate critical business processes to deliver the experiences and insights needed by enterprises of all sizes to accelerate their digital journey and future proof their business. Simply put, we power people to perform their best.

Jitterbit empowers business transformation by automating critical business processes for faster, more informed decision-making. Jitterbit is the only provider to seamlessly combine and simplify the power of integration, APIM, and no-code app creation to amplify the value of your tech stack and speed up your digital journey. Organizations worldwide rely on Jitterbit’s experience and expertise to help them save time and money, while creating exceptional experiences, now and into the future.

Job Description

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Jitterbit is seeking a Performance Test Engineer to join our QA team. Jitterbit is an iPaaS (Integration as a Service) and API Management platform which has been recognized in Gartner MQ for seven straight years. Our customers utilize our Low-code iPaaS, APIM, LCAP, and B2B platform to address mission-critical business automation challenges. What is our challenge? To make it easy to automate our customers’ systems. In order to do this, we need to build and create a SaaS offering that is reliable, stable, and scalable for our customers. Do you have the design, architecting, and performance testing capabilities to take on this challenge? And can succeed in a big way?

ABOUT THE TEAM

The engineering team at Jitterbit believes that the quality of our code reflects directly on us as professionals. We are relentless about crafting a product that is innovative and delivers a memorable user experience that is fast and robust. As a Performance Test Engineer on our team, you will collaborate with other engineers, product management, and operations to build, test, and release our products.

Our culture is fun, fast-paced, performance-oriented, open, and collegial. We are constantly pushing the technology envelope to the edge! We are very distributed and our culture is set up to make all of us very effective working remotely. We believe in hiring talent where it exists.

ABOUT THE JOB

You will leverage your expertise in performance testing of enterprise SaaS applications to validate the scalability, reliability, and responsiveness of our product components. You will define best practices and be the domain expert in performance testing across front-end, back-end, and API endpoints at Jitterbit. Additionally, you will establish and maintain performance test environments and assets across various supported configurations and cloud infrastructures. Last but not least, you will collaborate closely with Development teams to review requirements and design decisions, providing valuable feedback to identify potential performance bottlenecks and areas for optimization.

Our tech stack includes but is not limited to Java, C++, Angular, TypeScript, Node.js, CSS3, Nginx, Tomcat, Apache HTTP server, Windows and Linux OS’s, Jenkins,

Docker/Kubernetes, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Datadog, and 50+ supported endpoints such as DBs, CRM/ERPs, marketing/ecommerce systems, HTTP/SOAP/OData protocols, messaging queues, etc. to name a few. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a highly innovative environment with new technologies as we continue to extend our market leading position.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate for this role is as follows:

● Strong expertise with JMeter for performance and load testing.

● Solid understanding of SaaS architecture and experience in testing cloud-based applications.

● Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including setting up and managing cloud infrastructure for performance testing.

● Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration for performance testing.

● Familiarity with version control tools (e.g., Git), CI/CD pipelines, and performance integration in CI workflows.

● Ability to analyze system logs, performance bottlenecks, and root cause analysis.

● Expertise in profiling tools, monitoring, and diagnosing application performance issues. Knowledge of APM tools like New Relic, Datadog, or Dynatrace.

● Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment with the ability to collaborate effectively with developers, QA, DevOps, and product teams.

● Strong communication skills to articulate performance insights, issues, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

● Proficiency with InfluxDB for storing time-series performance data and Grafana for visualization and analysis.

● Solid knowledge of Linux/Unix system administration.

● Scripting experience with Python, Bash, or other relevant languages to automate performance tasks is a plus

Additional Information

What You’ll Get:

• Work for a growing leader within the Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) tech space
• Join a mission-driven company that is transforming the industry by changing the way customers use API creation within business-critical processes
• Career development and mentorship
• A flexible, remote-friendly company with personality and heart

Jitterbit is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.