Senior Java Software Engineer

4 weeks ago


Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya JUMIA KENYA Full time

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Jumia is the largest online retail store in Africa with over 100,000 unique visitors a day, buying everything from Fashion to Phones. Founded in 2012 in Nigeria, Jumia's mission is to revolutionize the concept of shopping by providing customers with the best online shopping experience.

Jumia is part of Africa Internet Group, a leading global incubator of startups specialised in e-commerce. Africa Internet Group is Africa's leading internet firm, with already over 3,000 employees in over 20 African countries and huge successes such as , , , , and It is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by MTN, Millicom and Rocket Internet.

Africa is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, offering excellent opportunities in a vibrant and booming environment. Its economic growth has enabled innovative businesses to flourish and this is where Africa Internet Group steps in.

JOB SUMMARY

What we are looking for:Minimum of 3 years of experienceExperienced with Object Oriented Programming (OOP)Experience with development in Java (and ideally Spring Boot framework)Acquainted with building testable code, unit tests and/or integration testsKnowledgeable of software design and architecture patternsKnowledgeable of SQL and relational databasesFluent in English

RESPONSIBILITIES

You will be part of an agile team that develops e-commerce, smart logistics, and payment solutionsYour work will integrate a service oriented architecture using state- of-the-art technologies and software development practices; You will own your services and be responsible end-to-endYou will take ownership for your code to be qualitatively high and you will support your colleagues in code reviewsYou will change the Internet landscape in Africa and the World one line of code at a time

REQUIRED SKILLS

Systems design, Relational databases (SQL), Database administration, Database query languages (SQL, others)

REQUIRED EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree



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