Junior Performance QA Engineer

About Veeam Software

Veeam, the #1 global market leader in data resilience, believes businesses should control all their data whenever and wherever they need it. Veeam provides data resilience through data backup, data recovery, data portability, data security, and data intelligence. Based in Seattle, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we move forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands. The future of data resilience is here - go fearlessly forward with us.

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 Junior Performance QA Engineer at Veeam, you will start building hands‑on experience with performance and load testing of enterprise‑grade data protection products used worldwide. You will work alongside experienced performance engineers, developers, and product teams, learning how large‑scale systems behave under real workloads and how performance issues are identified and resolved.

What You'll Do

• Participate in performance, load, and basic scalability testing of Veeam product components
• Assist with test planning, test execution, and collection of performance metrics
• Analyze test results under guidance to identify potential bottlenecks, regressions, or abnormal behavior
• Help maintain and operate performance test labs: environment setup, configuration, and basic monitoring
• Reproduce performance‑related issues reported by QA, Development, or Technical Support
• Collaborate with other QA engineers, developers, and product managers to validate fixes and improvements
• Document test results, observations, and findings in a clear and structured way

What You'll Bring

• Technical education or strong interest in systems, performance, and infrastructure
• Initial experience or strong academic background in performance or load testing (internships, projects, labs are acceptable)
• Basic understanding of operating systems: Windows and Linux
• General knowledge of system components (CPU, memory, storage, networking) and how they impact performance
• Analytical mindset, attention to detail, willingness to learn structured problem analysis
• English proficiency for daily communication within international teams

Bonus Skills

• Basic experience with databases (Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL)
• Introductory scripting experience (Python, PowerShell, Bash)
• Familiarity with virtualization platforms or cloud environments
• Interest in test automation or infrastructure‑as‑code concepts

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

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

Key skills/competency

• Performance Testing
• Load Testing
• Scalability Testing
• Test Execution
• Performance Metrics Analysis
• Bottleneck Identification
• Windows Operating System
• Linux Operating System
• System Components (CPU, Memory, Storage)
• Structured Problem Analysis