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Senior Performance Test Engineer - Temporary Worker
USA - Remote - Georgia · Senior · Contract
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About the role
- We're looking for a Senior Performance Test Engineer who combines deep JMeter and AWS expertise with strong analytical and communication skills.
- You'll work in an Agile environment alongside developers and QA engineers, help set SLAs, and actively leverage AI-powered tools to accelerate test creation, execution, and analysis.
- This is a hands-on technical role with real influence over the quality of software experiences used by thousands of end users.
Responsibilities
- Design and execute performance test scripts covering load, stress, endurance, and scalability scenarios using JMeter and k6
- Configure and manage distributed load testing on AWS (EC2, CloudWatch, ECS) to achieve representative test environments at scale.
- Design and execute performance test scripts covering load, stress, endurance, and scalability scenarios using JMeter and k6; simulate real-world traffic conditions against web and API targets.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent professional experience).
- Expert-level proficiency with JMeter, including scripting, parameterization, listeners, and plugin ecosystem.
- Solid experience with AWS for distributed load testing - specifically EC2 for JMeter controller/worker setup, CloudWatch for metrics collection, and IAM/VPC configuration.
- Working knowledge of at least one scripting or programming language relevant to test development (Java, JavaScript, or Python).
- Familiarity with REST and SOAP-based API testing using tools such as REST Assured, Postman, or SoapUI.
- Experience integrating performance tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent).
- Proficiency with source control and collaboration tools: Git, GitHub or Bitbucket, Jira.
- Experience applying AI tools to enhance testing workflows, analysis, or automation.
- ability to present technical findings to non-technical stakeholders.
- Proficiency with source control and collaboration tools:
Nice to have
- Experience with k6 or BlazeMeter as an alternative or complement to JMeter.
- Experience testing headless, composable, or API-first architectures.
- Prior experience mentoring QA engineers or formally leading performance testing initiatives across multiple teams or product lines.
- SQL proficiency for query-level performance analysis and database load simulation.
- The hourly pay rate for the successful candidate is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.
- Temporary employees are eligible for paid holidays in accordance with dentsu policy, as well as safe and sick time.
- Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.
- Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees.
Compensation
- The hourly pay range for this position is $61.57 - $70.00.
Benefits
- Review unit test and integration test results with developers to ensure adequate coverage across system boundaries.
Company info
- Job Description: Position Summary We're looking for a Senior Performance Test Engineer who combines deep JMeter and AWS expertise with strong analytical and communication skills.
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