Performance Engineer Jobs at Barclays | Pune, India
Job Description
Summary
Barclays is seeking a skilled Performance Engineer in Pune to ensure high performance, scalability, and reliability across its digital banking, trading, and insurance platforms. As a Barclays Performance Engineer, you will leverage advanced performance testing, automation, and resilience engineering practices to optimize APIs and cloud-based infrastructure. This role is ideal for professionals with hands-on experience in load testing, CI/CD integration, monitoring, and cloud environments who are passionate about delivering high-quality, robust, and secure solutions in a dynamic fintech environment.
Join Barclays Pune and contribute to a technology-driven culture, shaping the future of digital banking and financial services while collaborating with global teams.
Job Details at a Glance
| Job Title | Performance Engineer |
|---|---|
| Company | Barclays |
| Location | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Business Area | Corporate Digital Banking |
| Area of Expertise | Technology / Performance Engineering |
| Contract Type | Permanent |
| Work Mode | Hybrid (onsite anchor days) |
| Experience Required | 3+ years in performance testing / engineering |
| Tools & Technologies | JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Docker, AWS, Azure, OpenShift, JIRA |
| Reference Code | JR-0000072561 |
| Date Posted | October 01, 2025 |
Key Responsibilities
As a Performance Engineer at Barclays Pune, you will:
- Design, develop, and execute performance test strategies for banking, trading, and insurance systems.
- Conduct load, stress, and resilience testing to validate system performance under various scenarios.
- Model workloads and optimize system throughput, latency, and scalability.
- Build and maintain automated performance testing frameworks.
- Integrate performance tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
- Monitor system performance using observability tools and provide actionable insights.
- Collaborate with developers, QA, and product teams to troubleshoot performance issues.
- Conduct root cause analysis and provide solutions for critical performance problems.
- Contribute to performance improvement initiatives and ensure adherence to non-functional requirements.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Proven hands-on experience in performance and resilience testing using JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, or equivalent.
- Strong knowledge of API performance testing, test automation, and CI/CD integration.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, OpenShift) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools for performance analysis.
- Practical understanding of software development lifecycle, Agile practices, and test data/environment management.
- Knowledge of banking, trading, or insurance systems is highly valued.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills for cross-functional teamwork.
Highly valued skills: Microservices, event-driven architectures, security testing, infrastructure as code, release management.
What Barclays Offers
- A state-of-the-art technology hub in Pune with world-class infrastructure and amenities.
- Competitive compensation, including healthcare, pension, and holiday benefits.
- Career growth in a global technology-driven financial services organization.
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements supporting work-life balance.
- Inclusive and diverse culture fostering innovation, collaboration, and professional development.
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Advance your career with Barclays Performance Engineer Pune jobs. If you have expertise in performance testing, cloud technologies, and automation frameworks, this is your opportunity to join a leading global bank and make an impact.