Lead Performance Test Automation Engineer

Location:
Leeds
Permanent
Full time

As a Performance Test Engineer, you’ll play a key role in driving the Bank’s digital transformation by delivering robust performance testing strategies and solutions that keep our platforms resilient and efficient. It’s a chance to make a real impact in a collaborative, forward‑thinking environment and shape the future of our performance engineering approach.

This role is open to flexible working patterns, these may include:

• Flexible start and end times each day
• Ability to adapt your calendar as needed (e.g., to fit in the school run or other appointments)
• A 50% in‑office attendance requirement, which can be spread across the month to accommodate diverse working patterns, such as the flexibility to purchase a weekly train ticket for certain weeks

We’re excited to be growing our presence in Leeds, a city we’ve been connected to for nearly 200 years! Our modern, accessible office in the City Centre offers an encouraging, flexible working environment. Many roles, including this one, are now available in Leeds, giving you the chance to build a meaningful career outside of London while contributing to our mission from a dynamic and growing location.

You’ll work collaboratively with London‑based colleagues in a hybrid model, with regular opportunities to travel into the London office to meet and connect in person.

Want to learn more? Discover what makes our Leeds office such a dynamic place to work by visiting our Leeds page for more details.

A typical day might start after the team’s stand‑up, where you share updates on performance testing and highlight any bottlenecks. You’ll design and run performance, load, and stress tests using tools like JMeter, Load Runner, or Gatling, ensuring they meet strategy and non‑functional requirements. You’ll collaborate with developers and architects to troubleshoot issues, monitor systems with Grafana and Splunk, and use diagnostics tools such as New Relic and Dynatrace.

Later, you’ll integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and drive improvements to ensure robust, scalable systems across cloud, hybrid, and on‑premises environments.

Maybe you have experience in performance testing and want to shape the future of system scalability and reliability at the Bank by creating strategies and solutions that make a real impact. Or you have a strong foundation in performance engineering and are eager to deepen your expertise in cloud and container‑based environments, leveraging observability tools and diagnostics to optimise application performance.

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast‑paced environment.

• Ability to design, execute, and analyse performance, load, stress, and volume tests.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Splunk) and diagnostics platforms (New Relic, Dynatrace).
• Understanding of containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and big data platforms (Databricks).
• Ability to analyse complex performance issues and provide actionable recommendations.
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, JavaScript) for test automation and data analysis.
• Knowledge of Performance Test Strategy and defining Non‑Functional Requirements.
• Proven experience in Performance Testing of cloud‑based architectures (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Strong knowledge of performance testing methodologies and tools (such as JMeter, Load Runner, Eggplant Performance, Gatling).

• Knowledge of middleware systems (Kafka, IBM MQ).
• Experience with ELK stack and reporting tools (e.g., Tableau).
• Exposure to CI/CD tools (Git Hub Actions, Jenkins) and version control systems (Git).
• Familiarity with security and compliance considerations in performance testing.
• Experience integrating performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.

Please don't hesitate to apply if you don't meet all the essential criteria. We value diverse perspectives and believe that different backgrounds can contribute to our team's success.