Versana · 2 weeks ago
Performance Test Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$115K/yr - $150K/yr
3+ years expVersana is an industry-backed data and technology company focused on improving the syndicated loan market. They are seeking a Performance Test Engineer to build and evolve their performance testing framework, ensuring stability, scalability, and reliability across services while collaborating with the engineering team to optimize performance.
ConsultingData IntegrationFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain performance test plans, scenarios, and scripts (JMeter, k6)
Automate performance tests in CI/CD pipelines (GitHub/ADO/AzureDevops) with environment provisioning
Define SLAs/SLOs and benchmark targets, establish baselines and regression gates
Execute load, stress, soak, spike, and capacity tests, capture and analyze metrics
Diagnose bottlenecks across app, DB, network, and container layers and recommend tuning actions
Integrate monitoring/telemetry (Datadog) and produce actionable reports for engineering and leadership
Collaborate with architects on system design for performance, resiliency, and cost efficiency
Contribute to reusable test data strategies and shift-left performance validations in Scrum teams
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree and 3+ years in performance testing for enterprise applications
Proven expertise in script creation, scenario design, execution, and result analysis using JMeter and/or k6
Strong programming/scripting skills in Java and JavaScript, experience with test harnesses and custom plugins
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure) and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Familiarity with messaging, caches, and databases, SQL proficiency for data validation and query tuning
Experience integrating performance tests into CI/CD, artifact versioning and results gating
Proficient with observability/APM tools (e.g., Datadog) and log/trace correlation
Strong analytical, planning, and documentation skills and ability to translate findings into measurable improvements
Company
Versana
Versana is an industry-backed fintech company that provides transparency, efficiency and velocity to loan market.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$66MKey Investors
Barclays
2024-09-10Series Unknown· $26M
2023-03-28Series Unknown· $40M
Leadership Team
Cynthia Sachs
Founding CEO and Board Member
George Nunn
Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
2025-12-16
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