Flexible work model
Work from home, from the office, or in a hybrid format that supports focus and collaboration.
ABOUT THE ROLE
In this role, you will own performance observability and guide data-driven decisions on system behavior under load. You will partner with Platform Engineering, development teams, and product leadership to surface risks early and ensure scalable, reliable performance across a microservices-based SaaS platform on AWS
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and build performance test suites for microservices and shared platform components on AWS, ensuring coverage across product teams
- Own performance outcomes by defining KPIs, baselines, and thresholds to improve reliability, reduce risk, and support release readiness
- Collaborate with DevX, Platform Engineering, SDET, and product teams to embed performance testing into CI/CD and daily workflows
- Analyze application logs and observability data to detect degradations and establish actionable insights
- Define and execute non-functional tests, including load, stress, spike, and endurance scenarios aligned with business requirements
- Establish and maintain performance baselines across microservices and monoliths, enabling consistent benchmarking for future releases
- Investigate production-like issues and customer-reported problems, performing root cause analysis across APIs, databases, and infrastructure
- Provide optimization recommendations across architecture, APIs, and data layers, and document findings, trends, and measurable improvements for stakeholders
REQUIREMENTS
- 6+ years of hands-on experience in performance testing and analysis for cloud-hosted, microservices-based SaaS platforms on AWS
- Strong experience with performance testing tools such as k6, Gatling, Locust, or JMeter
- Proficiency with observability and logging tools, including Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK Stack, or CloudWatch
- Solid knowledge of AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, ECS/EKS), Docker, and Kubernetes
- Scripting skills in Python or similar for test scenarios, analysis, and lightweight tooling
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to identify root causes and perform statistical analysis, forecasting, and trend evaluation
- Experience working in distributed teams and collaborating across multiple time zones in remote-first environments
- Fluent English communication skills, both written and spoken, with additional Czech language skills as a plus
SoftServe is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, citizenship, disability, health condition, marital or family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Role Summary
Location
Ukraine, Poland
Work type
Remote/Office
Direction
Software Testing
Subdirection
Test Automation
Tech level
Senior
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