CyberArk · 5 hours ago
Senior SDET - Performance Test Engineer
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$150K/yr - $188K/yr
3+ years expCyberArk, a Palo Alto Networks company, is the global leader in identity security, trusted by organizations around the world. They are seeking a Senior Performance Test Engineer to enhance performance testing as a core quality practice across their cloud-native platform, focusing on building tools and frameworks that development teams can trust and adopt.
Cloud ComputingCyber SecurityCloud SecuritySecurity
Responsibilities
Implement and evolve performance and reliability tests for cloud-native, microservices-based systems
Collaborate with Test Enablement and development teams to apply an existing performance testing direction and build upon it over time
Build and maintain performance test components for load generation, ramp-up and steady-state testing, result collection and analysis
Execute performance tests in CI/CD pipelines and support their integration into regular development workflows
Use observability tools to analyze, visualize, and communicate performance results, including latency distributions, throughput, and error rates
Store, track, and compare performance results over time to help identify regressions and trends
Assist in emulating realistic customer environments, including networking, certificate-based flows, and multi-service interactions
Partner with development teams to help them understand performance test results and improve system behavior under load
Participate in code reviews and technical discussions related to test infrastructure and performance
Qualification
Required
3-4 years of experience in test automation, SDET, performance engineering, or backend engineering roles, with a strong testing focus
Strong coding skills in Go, Java, or Python (Go preferred)
Hands-on experience implementing performance tests for cloud-based applications
Practical understanding of performance testing types: baseline, load, stress, soak etc
Load patterns (steady, ramp-up, spike, soak) and which scenarios they map to
Core performance metrics (p50/p90/p99 latency, throughput, error rates)
Setting performance goals
Experience working with observability platforms to analyze and visualize performance data, such as: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog (or similar tools)
Experience building upon at least one public cloud platform (GCP preferred, but AWS, Azure etc. also valuable)
Familiarity with public cloud service paradigms, including virtual machines, containers, container orchestration and serverless, in any specific vendor flavor
Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI preferred, but GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Jenkins etc. also valuable)
Solid understanding of Linux-based systems; working knowledge of Windows environments
Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S)
Preferred
Familiarity with performance testing tools such as k6, Locust, JMeter, Gatling, or custom-built load generators
Experience working with containerized environments and distributed systems
Exposure to cloud infrastructure components (load balancers, auto-scaling, storage services) and how they can impact performance
Experience with SaaS platforms or security-sensitive systems
GCP experience or interest is a plus
PKI and Certificate management
Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible)
Ability to write clean, consistent, and well documented code following best practices
Fast learner with strong problem solving and analytical skills
Ability to lead and multi-task, problem-solve, make decisions and operate in a fast-paced environment
Self-motivated, able to work independently and be reliable and responsive
Experience with typical IT infrastructure, such as load balancers, web servers, certificate authorities, identity management systems, etc
Benefits
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Company
CyberArk
CyberArk is a security company that applies intelligent privilege controls to every identity across the identity lifecycle.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
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Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.67BKey Investors
Goldman Sachs,Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)
2025-07-29Acquired
2025-06-05Post Ipo Debt· $1.1B
2019-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $500M
Leadership Team
Matthew Cohen
Chief Executive Officer
Ariel Pisetzky
CIO
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