Performance QA Engineer

About the Role

The Veeam Quality Assurance team invites you to work on Veeam products with Veeam QA professionals in the Prague 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

• 25 vacation days, 4 sick days, 21 paid medical leave days, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares
• Premium private medical insurance for employees and dependents
• Daily meal vouchers for restaurants and groceries (180 CZK per working day)
• Flexible cafeteria platform with thousands of lifestyle benefit options
• Multisport Card for gym and wellness, with family add-on options
• Annual public transport reimbursement up to a set limit
• Corporate mobile plan with optional family tariff
• 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

Please note: If the applicant is permanently present outside of the Czech Republic, Veeam reserves the right to refuse to consider the application for a job. Remote job is only possible in case the employee is located in the Czech Republic.