Senior Performance Engineer

About Tekion:

Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe.

At Tekion, we're building the only cloud-native platform that is transforming the automotive retail industry, leapfrogging it into the future and providing unparalleled customer experience. We're creating seamlessly integrated, elegant, and intuitive solutions built with cutting edge technology and powered by Big Data, Machine Learning (ML)/ AI and Internet of Things (Connected vehicle to connected devices). We’re harnessing passion, entrepreneurial spirit, deep industry expertise and the latest technologies to create something very special. We're inventing new technology along the way to overcome barriers and solve big problems, all while having a blast doing it!

Responsibilities include:

Creating and maintaining high quality artifacts(test scripts, test data, test reports)
Executing performance testing projects as part of large teams and as Individual contributor.
Carrying out tasks with minimal supervision.
Handling multiple projects at the same time.
Liase with different teams to understand requirements and to execute tasks as per requirements
Drill down performance issues to highlight problem areas
Work with developers to get performance issues fixed

Candidate should have:
Hands-on experience in performance testing tools such as Jmeter, K6, gatling etc.
Great understanding of performance metrics - server side and client side for windows and Linux platforms
Great communication skills
Must be able to code in Java or Python
Ability to adapt to changing requirements in an agile environment.
Experience in automating repetitive tasks using Jenkins and shell scripts.
Experience in creating frameworks / automation to facilitate load tests at short notice.
Ability to work with junior team members and guide them with the best practices
Experience with AWS / Azure
5yrs - 7 years of relevant work experience.

Good to have:
Experience with Mongo, MySQL, Redis and Elastic Search

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