Senior Associate – Performance Test Engineer, Application Technology, Advisory

Overview

Performance Test Engineer role within PwC's Application Technology advisory practice, ensuring enterprise applications deliver speed, scalability and stability under peak user loads.

What you'll do

• Design, build and execute load, stress, endurance (soak) and scalability test scripts.
• Monitor server infrastructure, database metrics and application logs during test runs to isolate performance degradation and bottlenecks.
• Partner with software developers to profile code, review slow SQL queries, and resolve memory leaks or concurrency issues.
• Integrate automated performance testing scripts into CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish performance baselines, track KPIs across releases, and present clear diagnostic reports to technical stakeholders.

What you'll need

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in performance testing and software engineering.
• Proficiency in standard performance testing tools (e.g., Apache JMeter, Gatling, or LoadRunner).
• Practical experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Dynatrace, New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Strong coding/scripting foundations in Java, Python, or JavaScript for custom test scenarios.
• Solid understanding of web protocols (HTTP/HTTPS, REST APIs) and database query optimization (SQL).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Details

• Location: Pune.
• Required skill listed: Adobe XD.
• Visa sponsorship: No.
• Government clearance required: No.
• Job posting end date: August 4, 2026.