Performance Engineer

Performance Engineer Opportunity

Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Performance Engineer position! This is a 6-18 month contract-to-hire opportunity and will be hybrid in Buffalo, New York.

This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services. No C2C or subcontracting arrangements will be considered.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain performance test scripts and frameworks for web, API, mobile, cloud, and distributed applications
• Lead performance testing activities across all SDLC phases including planning, scripting, execution, analysis, and comprehensive reporting
• Develop and maintain performance test assets using OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) and related tooling
• Create and maintain automated performance test scripts using C and other applicable scripting languages
• Analyze performance test results using Dynatrace and other monitoring tools to identify bottlenecks, root causes, and optimization opportunities
• Collaborate with application development, architecture, database, middleware, and infrastructure teams to resolve performance issues
• Provide performance engineering guidance and best practices to development teams to support shift-left testing initiatives
• Review application architectures, designs, and requirements to proactively identify performance risks and recommend mitigation strategies
• Develop performance test plans, workload models, success criteria, and executive-level performance reports
• Support capacity planning, scalability testing, resiliency testing, and failover validation efforts
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance on performance testing methodologies and tools
• Participate in troubleshooting complex production and pre-production performance issues

What You'll Need to Have:

• 5+ years of professional experience in software testing and performance engineering
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) or LoadRunner Enterprise
• Strong proficiency in C programming for developing and maintaining performance test scripts
• Proven experience with JMeter for performance testing and load testing activities
• Experience analyzing application performance, troubleshooting bottlenecks, and identifying root causes using APM tools like Dynatrace
• Demonstrated ability to work within Agile and DevOps environments with experience integrating performance testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong collaborative mindset with ability to influence without authority and partner effectively across multiple teams
• Proven organizational skills with ability to independently prioritize and manage multiple concurrent performance testing initiatives

Pay Range: $55-60+/hr