Frost Bank

Performance Test Engineer

Frost Bank$95K — $115K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent relevant work experience
  • 5+ years of experience in performance testing or engineering with successful strategy establishment
  • Proficiency in designing and executing diverse performance tests using tools like JMeter or LoadRunner
  • Advanced knowledge in performance analysis including database diagnostics and JVM tuning
  • Expertise in performance monitoring tools such as Dynatrace or Splunk
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in Agile environments

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and implement performance testing strategies for banking applications
  • Create and execute performance test scenarios including load and stress testing
  • Analyze application performance to identify bottlenecks and suggest improvements
  • Collaborate with Engineering, DevOps, and Infrastructure teams to resolve issues
  • Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines for enhanced delivery
  • Manage performance test environments and ensure reliable execution
  • Communicate test results and support performance tuning practices

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Generous holiday and paid time off schedule
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Extensive health and wellness programs, including Employee Assistance Program
  • Referral bonus program
Full Job Description
Job Description

Who you are:

As a Performance Test Engineer, you are a subject matter expert. You will be responsible for developing and implementing testing strategies for banking applications. You are a problem solver who enjoys researching, creating, and executing test scenarios, and you are always looking for a ways to recommend improvements. You believe in effective communication and are excited to address potential problems and solutions to complex issues with integrity, caring, and excellence in mind.

What you’ll do:

  • Design, develop, and implement performance testing strategies for banking applications to evaluate scalability, reliability, and system resilience
  • Create and execute performance test scenarios, including load, stress, endurance, and volume testing, using realistic workload models based on production usage and business requirements
  • Analyze application and infrastructure performance using monitoring and observability tools to identify bottlenecks, diagnose root causes, and recommend performance improvements
  • Partner with Engineering, DevOps, and Infrastructure teams to resolve performance issues and optimize application performance throughout the development lifecycle
  • Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines and support automation-first, shift-left testing practices to improve software quality and delivery
  • Manage performance test environments, test data, and testing tools to ensure accurate, repeatable, and reliable test execution
  • Prepare and communicate performance test results, trends, and recommendations to stakeholders while supporting continuous improvement through performance tuning, incident analysis, and performance engineering best practices
  • Always take action using Integrity, Caring, and Excellence to achieve all-win outcomes

What you’ll need:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent relevant work experience
  • 5+ years of experience in performance testing, performance engineering, or application architecture with demonstrated success establishing performance testing strategies
  • Demonstrated ability to design and execute load, stress, endurance, scalability, and benchmark performance tests using tools such as StresStimulus, JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner, or comparable technologies
  • Knowledge of performance engineering standards, methodologies, and best practices, leading complex performance investigations, and influencing application architecture and technology decisions
  • Advanced technical expertise in performance analysis and root cause identification, including database diagnostics, JVM turning, thread and heap dump analysis, and infrastructure monitoring
  • Advanced technical knowledge of Java, containerized applications, APIs, microservices, and scripting languages such as Python, .NET, or Node.js
  • Proficiency with application performance monitoring (APM) and observability platforms such as Broadcom DX, Splunk, Dynatrace, OpenTelemetry or similar tools to analyze and correlate performance test results
  • Deep knowledge of performance analysis and optimization techniques for relational and NoSQL database environments
  • Proven ability to integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines and implementing shift-left performance engineering practices
  • Strong background utilizing source code management and version control platforms such as GitHub and Bitbucket
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with experience in Agile and regulated environments

Additional Preferred Skills:

  • Experience using AI or developer productivity tools, such as GitHub Copilot or similar technologies
  • Familiarity with enterprise integration technologies such as Red Hat Fuse, MuleSoft, Kafka, or IBM MQ
  • Experience testing high-volume transactional applications, batch processing, or distributed systems
  • Exposure to resilience testing, fault tolerance, or chaos engineering practices
  • Background supporting high available, mission-critical applications in a regulated environment
  • Ability to influence technical decisions and recommend performance improvements through data-driven analysis

Our Benefits:

At Frost, we care about your health, your family, and your future and strive to have our benefits reflect that. This includes:  

  • Medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Generous holiday and paid time off schedule
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Extensive health and wellness programs, including our Employee Assistance Program
  • Referral bonus program + more!

About Frost Bank

Frost Bank is a subsidiary of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., a financial holding company, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The company provides a wide range of banking, investments, and insurance services to businesses and individuals in Texas. Frost Bank has over 130 branches across Texas and offers online banking services to its customers. The bank was founded in 1868 by Thomas Claiborne Frost and has been serving Texans for over 150 years.
Learn more about Frost Bank
Size
4,553 employees
Market Cap
$8.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$331.1 million
Founded
1973
5 Year Trend
+5.1%
NASDAQ

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