Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

About Jumia:

Jumia is a leading pan-African e-commerce platform. Its mission is to improve the quality of everyday life in Africa by leveraging technology to deliver innovative, convenient and affordable online services to customers, while helping businesses grow as they use Jumia's platform to better reach and serve customers.

Jumia is built around a marketplace and supported by a proprietary logistics business [Jumia Logistics] and a digital payment and fintech platform [Jumia Pay]. With over 3,000 employees, Jumia is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by very high-profile shareholders. Jumia is committed to creating a sustainable impact in Africa.

In April 2019, Jumia was the first Tech company in Africa to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

About Jumia Kenya Tech Center

Want to be part of the biggest tech center in Africa and work in mixed teams with over 16 different nationalities? Join Jumia Kenya Tech Center where tech meets purpose. At Kenya Tech Center you will be managed by and mentored by top tech leaders across Portugal, Egypt and Kenya. You will also be working with state-of-the-art technologies & methodologies, and using agile philosophy, all as means to improve the lives of millions of Africans across the continent by offering them convenient and affordable online solutions. And with that as our PURPOSE, innovation at Jumia NEVER stops and you will be moving from one exciting challenge to the next.

What you will be doing

• Contribution to Test Plans:
  • Implement tests from design stage to the execution (eg: Functional, Performance, Load and Stress) and evaluate the results and document the deviations from expected results
  • Analyze, review and assess user requirements, specifications and testability models
  • Create Test Case specifications (enrich test cases provided) based on ticket descriptions, acceptance criteria and business/tech KPIs
  • Prepare and acquire test data
• Prepare test environments (at application/data level), configure and execute test tool and Continuous Integration tools (ex: Cucumber, Selenium, JMeter, Jenkins, Hiptest) troubleshooting issues detected through automation and manual testing while evaluating the results and document the deviations from expected results
• Use test frameworks (for Mobile apps, Mobile theme and Desktop)
• Automate tools and procedures (for QA layers) such Static and Dynamic Analysis
• Organize responsibilities and tasks to ensure the successful completion of work or projects, identifying potential obstacles and finding ways to address them sharing actively experience, knowledge and solutions with team
• Demonstrate commitment to equality and diversity having due regard to equality issues in all decision-making 
• Working with product owners, developers and team leader to define acceptance criteria, identify risks, and plan test coverage for upcoming features

What we are looking for

• +5 years of experience (is a plus)
• Academic background in IT or equivalent (is a plus)
• ISTQB Foundation (strongly preferred)
• Knowledge of Gherkin syntax
• Familiar with Quality Processes and Agile Methodologies using industry standards of software QA tools, such as HipTest
• Experience in Web Software and Mobile Applications (native) on product assurance tasks/processes
• Knowledge about Software development life-cycle and test processes/flows
• Experienced with testing tools such as Cucumber; Static/Dynamic Analysis tools and JMeter
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (Jenkins) and source control systems (GIT)
• Familiar with technologies such as Java, Ruby and JavaScript
• Solution-oriented and proactive attitude with a constant sense of organization and attention to detail
• Proficiency in English

We Offer:

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African e-commerce sector
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders