Performance Test Engineer

PayPay is a FinTech company that has surpassed 65 million users (as of August 2024) in 5 years since its launch in 2018, is rapidly expanding its business scale as a payment platform used by approximately one out of every two smartphone users in Japan.

PayPay Securities Corporation provides a unique and familiar asset management service that anyone can easily use in their daily lives as a specialized smartphone brokerage firm that can be used through PayPay.

As a member of the PayPay Group, we are refining our products at an overwhelming speed that no other company can imitate, and we will promote the spread of cashless payments in Japan and the financial life platform that uses them at a dash. We are looking for people who are passionate about these things as professionals, who can identify issues on their own, and who can work together with others to create new value.

※ Please note that you cannot apply or be selected in parallel with PayPay Corporation, PayPay Card Corporation and PayPay Securities Corporation.

 

 

 

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PayPay Securities, as an important part of PayPay’s financial ecosystem, has launched “Point Management” with over 10 million users and “PayPay Asset Management, the first initiative in Japan that enables asset management on a payment application. Now that the business foundation of the financial ecosystem is finally in place, we intend to expand our business to change the structure of asset management in Japan, with the main target being those who have not yet started asset management or were not interested in it before.

To achieve our goal, PayPay Securities is preparing to bring in technical talents not only from Japan but also globally, just as we have done with PayPay’s product division. As a Performance Test Engineer, you will be collaborating with engineers, designers and QAs, and working in an environment where you can be one of the founding members to build up a new organization within PayPay Securities.

※ Please note that this job is for Japan Residents Only

 

• Be part of the team to build up a new organization and environment
• Develop skills in making business plans from a high perspective, through the high-level coordination with departments and affiliated companies within PayPay Group to support the top management’s decision
• Gain experience in a company that aiming to be the pioneer in the market to provide a brand new Mobile Securities services, which never had before during the era of Financial reformation
• Able to utilize PayPay’s services and user base

• Design, maintain and enhance performance testing framework components
• Develop a comprehensive performance testing strategy, including detailed Non-Functional Requirements (NFR). Translate the requirements into appropriate test scenarios
• Collaborate with engineering and product management teams to define performance requirements for new feature releases
• Design, script and execute load, stress, stability, and scalability testing and deliver comprehensive reports to the project team
• Review all performance test activities, write tests, test execution, collect metrics, create and manage testing schedules, report results and problems, and maintain documentation

 

 

 

• 3-5 years of experience with performance test simulations, performance analysis, and performance monitoring
• Experience in creating test data and automating test reports, using any programming language
• Strong understanding of performance test methodologies
• Experience with performance testing tool, such as JMeter, LoadRunner, and Gatling
• Willing to work in a highly dynamic environment with tight deadlines and ever changing priorities
• Have excellent verbal communication skills and documentation skills
• Business level in either English or Japanese (Native Japanese speaker or JLPT N1 equivalent)

 

 

• Well versed in using Continuous Integration and Continuous Development tools, like Jenkins/Bitrise or any other
• Strong data analysis and post processing skills to validate system performance
• Experience in creating test strategy and test plans, and executing performance and load testing activities for large-scale, enterprise-class applications
• ISTQB or equivalent certificate. ISTQB (Specialist) Performance Testing is a plus
• Experience in testing mobile applications (Android and iOS)
• Experience in proposing and introducing new QA tools in the test process
• Experience in working on development in securities, finance, or similar industries
• Experience in in-house service operation

• Jenkins/Bitrise

• PayPay 5 senses

 

• Full Time

• Tokyo Office
• You can live anywhere in Japan

• Super Flex Time (No Core Time)
• In principle, 9:00am-6:00pm (actual working hours: 8h + 1h break)

• Every Saturday/Sunday/National holidays (in Japan)

• Annual paid leave (1 to 10 days depending on the month of joining will be granted upon employment date)
• Summer break (2 days / generally taken between July 1st and September 30th / subject to change depending on month of employment)
• Year-end and New Year holidays (12/31-1/3)

• Annual salary paid in 12 installments (monthly)
• Based on skills, experience and abilities
• Review once a year
• Special Incentive once a year *Based on company performance and individual contribution and evaluation
• Overtime allowance, Late overtime allowance, Commuting and transportation expenses, Work style support allowance

• Social Insurances (Health insurance, Employee pension, Employment insurance and Industrial accident compensation insurance)

 

 

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