Quality Assurance Performance Engineer

What You'll Do

The Performance Engineering Developer focuses on Test Scope, Performance Analysis, Test Scripts creation, Performance Execution, measuring performance KPIs and provides performance engineering optimization/tuning recommendations to improve End User Experience.

• Analyze Results, compare against SLAs, Benchmarks and Provide tuning recommendations to improve End User Experience.
• Works with development, testing, application administration, and DBA teams to implement and maintain Performance standards
• Thought leader in performance optimization: Proposes and researches tools, scripts, processes to improve performance testing
• Experience with analysis of non-functional requirements for performance and security for agile and non-agile projects.
• Experience in testing and optimization with on-premises and cloud environments.
• Participating in and contributing to non-functional requirements, architecture, and design reviews to ensure performance and availability is addressed early in the delivery cycle. Implement and execute various forms of non-functional tests (Spike, Scalability, Failover, Volume, Load, Endurance, and Stress)
• Experience in test execution, log analysis and reporting is a must.
• Experience in Digital performance testing (web & native app).
• Performs regular performance testing and work closely with the CI-CD team to integrate performance monitoring and testing into the build and deployment pipelines.
• Expert understanding of Performance Testing, scaling, and performance optimization with
• Acts as a steward of performance in product and feature design with Product Owners, Tech Leads, Architects, and Dev teams.

What You Bring

• Expert in compiling, Analyzing and interpreting performance test results and provide recommendations.
• Strong team orientation and a continuous drive to meet deliverables.
• 5+ years of experience in performance application testing, tuning, and engineering
• Conscientious, Fast learner, adaptable, self-starter who can work both independently and collaborate well within a dynamic team environment.
• Software development experience (eg Java, C++/C#, JavaScript, Python, SQL , MS SQL etc.)
• Extensive hands-on experience with performance engineering, including the use of JMeter, LoadRunner, BlazeMeter, as well as profiling tools.
• Experience with Frontend Performance Testing (BlazeMeter tool) & Analysis (BlazeMeter)
• Create & Review Non-Functional Test Scripts using Jmeter.
• Experience working with logging tools ELK/Sumologic
• Use diagnostic tools Dynatrace/NewRelic to isolate bottleneck areas, or tune configuration and resource parameters to optimize performance and scalability
• Very strong in design of test framework, load simulation model, load stats calculations etc.

We value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.