Department: Software
Position: Junior Software QA Engineer
Reporting to: DevOps
Engineer
About SunCulture
Founded in 2012, SunCulture’s Vision is to build a world where people take control of their environment in rewarding and sustainable ways. SunCulture does this by developing and commercializing life-changing technology that solves the biggest daily challenges for the world’s 570 million smallholder farming households. We are the largest distributor of solar water pumps / solar irrigation for smallholder farmers in Africa and were selected by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Compa
nies in 2021. Here is a good explainer video recently made by CNBC. Over the last 5 years the company has grown significantly and now employs 400+ people around the world.
About the role
Reporting to DevOps
Engineer we seek a fast learning and dynamic junior software engineer in test
who will be working in our growing development team leveraging JavaScript and
ReactJS. You will pick up a wide range of development tasks, both front and
back end. We believe in growing you as an individual and we expect you to take
on responsibilities with a can-do attitude.
Key Responsibilities
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Collaborate with QA and engineering teams to identify system
requirements and design company wide test strategies.
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Running API tests using postman whenever required.
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Conducts planned and ad-hoc performance tests including load,
stress, latency and, scalability tests individually or under guidance of senior
engineers for all technical solutions provided within SC and provide written
reports.
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Participate in incident investigations under guidance of senior
engineers.
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End to end Tests and regression tests on Various Web and mobile
applications as assigned.
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Review test case coverage across all technical solutions on a
regular basis and keep it current
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Work together with senior engineers and other important
stakeholders to plan the release and support of high-quality releases
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Carry out any other duties within the Quality Assurance Section so
desired by the DevOps Engineer.
Qualifications
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Fluent in English is a must
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Experience with Git, Postman, Jira, Slack
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Experience with Mysql and Postgres databases is a plus.
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Proficiency with manual software testing
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Proficiency in juggling multiple work streams, complex problems,
and agile timelines.
Does this sound like you?
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1 year + of experience of delivering web and android based
technologies
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Within the East African time zone by about 2 hrs on either side
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Proactive, collaborative, organized, curious, problem solver with
a “can-do” attitude
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Good presentation skills and the ability to gather feedback from
leadership level staff
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Not afraid to fail and get up again. When you fail you communicate
early and with actionable context
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Exposure to or preference of working in a fast paced agile
environment
How to Apply
Apply for the job here
