Test Engineer - Performance QA

Role overview

Test Engineer - Performance QA at Guidewire

Take end-to-end ownership of performance testing for assigned projects, from requirement analysis through sign-off.

As a Performance Test Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring that Guidewire-based projects/ solutions meet defined performance, scalability, and stability goals.

Responsibilities

• You will design and execute performance tests, analyze results to identify bottlenecks and areas for optimization, and collaborate closely with functional QA, developers, and architects to help deliver high-quality, reliable solutions for our P&C insurance customers.
• Work with architects, functional QA, business analysts, and developers to understand business flows, volumes, SLAs, and peak load expectations.
• Design performance test approach and scenarios, including workload models, test data strategy, and environment pre-requisites.
• Develop, maintain, and execute performance test scripts using tools such as JMeter (or equivalent).
• Execute different types of performance tests (load, stress, endurance/soak, spike, scalability) and capture key metrics.
• Monitor application, database, and infrastructure during test runs, and consolidate findings into clear, actionable reports.
• Analyze test results to identify hotspots and potential risks; provide recommendations for tuning and retest as needed.
• Collaborate with development and DevOps/cloud teams to validate fixes and configuration changes.
• Maintain all performance test artefacts: test plans, scripts, datasets, execution logs, and result summaries.
• Share performance testing best practices with functional QA and junior team members; support knowledge sharing within the QA practice.
• What you’ll bring
• 5-8 years of overall software QA experience, with at least 3 years focused on performance testing of web or enterprise applications.
• Hands-on experience with at least one performance testing tool (e.g., JMeter, Gatling; LoadRunner or similar is a plus).
• Good understanding of performance test types and key concepts: response time, throughput, concurrency, error rates, capacity, and SLAs.
• Ability to interpret and correlate performance metrics across:
• Application / JVM (threads, heap, GC, response times, throughput)
• Database (slow queries, indexing, connection pooling)
• Infrastructure (CPU, memory, network, disk I/O)
• Experience using monitoring / APM tools (e.g., Datadog, AppDynamics, New Relic, or similar) to support analysis.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex performance issues under time pressure.
• Good communication skills and stakeholder management; comfortable working with distributed, cross-functional teams.
• Preferred
• Experience with Guidewire applications (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter) or other large-scale, mission-critical enterprise platforms.
• Exposure to testing in cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP) and distributed architectures.
• Prior experience in a Professional Services / implementation or customer-facing delivery environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Employment details

• Location: India - Bangalore

About the employer

• Professional Services at Guidewire partners with P&C insurers worldwide to design, implement, and optimize mission-critical solutions on the Guidewire platform, with a strong focus on cloud and AI-enabled delivery.
• Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently.
• We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service.
• More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.
• As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success.
• We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry.
• Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.
• For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.
• Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
• We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success.
• Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.
• All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.
• Guidewire is proud to be a disability inclusive employer.
• We are committed to providing individualized accommodations and support to candidates for any part of our hiring process.
• If you think you may need disability-related accommodations, please email EmployAbility at accommodations-gw@employ-ability.org.uk, our disability partner, or schedule a call with an EmployAbility expert (calendar booking slot) for a confidential conversation.

Additional role details

• Summary
• You’ll join a collaborative, global team that values curiosity, transparency, and continuous improvement, working closely with customers and internal stakeholders.