Performance QA Engineer

Acronis is a world leader in cyber protection, delivering natively integrated solutions that monitor, control, and protect the data that businesses and lives depend on. Driven by our passion to protect every workload, we’ve built the industry’s only all-in-one cyber protection platform. We are looking for a Performance QA Engineer to join our mission of protecting the digital world.

As a Performance QA Engineer, you will work on performance testing within our release cycles, ensuring that endpoint agent performance meets quality standards. This role involves hands-on execution of performance tests, result analysis, and bug reporting, with opportunities to contribute to framework development, automation, or visualization depending on your background and interests. This is an urgent need for our performance team, working closely with the QA team on endpoint agent functionality.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Participate in release cycles alongside functional regression and new feature testing
Execute performance regression tests using our established framework (internal test metrics + automated resource consumption assessment)
Run performance tests for new features on appropriate agent versions with required parameters
Analyze test results, identify performance degradation, and create bug reports when results are poor
Dive deep into our existing performance testing framework and release cycle processes (everything is already set up and documented)
Collaborate with development and QA teams using our established interaction protocols
Investigate performance issues using logs, system tools, metrics, and resource monitoring
Prepare and maintain performance test environments across Windows / Linux / macOS
Work with virtual machines, snapshots, system configurations, and environment setup
Validate client–server interactions and resource consumption patterns
Participate in discussions with R&D teams to communicate performance risks and bottlenecks
Analyze performance data in cooperation with engineering teams
Note: Contribution, initiative, and improvement suggestions are highly encouraged but not required — focus is on reliable execution of existing processes first
WHO WE"RE LOOKING FOR
Required:

3+ years in QA, Automation, Support, Software Development, or Performance Testing roles
Understanding of QA approaches: test design, test execution, defect lifecycle, regression planning
Confident Windows / Linux (and optionally macOS) user: logs, services/drivers, system tools, process inspection, basic diagnostics
Basic understanding of networking — enough to understand how client applications communicate with cloud services (DNS, service endpoints, certificates, basic connectivity concepts)
Understanding of HTTP/HTTPS fundamentals and REST API basics
Ability to read and interpret technical documentation and architecture descriptions
Clear written and verbal communication skills in English (Upper-Intermediate+)
Experience with performance testing concepts (load, stress, resource monitoring)
Basic scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell, C, C#)
Experience analyzing customer logs, crash dumps, or performance data
Practical experience using AI tools to accelerate routine tasks (prompting, summarization, log analysis), including safe handling of data within NDA boundaries
Good to Have:

Experience with virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM) or containers
Familiarity with client–server or distributed systems
Experience with CI/CD, Git, or artifact repositories
Exposure to cybersecurity concepts
Ability to work efficiently in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities
Familiarity with performance monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, or similar)
Interest in contributing to testing frameworks, automation, or data visualization
Familiarity with Windows Performance Toolkit (WPR, WPA) or Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) for performance analysis
Additional Context
This position is in our performance team, adjacent to the main QA team. While core technical requirements (OS knowledge, networking, system investigation) are similar, the focus shifts from functional testing to performance analysis and regression. We need someone immediately to handle current release cycles, with growth opportunities based on your strengths:

Developer-leaning: Contribute to performance framework, Grafana dashboards, automated analysis/trends
Manual QA background: Support manual performance testing and validation
Automation focus: Enhance automated performance testing and CI/CD integration
WHO WE ARE

A Swiss company founded in Singapore in 2003, Acronis offers over twenty years of innovation with 15 offices worldwide and more than 1800 employees in 50+ countries. Acronis Cyber Protect is available in 26 languages in 150 countries and is used by over 20,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses.



Our corporate culture is focused on making a positive impact on the lives of each employee and the communities we serve. Mutual trust, respect and belief that we can contribute to the world everyday are the cornerstones of our team. Each member of our “A-Team” plays an instrumental role in driving the success of our innovative and expanding business. We seek individuals who excel in dynamic, global environments and have a never give up attitude, contributing to our collective growth and impact.



OUR INTERVIEW PRACTICES

To ensure a fair and genuine hiring process, candidates are expected to participate in interviews without the use of AI tools, automated prompts, or third-party assistance. Interviews are designed to assess individual skills, experience, and communication style and we value authentic, real-time interaction.

Use of AI or external assistance during live interviews may result in disqualification. For roles where AI skills are being evaluated, permitted use of AI tools will be clearly communicated in advance. Candidates may be asked to disable virtual backgrounds or participate in in-person interviews. All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of applicable criminal, education and identity background checks

Acronis is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.