Performance QA Team Lead

Sapiens is on the lookout for a
Performance QA Team Lead
to become a key player in our Bangalore team. If you're a seasoned Performance QA and ready to take your career to new heights with an established, globally successful company, this role could be the perfect fit.

Location: Bangalore
Working Model: Our flexible work arrangement combines both remote and in-office work, optimizing flexibility and productivity.

This position will be part of Sapiens' P&C division, for more information about it, click here:

What You'll Do
Sapiens is seeking a highly skilled and motivated
Performance Team Lead
to take ownership of performance engineering efforts across multiple products and projects. This is a hands-on leadership role, combining technical expertise with team coordination, strategy definition, cross-team collaboration, and continuous improvement.

As a Performance Team Lead, You Will

• Lead and mentor performance engineers across geographies and teams.
• Define and enforce performance testing methodologies, standards, and best practices across the organization.
• Own the full performance testing lifecycle: requirements gathering, test planning, scripting, execution, analysis, and reporting.
• Identify and troubleshoot system and application bottlenecks; drive root cause analysis and recommend tuning strategies.
• Collaborate with QA, DevOps, R&D, product, and architecture teams to ensure performance requirements are met throughout the development lifecycle.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), benchmarks, and capacity metrics to support decision-making.
• Build dashboards and reports to provide stakeholders with visibility into system performance and trends.
• Oversee the integration of performance testing into CI/CD pipelines to support ongoing delivery and reliability goals.
• Introduce innovative tools, frameworks, and AI/ML capabilities (e.g., anomaly detection, predictive insights, intelligent alerting) to enhance testing, monitoring, and automation.
• Drive standardization and knowledge sharing across teams, and support performance testing reviews and approvals for key releases.
• Contribute to planning team structure, onboarding, and process scalability as the team evolves.

What To Have For This Position
Must have Skills:-

• BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.
• 6+ years of hands-on experience in performance engineering.
• 2+ years in a leadership or mentoring role.
• Strong experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner, OctoPerf).
• Solid understanding of modern web architecture, APIs, backend systems, and distributed environments.
• Proficiency in SQL and Oracle for data preparation and analysis.
• Experience with Linux-based systems and OS-level troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with profiling and APM tools (e.g., Dynatrace, YourKit, AppDynamics).

Soft Skills & Mindset

• Strong leadership and team coordination skills with a proactive, ownership-driven mindset.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities; comfortable diving deep into technical issues.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to influence and align across stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Focused on continuous improvement, innovation, and long-term team scalability.

Good to have Skills:-

• Experience integrating performance testing into CI/CD workflows.
• Exposure to containerized and cloud environments (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure).
• AI/ML experience for performance diagnostics, test result analysis, or smart alerting.
• Experience leading cross-project or cross-regional performance initiatives.

About Sapiens:-
Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ and TASE: SPNS) is a global leader in intelligent insurance software solutions. With Sapiens' robust platform, customer-driven partnerships, and rich ecosystem, insurers are empowered to future-proof their organizations with operational excellence in a rapidly changing marketplace. We help insurers harness the power of AI and advanced automation to support core solutions for property and casualty, workers' compensation, and life insurance, including reinsurance, financial & compliance, data & analytics, digital, and decision management. Sapiens boasts a longtime global presence, serving over 600 customers in more than 30 countries with its innovative SaaS offerings. Recognized by industry experts and selected for the Microsoft Top 100 Partner program, Sapiens is committed to partnering with our customers for their entire transformation journey and is continuously innovating to ensure their success. For More information visit us on .

Sapiens is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment that embraces individuals from diverse backgrounds.
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