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Posted 06 August, 2026

NFT Test Lead/Senior Performance Engineer

Uniting People
Leeds, ENG, GB Full Time

Job Description

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NFT Test Lead/Senior Performance Engineer
Location: London or Leeds (50% onsite)
Rate: £305 per day
Contract: Until September 2027
Clearance: Active SC Clearance Required

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We're recruiting an experienced NFT Test Lead/Senior Performance Engineer to join a major Financial Services programme. This is a Performance Engineering role, focused on identifying bottlenecks, defining non-functional requirements (NFRs), and improving application performance across modern cloud environments.

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Key skills:

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  • 8+ years' IT experience with 5+ years in Performance Testing/Engineering
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  • Strong JMeter and/or LoadRunner experience
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  • Performance analysis, bottleneck identification and NFR definition
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  • Azure/AWS performance testing
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  • Dynatrace or New Relic
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  • Grafana and Splunk
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  • Python or JavaScript Scripting
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  • CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
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  • Docker and Kubernetes
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  • Banking or Financial Services experience is desirable
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Requirements:

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  • Active SC Clearance
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  • Ability to work 50% onsite in London or Leeds
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