Job Description

QualiZeal is looking for a senior leadership qualified to lead its Performance Engineering Center of Excellence (CoE) and drive the transformation toward AI-driven Performance Intelligence and Reliability Engineering.

This role is responsible for end-to-end ownership of performance strategy, delivery excellence, innovation, and business growth, while embedding AI, observability, and platform-led execution models into the organization.

The ideal candidate will act as a strategic advisor to clients, a delivery leader, and an innovation driver, ensuring scalable, resilient, and high-performing systems across enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities
Define and execute the Performance Engineering and Reliability strategy aligned to business growth
Lead global performance delivery across multiple accounts ensuring SLA adherence and quality
Drive AI-led transformation using platforms and accelerators
Establish standard performance KPIs (SLOs, SLAs, Perf Index) across engagements
Integrate observability and SRE practices into performance lifecycle




Lead pre-sales, solutioning, and client advisory discussions
Build and mentor high-performing teams across performance, SRE, and observability
Drive platform-led delivery adoption (60%+ target)
Enable shift-left and shift-right performance practices
Own governance, OKRs, metrics, and executive reporting

Qualifications
Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering / related field
18+ years of experience in Performance Engineering / QE / SRE
5+ years in leadership roles managing CoEs or large-scale global teams
Proven experience in enterprise client engagement and delivery ownership
Solid exposure to cloud-native architectures and distributed systems

Must-Have Skills
Deep expertise in Performance Engineering tools (JMeter, LoadRunner, k6, NeoLoad)
Robust knowledge of Observability/APM tools (Datadog, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Prometheus, Grafana)
Exper

📌 Director Performance Engineering Hyderabad
🏢 Qualizeal India
📍 Hyderabad