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# Performance Tester

- **Company:** Digital Links Inc
- **Location:** Singers Glen, VA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Software Quality, Computer Programming, Databases, Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP), Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Apache JMeter, Python (Programming Language), Load Testing, Prometheus, Scala (Programming Language), TypeScript, Web Services, Datadog, Grafana, Caching, Blazemeter, Restful APIs, Splunk, New Relic (SaaS), Appdynamics, Dynatrace, Elk Stack, Microservices
- **Published:** August 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usbf44fbbb5b7246b75d1d0bfbe4a51e38

## About the Role

* 4+ years of Software Quality Engineering experience, including 3 4+ years focused on Performance and Load Testing.
 * Strong hands-on experience with Apache JMeter, BlazeMeter, and Splunk.
 * Ability to build and maintain reusable, parameterized performance test suites from scratch.

Technical Skills

 * Strong programming/scripting experience in Java, Python, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Go.
 * Solid understanding of HTTP, REST APIs, web services, and microservices.
 * Experience testing asynchronous, message-driven, or event-driven applications.
 * Hands-on experience with monitoring/APM tools such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New Relic, Datadog, Grafana/Prometheus, or ELK Stack.
 * Strong knowledge of performance engineering concepts, including throughput, concurrency, response-time percentiles, latency, scalability, and bottleneck analysis.
 * Experience identifying and troubleshooting performance issues related to JVM/GC, thread pools, connection pools, databases, caching, and application infrastructure.
 * Comfortable working in Linux/Unix environments and analyzing system-level metrics.



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