Senior Performance Test Engineer

12 hours ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya I&M Bank Limited Full time 900,000 - 1,200,000 per year

Job Purpose:

  • The Performance Test Engineer will lead performance testing activities across various banking systems. 
  • This role is responsible for defining performance test strategies, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring banking systems can handle large transaction volumes, regulatory reporting demands, and peak load conditions.
  • The Senior Engineer will collaborate with architects, developers, infrastructure teams, and vendors to proactively identify and resolve performance risks, ensuring the bank's platforms meet stringent availability, compliance, and security requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Define the performance testing strategy for large-scale banking transformation programs. 
  • Establish performance testing standards, frameworks, and reusable assets for the QA practice. 
  • Mentor and coach mid-level and junior performance engineers. 
  • Lead the design and execution of load, stress, endurance, failover, and scalability tests for various systems and platforms. 
  • Define performance KPIs (e.g. throughput, latency, transaction per second targets) aligned with banking SLAs. 
  • Lead root cause analysis of performance bottlenecks, coordinating with system owners, DBAs, network engineers, and developers. 
  • Recommend optimizations in infrastructure scaling, database tuning, and API performance. 
  • Ensure performance testing complies with banking regulations and IT governance frameworks. 
  • Work with architects and risk teams to incorporate resilience, high availability, and disaster recovery into testing scope. 
  • Provide inputs to IT risk assessments and regulatory audits. 
  • Partner with solution architects, business analysts, and delivery teams to ensure performance requirements are captured early in the lifecycle. 
  • Engage 3rd party vendors and partners to validate performance of integrated solutions. 
  • Support production readiness reviews and go-live performance sign-offs. 
  • Produce detailed reports highlighting capacity, throughput, scalability, and system limits. 
  • Recommend proactive performance improvements for future releases.
  • Contribute to a Performance Engineering Center of Excellence (CoE) within the bank. 

Education and Work Experience:

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field. 
  • 7–10 years of IT experience, with 5+ years in performance testing (preferably in banking/financial services). 
  • Proven track record leading performance testing in large-scale banking projects. 
  • Deep hands-on experience with tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, K8, Gatling, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, or Splunk. 
  • Strong expertise in databases, API testing, and middleware performance.
  • Familiarity with cloud performance testing (AWS, Azure, GCP) and DevOps CI/CD pipelines.

Technical Skills:

  • Certifications in software testing (ISTQB, Performance Testing Tools) preferred.
  • ITIL. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Advanced problem-solving and diagnostic capabilities. 
  • Deep knowledge of system architecture, networking, and security in banking environments. 
  • Ability to communicate technical results to executives, regulators, and non-technical stakeholders. 
  • Strategic mindset with ability to balance innovation and regulatory compliance. 
  • Strong leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder engagement skills.

If you believe you meet the above requirements log onto our  and click on careers and apply for the position. Your application should reach us as soon as possible but not later than 21st October 2025.

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