Job Description
About BNP Paribas Group:
BNP Paribas is a top-ranking bank in Europe with an international profile. It operates in 71 countries and has almost 1++ 000 employees. The Group ranks highly in its three core areas of activity: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail banking networks and financial services are grouped together under Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, centred on corporate and institutional clients. The Group helps all of its clients (retail, associations, businesses, SMEs, large corporates and institutional) to implement their projects by providing them with services in financing, investment, savings and protection. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas enjoys leading positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas and has a solid and fast-growing network in the Asia/Pacific region.
About BNP Paribas India Solutions:
Established in 2005 BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 6000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.
About Businessline/Function :
For 150 years, BNP Paribas Wealth Management has been committed to protecting clients’ wealth, developing it, and eventually passing it on to their loved ones. We deliver tailor-made experience, with outstanding attention to detail and expertise from precise local knowledge to the global know-how that we access from the Group. Our goal is to create a new wealth management experience fit for a world where digital interactions have come to enhance human ones. Wealth Management Investment Solution Hub (WMIS Hub) provides a global IT solution for BNP Paribas Wealth Management where we develop, maintain and evolve IT applications which fits to the specific needs of BNP Paribas Wealth Management business users.
Job Title:
Performance Engineer/Tech lead
Date:
24/2/2026
Department:
IT
Location:
Chennai
Business Line / Function:
Wealth Management (WM)
Reports to:
(Direct)
Grade:
(if applicable)
(Functional)
Number of Direct Reports:
0
Directorship / Registration:
NA
Position Purpose
The candidate will work within a transversal Cloud team and be involved in ensuring there is no performance regression while migrating applications to the Cloud. Candidate will work closely with multiple teams, including Digital Channels, Infrastructure and other business applications and technology teams. Candidate will help delivery teams load test and troubleshoot performance issues and will contribute to define our performance testing process and tooling. candidate will train the various application teams on the subject of performance testing. This person will not be developing performance test scripts but will coach/guide existing performance testers in doing so.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
• Define and improve tooling to be used for performance testing/tuning/monitoring
• Contribute to performance testing governance and training
• Act as go-to person on performance within WM IT
• Design the performance testing strategy for the move-to-Cloud projects
• Review test plans of each application moved to Cloud
• Review test scripts developed by performance testers
• Review test results analyzed by performance testers and check validity of the tests
• Help or analyze performance issues and propose solutions
Contributing Responsibilities
• Collaborate with following roles:
• Tech leads/developers to understand the architecture of the applications/screens and analyze potential issues
• Performance Testers to review the test scripts and test results
• Test Leads to understand the test scenarios and End-to-End Tests
• Infra Team to understand the infrastructure capacity, monitoring
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
Mandatory
• Java and Spring technical expertise
• Strong critical thinker with problem solving aptitude
• Good expertise on SQL queries optimization
• Good understanding of caching mechanisms
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Good understanding of performance testing strategies and load models
• Knowledge and experience of a load testing tool, preferably Jmeter
• Knowledge and experience of profiling/monitoring tools (system, application server, application)
• Knowledge and experience of analyzing performance issues across all the tiers (client, network, application, database)
• Knowledge and experience of a data generator tool to generate test data for load tests
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle and the integration of performance testing within it
Plus
• Experience with integrating performance testing in the CI
• Knowledge and expertise on Dynatrace (APM)
• Knowledge of ELK to define application performance dashboards
• Speaking at conferences and/or user groups
• Contributing to open source projects
• Knowledge of Agile methodology
Specific Qualifications (if required)
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or computer engineering
• 5+ years of experience in software development
• 2+ years of experience troubleshooting and fixing performance issues
• 2+ years of experience performing load testing of Web applications
Skills Referential
Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)
Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
Ability to deliver / Results driven
Attention to detail / rigor
Communication skills - oral & written
Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)
Analytical Ability
Ability to understand, explain and support change
Ability to manage a project
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Education Level:
Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Experience Level
At least 7 years
Other/Specific Qualifications (if required
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Cloud Architect | | Number| WEA00242+ position is now open for candidates interested in the Bank Jobs sector. This role in Chennai offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Bank Jobs is a plus.
