Can you help us to double in size? Do you understand the demands of scaling up an enterprise SaaS solution? Are you ready for the challenge of delivering the worlds fastest growing Active Digital Preservation solution knowing that it is safeguarding the worlds most precious digital assets? We are Preservica and we are changing the way organizations safeguard their digital information. Our projects are at the razor’s edge of commercial software solutions addressing the need for smart digital preservation technologies. As a world-leader in digital preservation, our award-winning software is used by leading businesses, archives, libraries, museums and government organisations across the globe. We are growing at pace and to maintain our cadence we believe in hiring strong technical talent and then supporting that talent to grow with us. Our offices are in Abingdon but this role could be either office based or hybrid with monthly office days. You should live within reasonable commute of Abingdon. The Role: Working as part of our Software Quality team, you will play a key role in strategising, implementing, and optimising performance testing for our systems, ensuring robust, scalable, and high-performing applications. This is a hands-on position requiring both technical expertise and the ability to mentor junior team members while driving improvements in performance testing practices across the business. Key Tasks and Responsibilities Performance Strategizing: Design and implement detailed performance testing plans, including load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing. Define performance requirements by analyzing project scope to determine the impact on performance. Develop performance plans to improve overall business coverage based on existing features. Automation, Tooling, and CICD: Develop and maintain automated performance testing suites using tools like JMeter, Gatling, Neoload, LoadRunner, and others. Integrate automated performance tests into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, TeamCity, or similar tools. Create homegrown automation tooling based on product requirements when needed. Metric Management and Benchmarking: Establish and maintain key performance metrics through baseline vs. benchmarking analysis. Collaborate with feature teams to define non-functional performance requirements and ensure meaningful acceptance criteria. Debugging, Optimization, and Performance Tuning: Work closely with engineers and operational teams to diagnose and troubleshoot performance issues. Provide performance optimization recommendations and collaborate on tuning systems for maximum performance while ensuring cost-effectiveness. Analysis and Reporting: Conduct in-depth performance analysis using tools like Grafana, Prometheus, AWS CloudWatch, and Azure Insights. Identify and define common performance trends from captured data. Provide detailed and clear performance test reports, documenting findings, bottlenecks, and optimization recommendations. Large Scale Data Creation: Generate large-scale datasets using automated tooling and processes. Mentoring: Provide mentorship and training to junior team members and other stakeholders in performance testing concepts and best practices. Experience / Education /Key Skills Required Performance Testing Tools: Expertise in tools such as JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner, etc. Scripting & Programming: Strong scripting skills in Java, Python, and TypeScript, with a solid understanding of pacing, correlation, and test creation. Cloud-Based Solutions: Experience with performance testing on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure). Queue-Based & Event-Driven Systems: Proficient in testing queue-based systems (e.g., RabbitMQ) and event-driven architectures. Monitoring Tools: Proficiency in using Prometheus, Grafana, AWS CloudWatch, or similar tools to gather key performance metrics and create relevant dashboards. Web & Network Protocols: Strong understanding of HTTP, WebSockets, REST, and other common protocols. Database Performance: Experience with database performance tuning (MySQL, NoSQL). CI/CD Tools: Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and TeamCity. Log Analytics: Ability to analyze log traces using tools like OpenSearch, Kibana, Splunk, etc., to identify performance issues and conduct root cause analysis. Desired Experience: Experience with containerized architectures (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker). Ability to script and modify solutions in Python, Bash, Java, etc. Experience with Playwright and TypeScript. Relevant performance testing certifications or qualifications. Nice to haves: RDMS experience an advantage. DevOps Experience, Terraform and/or Ansible. Cloud Experience AWS and/or Azure Line management experience Preferred Qualifications Computer engineering degree or equivalent? Previous leadership or mentor experience in performance testing What We Offer: As well as a competitive salary and benefits package, we also offer great future prospects in a fast-growing market sector. From improving your technical abilities to developing leadership skills, we can offer tailored career development based on your aspirations. This is supported by our focus on personal development and training - all our staff have an annual training allowance, which can be used to learn new technologies, develop soft skills or earn recognised professional qualifications. Preservica is an equal opportunities employer