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TD

Performance Engineering Lead

TD

. Strategize and lead testing of TD Bank’s production-like infrastructure, focusing on automation and scale .

Posted 11/4/2026full-timeToronto • CanadaSenior💰 CA$81,600 - CA$115,200 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in performance testing and engineering, with a strong focus on automation, scalability, and reliability across large-scale infrastructure. Proficient in utilizing performance tools and frameworks, while fostering collaboration with cross-functional teams to optimize system performance.

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Performance Testing EngineeringJMeter ScriptingCloud-Based Infrastructure (Azure)Agile MethodologiesPerformance Monitoring Tools (Dynatrace, Splunk)

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Hard Skills
Performance TestingScripting TechniquesLinux FundamentalsCI/CD PipelinesPerformance Framework DevelopmentLarge-Scale Distributed SystemsMySQLJavaPythonContainer-Based Services (Docker, Kubernetes)
Soft Skills
Excellent Communication SkillsStrong Analytical SkillsCollaboration Skills
Tools & Technologies
JMeterLoadRunnerPrometheusDatadogUX EngineMountebank
Industry Keywords
Site Reliability EngineeringPerformance EngineeringChaos EngineeringObservabilityTest Data Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AzureCloudDistributed SystemsDockerJavaJMeterKubernetesLinuxMySQLPrometheusPythonSplunk

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Strategize and lead testing of TD Bank’s production-like infrastructure, focusing on automation and scale
  • Promote and apply performance-testing best practices for scalable and reliable services
  • Serve as a subject matter expert and partner with engineering on performance and scale
  • Escalate issues, problems, options, and recommendations in a timely manner
  • Perform root-cause analysis for performance incidents and identify preventive measures
  • Identify performance bottlenecks and create repeatable processes
  • Conduct deep-dive analysis using Dynatrace, Splunk, Datadog, and similar tools
  • Collaborate with development and operations teams to analyze test results, diagnose issues, and recommend optimizations
  • Define workload models with the Architect, monitor production workloads and performance, and refine workload models
  • Ensure performance coverage across systems based on non-functional requirements, architecture, and technology stacks
  • Improve production stability and ensure availability targets through stakeholder partnership
  • Provide technical leadership aligned with performance/reliability engineering practices and TD strategies
  • Build relationships with Product Owners, Tech Leads, and Operations to foster end-to-end accountability
  • Advocate for performance tools and frameworks and help define technical vision and architecture
  • Monitor environments using meaningful metrics and assess optimization opportunities
  • Follow enterprise technology, risk, capacity, delivery, and project-management standards
  • Execute performance tests with JMeter across applications and address bottlenecks
  • Drive initiatives to evolve performance frameworks, tools, and processes
  • Mentor and support team members, facilitate knowledge transfer, and provide training or coaching
  • Act as an SRE subject-matter-expert resource and perform complex technical tasks independently
  • Research industry standards and emerging technologies and make recommendations
  • Report primarily at the Platform product/Pod level to the Practice Lead, Site Reliability Engineer

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 6+ years of leading performance test engineering
  • 5+ years of performance testing/monitoring of web applications
  • Track record of leading successful large-scale infrastructure projects
  • Proficiency in scripting techniques and developing custom code for performance testing scripts and scenarios using JMeter
  • Ability to code with a programming language using standard software development practices such as unit testing and iterative development
  • Good knowledge of network and edge technologies
  • Excellent Linux fundamentals and understanding of diagnosing system utilization
  • Experience working with Agile methodologies
  • Excellent documentation and communication skills, with ability to influence others
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for performance testing
  • Experience with performance test framework development and automation
  • Experience with large-scale distributed systems and large data volumes
  • Experience with cloud-based infrastructure as a service, especially Azure
  • Experience with container-based service schedulers such as Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes
  • Experience with MySQL, Java, and Python
  • Experience with performance tools such as JMeter and LoadRunner
  • Experience with log management tools such as Splunk
  • Experience with monitoring systems such as Prometheus, Dynatrace, and Datadog
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to take on responsibilities such as Chaos Engineering and Observability toward transitioning to an SRE role
  • Ability to define data strategy and collaborate with Test Data Management teams to generate on-demand data
  • Expertise in using in-house client-side performance testing tools such as UX Engine
  • Experience developing virtual services using Mountebank
  • Excellent collaboration skills with cross-functional teams and technology/business stakeholders

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Health and well-being benefits
  • Savings and retirement programs
  • Paid time off
  • Banking benefits and discounts
  • Career development
  • Reward and recognition programs
  • Regular development conversations
  • Training programs
  • Online learning platform
  • Mentoring programs
  • Training and onboarding sessions
  • Accessibility accommodations, including accessible meeting rooms and captioning for virtual interviews