Senior Quality Assurance Engineer - Jumia (Full Time)

About Jumia :

Jumia believes that technology has the potential to transform everyday life in Africa for the better. Jumia was built to help consumers access millions of goods and services conveniently and at the best prices while opening up a new way for sellers to reach consumers and grow their businesses.

Listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 2019, Jumia is the leading e-commerce company in Africa, operating in 11 countries. The Jumia platform consists of a marketplace, which connects sellers with consumers, a logistics service, which enables the shipment and delivery of packages from sellers to consumers, and a payment service, JumiaPay, which offers a safe and easy solution to facilitate online payment transactions. The company offers goods across a broad range of categories, such as phones and electronics, home appliances, fast-moving consumer goods, fashion and beauty.

About Jumia Cairo 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 Cairo Tech Center where tech meets purpose. At Cairo Tech Center you will be managed by and mentored by top tech leaders in both Portugal and Egypt. 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

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