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Yum! Brands · 1 day ago

Performance Test Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$107K/yr - $125K/yr

5+ years exp

Yum! Brands is a global leader in the restaurant industry, operating iconic brands like KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut. They are seeking a Performance Test Engineer responsible for creating and implementing performance testing experiences to optimize their Byte Platform offerings, collaborating with various teams to ensure high-quality product performance throughout development cycles.

Food and BeverageHospitalityRestaurants

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Engineering, Quality Engineering, Support, Product Management and DevOps teams to review and document requirements, execute performance tests and troubleshoot/resolve (blocking) issues

Design and execute different performance test strategies depending on unique project purposes and requirements

Analyze test results and establish reliable mathematic models for response time, throughput, SLA and other application performance metrics

Grow and evolve our performance tooling and testing processes to ensure tests are customer-like and representative of real-world scenarios

Identify existing bottlenecks in the hardware and software platform, application code stack, network and disk IO

Measure and document reliable predictions on potential bottlenecks as computing platforms and workloads change

Communicate test results and analysis to Engineering, Operations, PM, Network and DB teams

Develop unique performance testing tools, analysis methodologies, as well as capacity planning

Support the Engineering teams with tools and frameworks to enhance system performance, scalability and stability

Help and guide other QE teams to develop their own performance test plans and scripts

Co-ordinate multiple performance test projects within the limited test resources; provide expert opinions in understanding and analyzing their test results

Identify gaps, issues, or other areas of concern, and proactively define, propose, and enact process and workflow improvements to mitigate such issues

Qualification

Performance EngineeringPerformance Testing ToolsJavascriptMicroservices ArchitectureAWS Cloud ServicesAPI TestingKubernetesPerformance AnalysisTechnical CommunicationProblem Solving

Required

At minimum bachelor's in CS, CIS, engineering, or equivalent experience

5+ years of experience in performance engineering

3+ years of experience with code first performance testing tools (e.g., k6, Gatling) and performance analysis via DataDog or similar platforms

Advanced coding skills in Javascript or Typescript

Extensive experience working with microservices architecture, preferably with RESTful and GraphQL APIs

3+ years of hands-on experience in testing APIs, Web applications is a must

Extensive hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and Kubernetes, including monitoring, scaling, and troubleshooting

Proven ability to perform profile/baseline, load and stress testing, soak, spike testing etc

Proven ability to drill down into results and complete deep dive root cause analysis

Strong technical communication and documentation skills

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Legal

Accidental death and dismemberment

FSA/HSA

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Life insurance

401(k) plan

4 weeks of vacation

Paid sick leave

10 paid holidays

A floating day off

2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year

Company

Yum! Brands

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Yum! Brands is a quick-service restaurant brand that primarily operates the likes of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell.

Founded in 1997

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.yum.com

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