QA Software Engineer at Andela Nigeria

Andela is a network of technology leaders dedicated to advancing human potential. We help companies build high-performing distributed engineering teams by investing in Africa’s most talented software developers. Based in NYC, SF, Lagos, Nairobi, Rwanda and Kampala, Andela is catalyzing the growth of tech ecosystems across the African continent while solving the global technical talent shortage.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: QA Software Engineer

Locations: Accra – Ghana, Cairo – Egypt, Kampala – Uganda, Kigali – Rwanda, Lagos – Nigeria, Nairobi – Kenya

Where You’ll Work

Andela is a network of technology leaders dedicated to advancing human potential. We help companies build high-performing distributed engineering teams by investing in Africa’s most talented software engineers.
Based in NYC, SF, Kigali, Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, Accra and Kampala, Andela is catalyzing the growth of tech ecosystems across the African continent while solving the global technical talent shortage.

What You’ll Do

Andela QA Engineers take personal responsibility for Andela’s ability to deliver value to our partners.

Specifically, you’ll:

Use your knowledge in QA to delight our partners around the world.
Be responsible for the coding standards, conduct and deliverables of your fast-paced, distributed, teams, by proactively communicating and prioritizing effectively.
Act as a role model even in the most difficult and challenging situations, using constructive feedback, mentorship, and universal respect.
Andela Engineers are masters of consistent execution. They reliably deliver technical and professional value to our teams and our partners.

Responsibilities Include:

Designing and creating detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
Designing and performing manual and automated tests, as required
Actively participating in scoping, planning, delivery, and release activities
Utilizing required third party issue tracking systems, as required, to develop acceptance requirements, manage tests and issues, and report on progress and risks
Using third party-tooling to build test cases (ex: Selenium), analyze performance metrics, simulate load/stress on environments, and progress code
Analyzing specifications, business use cases, and critical metrics to understand system/user/revenue impact, devise criticality of issues, and suggest mitigation solutions
Analyzing, document, and communicate defects, providing detailed replications, recommended approach, and expected impact
Partnering and collaborating with cross-functional team members, including Product Management, Engineering, and Design, to estimate work, contribute to delivery, and maintain team standards and expectations.

Requirements

What makes you a great fit for this role:

3+ years of professional experience in Quality Assurance or Software Test Engineering
2+ years of experience in automating functional test cases
Hands-on coding experience, utilizing relevant testing frameworks
Excellent ability to problem-solve, debug, and understand pertinent performance metrics
Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
Ability to perform full integration, end-to-end, load, and user acceptance testing
Proven data analysis, data verification, and problem-solving abilities
Hands-on automation design and scripting experience
Experience working with Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) Pipelines
Experience with Appium, Selenium WebDriver, Postman, IDE’s or other common testing tools
Strong experience with ticket tracking, release management, and development tools
Familiarity with at least one cloud hosting platform –(ex: AWS, GCP)
Comfort with agile methodologies and experience in estimation and time management
Experience with containerized infrastructure, such as Docker
Understanding of programming concepts such as structured code, object-oriented and multi-tiered development experience, and design patterns
A Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, or related field.