QA Automation Engineer, Performance

Keeper Security is hiring a highly motivated and experienced QA Automation Engineer specializing in performance testing to focus on load, stress, and scalability testing of our enterprise-grade applications. This role is 100% remote, with the option of a hybrid schedule for candidates located in the El Dorado Hills, CA or Chicago, IL metro areas.

Keeper’s cybersecurity software is trusted by millions of people and thousands of organizations, globally. Keeper is published in 21 languages and is sold in over 120 countries. Join one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and help us maintain and improve the quality, performance, and security of the products we deliver to our customers.

About Keeper

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our award-winning, zero-trust, privileged access management platform deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack and identity application to provide visibility, security, control, reporting and compliance across an entire enterprise. Trusted by millions of individuals and thousands of organizations, Keeper is an innovator of best-in-class password management, secrets management, privileged access, secure remote access and encrypted messaging. Learn more at KeeperSecurity.com.

About the Job

We are seeking a QA Automation Engineer with a strong focus on performance, load, and stress testing to join our growing team. In this role, you will design, implement, and execute performance test frameworks and scenarios that ensure the scalability, reliability, and responsiveness of Keeper’s applications and infrastructure.This position will collaborate closely with engineering, DevOps, and product teams to identify performance bottlenecks, establish performance baselines, and help shape performance engineering best practices across the organization

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated performance test suites for Keeper’s applications and backend services
• Plan and execute load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing to validate system performance under varying conditions
• Build performance test frameworks and pipelines integrated with CI/CD environments
• Analyze performance test results, identify bottlenecks, and work with development teams to optimize system performance
• Develop and maintain test data, scenarios, and reporting dashboards for continuous visibility into performance metrics
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to establish performance benchmarks and SLAs
• Use monitoring tools and profiling techniques to identify system-level performance issues (CPU, memory, I/O, latency)
• Provide recommendations and documentation on performance improvements and testing strategies

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 3+ years of experience in QA automation with a strong focus on performance and load testing
• Hands-on experience with tools such as JMeter, Gatling, k6, Locust, or LoadRunner
• Expertise in API testing (preferably with encryption)
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or Java for developing automation scripts and frameworks
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, or similar)
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and distributed systems
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, New Relic, etc.)
• Familiarity with containerized and microservices architectures (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills
  Experience with security performance testing or testing of highly available SaaS systems
• Due to this role’s involvement working on FedRAMP compliance requirements, qualified candidates must be a “U.S. Person”

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships)
• Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental life
• Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401K (Roth/Traditional)
• A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc)

Keeper Security, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Classification: Exempt