Senior Performance Test Engineer Contract at REED, Newcastle Upon Tyne, £Contract Rate

Senior Performance Test Engineer Contract

£450-£550 per day Outside IR35 ASAP Start Initial 3 months Remote

We're supporting a client delivering a large-scale digital platform and are seeking an experienced Senior Performance Test Engineer to join an Agile delivery team.

This is a hands-on role focused on designing, executing, and optimising performance testing strategies across cloud-based applications and API-driven services. You'll play a key role in ensuring systems are scalable, resilient, and capable of delivering excellent performance under varying levels of demand.

Key Skills Required

• Strong commercial experience as a Performance Test Engineer
• Expert-level experience with K6 (essential)
• Strong experience working within Microsoft Azure environments (essential)
• Proven experience of API Performance Testing, including load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing
• Experience testing applications built on cloud-based architectures (essential)
• Ability to analyse performance bottlenecks across APIs, applications, and infrastructure
• Experience creating and maintaining performance test scripts and frameworks
• Understanding of performance engineering principles and best practices
• Experience integrating performance testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Strong stakeholder communication skills and the ability to present performance findings and recommendations

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Gatling, JMeter, or LoadRunner
• Azure monitoring and observability tools including Azure Monitor and Application Insights
• Experience testing asynchronous workflows and event-driven architectures
• Exposure to distributed systems and microservices-based environments
• Knowledge of performance monitoring, diagnostics, and capacity planning

Contract Details

Contract: 3 months initially
Start: ASAP
Rate: £450-£550 per day
IR35: Outside IR35

If you're an experienced Performance Test Engineer with strong K6 and Azure expertise, we'd love to hear from you. This is an excellent opportunity to work on a high-profile digital programme, helping to ensure performance, scalability, and resilience across critical cloud-based services.