Performance QA Engineer

AI overview

Contribute to the performance and scalability of Veeam products impacting global enterprises through extensive testing and environment management.

Veeam, the #1 global market leader in data resilience, believes businesses should control all their data whenever and wherever they need it. Veeam provides data resilience through data backup, data recovery, data portability, data security, and data intelligence. Based in Seattle, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we move forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands. The future of data resilience is here - go fearlessly forward with us.

About the Role

The Veeam Quality Assurance team invites you to work on Veeam products with Veeam QA professionals in the Prague R&D office.

As a Performance QA Engineer, you will work on large‑scale, real‑world backup and data protection scenarios used by enterprises worldwide. Your work will directly influence the scalability, reliability, and performance of Veeam products running in some of the most demanding environments.

What You'll Do

  • Design and execute performance, load, and scalability testing for major components of Veeam products (from requirement analysis and lab design to test execution and results analysis)
  • Build and maintain realistic enterprise‑grade test environments, including large infrastructures and complex topologies
  • Identify performance bottlenecks and system limits, and work closely with developers, functional QA, and product managers to resolve them
  • Participate in root cause analysis of performance issues reported by Technical Support and customers
  • Own and evolve performance test labs: environment creation, configuration, monitoring, and collaboration with IT teams

What You'll Bring  

  • Technical education or a strong, hands‑on passion for systems and performance
  • 1–2 years of experience in performance and/or load testing (or a strong practical background in system performance)
  • Ability to analyze test results and clearly identify bottlenecks, limits, and performance risks
  • Solid knowledge of Windows and/or Linux at an advanced user or system administration level
  • Good understanding of system internals: CPU, memory, storage, networking
  • Strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, and structured thinking
  • Motivation to grow as a performance and scalability engineer
  • English proficiency for daily communication within international teams

Bonus Skills

  • Experience with databases (Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL), including profiling and performance analysis
  • Scripting, test automation, or infrastructure deployment experience
  • Understanding of virtualization platforms and large virtual environments
  • Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud)
  • Experience with Python
  • Familiarity with Ansible, Terraform, or similar infrastructure‑as‑code tools

What You'll Get

  • 25 vacation days, 4 sick days, 21 paid medical leave days, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares
  • Premium private medical insurance for employees and dependents
  • Daily meal vouchers for restaurants and groceries (180 CZK per working day)
  • Flexible cafeteria platform with thousands of lifestyle benefit options
  • Multisport Card for gym and wellness, with family add-on options
  • Annual public transport reimbursement up to a set limit
  • Corporate mobile plan with optional family tariff
  • Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning

Please note: If the applicant is permanently present outside of the Czech Republic, Veeam reserves the right to refuse to consider the application for a job. Remote job is only possible in case the employee is located in the Czech Republic. 

#LI-YS1

#Remote


Veeam Software is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination in any form on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. All your information will be kept confidential.

Please note that any personal data collected from you during the recruitment process will be processed in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Notice.  

The Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us in connection with our recruitment processes. 

By applying for this position, you consent to the processing of your personal data in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Notice.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that the information provided in your job application and any supporting documents is complete and accurate to the best of your knowledge. Any misrepresentation, omission, or falsification of information may result in disqualification from consideration for employment or, if discovered after employment begins, termination of employment.

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Free Meals & Snacks: Daily meal vouchers for restaurants and groceries (180 CZK per working day)
  • Health Insurance: Premium private medical insurance for employees and dependents
  • Learning opportunities: Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning
  • Corporate mobile plan: Corporate mobile plan with optional family tariff
  • Paid Time Off: 25 vacation days, 4 sick days, 21 paid medical leave days, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares

Veeam®, the #1 global market leader in data protection and ransomware recovery, is on a mission to empower every organization to not just bounce back from a data outage or loss but bounce forward. With Veeam, organizations achieve radical resilience through data security, data recovery, and data freedom for their hybrid cloud.  The Veeam Data Platform delivers a single solution for cloud, virtual, physical, SaaS, and Kubernetes environments that gives IT and security leaders peace of mind that their apps and data are protected and always available. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 450,000 customers worldwide, including 74% of the Global 2000, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running.

View all jobs
Ace your job interview

Understand the required skills and qualifications, anticipate the questions you may be asked, and study well-prepared answers using our sample responses.

Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer Q&A's
Report this job
Apply for this job