Senior Performance Test Engineer - Jobs in coquitlam, British Columbia, V3K7B2

Job Description

MEET THE SMART SAFETY COMPANYAt Safe Fleet our name says it all. We make fleet vehicles – and everyone in and around them – safer. Our fleet safety platform brings together best-in-class products, ground-breaking technology, and a 100-year history of fleet know-how and innovation to solve the world’s biggest fleet safety problems.Our core value is safety. Without safety first, efficiency and productivity are not possible. This is true for our products, our culture, and our relationship with our community. Our vision is to reduce preventable deaths and injuries in and around fleet vehicles with a goal of ZERO accidents.We are re-defining what safety means for fleets of every type – from school buses to waste collection trucks, firefighting to utility vehicles, police cruisers to delivery vans.Whether you work in our Charlotte plant to build life-saving stop arms for school buses, or design advanced camera vision products in our Vancouver office, forge valves and high-quality nozzles to fight fires, or dream up new ways to protect fleet operators in our Corporate HQ in Kansas City, you’ll contribute to our goal to keep everyone safe.We are a fast-growing manufacturing, service, and technology company with over 1700 employees in over 15 locations across Canada and the US. We’re looking for motivated self-starters with innovative thinking to join our team and help us achieve our growth and performance goals. Sound like youJOB SUMMARYAs a key member of the Software Quality Assurance team, we are seeking a Senior Software Performance Test Engineer with expertise in performance testing, performance engineering and performance optimizations. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in designing, executing, and analyzing performance tests using industry-standard tools. This role requires proficiency in automation scripting and working with modern performance testing frameworks and monitoring tools.This position will report into a team consisting of four or more performance testers.ESSENTIAL DUTIESamp; RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and execute performance, scalability, and load testing for complex systems that are hosted in Azure cloud.
• Develop and maintain test scripts using tools such as JMeter and scripting languages like Python, JavaScript, Groovy, or Java.
• Analyze performance test results, identify bottlenecks, and work with teams to implement improvements.
• Monitor Production data and adapt performance test approach based on actual product usage patterns and load patterns.
• Define Non-Functional Requirements (NFR’s) based on industry best practices and based on product architecture.
• Monitor and gather metrics using tools such as Grafana, Kibana, and Elasticsearch.
• Build and maintain test environments, leveraging Docker and containerized setups.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate performance tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Create comprehensive performance testing documentation, including test plans, scripts, and results reports.
• Ensure systems meet performance and reliability requirements under expected load conditions.
• Step in as acting lead when the performance test lead is away on vacation.

SALARY: $105,000 - $125,000yrAt Safe Fleet, we are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is valued and respected. We embrace diversity and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected status. We promote fair and equitable hiring practices and foster a culture of inclusivity and respect. Our core values of integrity, innovation, teamwork, customer focus, and safety guide our efforts to provide a workplace where all employees can thrive and reach their full potential.

• 5+ years of experience as a member of a performance test team
• Hands-on experience performance testing tools, including JMeter.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, Groovy, or Java.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Grafana, Kibana, and Thanos.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins) and containerization tools (e.g., Docker)
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch and distributed systems.
• Experience with horizontal and vertical scaling of Kubernetes pods
• Experience testing and refining KEDA (Kubernetes Event-driven Autoscaler) thresholds
• Experience modeling peak and valley hours and defining associated load profiles/ policies.
• Experience building custom load injectors.
• Analytical skills to identify bottlenecks and optimize system performance
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience using JIRA, Confluence and Zephyr is desirable
• Experience with Source Control Management Tools (Git/Bitbucket)
• Experience defining / gathering non-functional requirements (NFR’s)
• Experience with Azure Cloud environments is desirable
• Experience with Database optimizations for both SQL (MariaDB) and NOSQL (MongoDB) databases (preferred)
• Experience with Openlens to manage kube clusters(preferred)