Performance QA Engineer

Veeam is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient to enable the acceleration of safe AI at scale. As the market leader in both data resilience and data security posture management, Veeam is built for the convergence of identity, data, security, and AI risk. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we go fearlessly forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands. About the Role The Veeam Quality Assurance team invites you to work on Veeam products with Veeam QA professionals in the Lisbon 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 24 annual vacation days, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares Private medical, dental, and optical insurance for employees and dependents Life and disability insurance worth 2x gross annual salary Monthly meal allowance of €10.46 per working day 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 #LI-YS1 #Hybrid 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.