Job Description

Job Overview

Business Segment:

Personal & Private Banking

Location:

ZA, GP, Johannesburg, Simmonds Street

Job Type:

Full-time

Job Ref ID:

80440424A-0001

Date Posted:

4/16/2025







We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Performance Engineer to join our team in Johannesburg, South Africa. As a Performance Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the efficiency and reliability of our software systems by conducting thorough performance testing and optimization.

Performance testing:

It is the process of creating and carrying out tests to evaluate how quickly, accurately and steadily software systems or applications operate.

Load Testing:

Testing the system's performance at different user activity or data load levels is known as load testing.

Stress testing:

It involves assessing the system's performance in difficult scenarios, like heavy user traffic or resource shortages.

Benchmarking:

It is the process of evaluating a system's performance against rivals or industry norms.

Performance monitoring:

It is the process of putting procedures and tools in place to keep an eye on how well systems or applications are performing in real time.

Root Cause Analysis:

Examining and determining the root cause of problems with performance.

Participate in capacity planning and scalability assessments

Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies in performance engineering

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

AWS Certified Developer Associate and/or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate - Advantageous

Experience:

5+ years of experience in performance engineering or a related role

Coding experience exceeding simple scripts

Previous experience working in the site performance engineer field

Understanding of System Architecture

Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Knowledge of web technologies and protocols

Experience with performance optimization techniques and best practices

Understanding of system architecture and scalability principles

Familiarity with Agile development methodologies

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication and teamwork abilities

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

Adopting Practical Approaches

Articulating Information

Checking Things

Developing Expertise

Documenting Facts

Embracing Change

Examining Information

Interpreting Data

Managing Tasks

Producing Output

Taking Action

Team Working

Technical Competencies:

Agile Engineering

API Engineering

Automation

Cloud Computing

Continuous Delivery (CD)

Continuous Deployment

Continuous Integration (CI)

Core Systems

Data Engineering

Design Thinking

Error Budgets

Incident Response

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Knowledge Management

Microservices

Non-abstract Large System Design (NALSD)

Observability (Application and Web Analytics)

Platform Engineering

Policy as Code

Post-incidence Analysis

Reliability and Resilience

Security Engineering

Service Level Management

Software Engineering Methods

Software Engineering Service Level Management

Software Engineering Tools

Software Foundations

System Integration

Test-driven Design (TDD)

Threat Modelling

Please note:

All our recruitment processes comply with the applicable local laws and regulations. We will never ask for money or any from of payment as part of our recruitment process. If you experience this, please contact our Fraud line on +27 800222050 or TransactionFraudOpsSA@standardbank.co.za