Who are we?
Cellulant* is a mobile commerce
company. We operate Africa’s number one mobile commerce network and aim to
connect 100 million customers to our mobile commerce ecosystem.
We do that by providing services like
mobile banking, mobile payments, music, information services and other mobile
related services.
Cellulant* was founded in 2003 and has currently operations in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana and every year moving into new countries.
To be able to meet these aggressive
growth expectations we need to grow our dynamic team.
We invite you to be part of that
growth by submitting your application to the following role.
Software Engineer
Vacancy: Software Engineer
Department: PD
Location: Nairobi,
Kenya
Job posting: 04-09-2014 until 16 -09-2014.
Starting date: Immediate.
She/he will develop software that
offers users high-quality performance and reliability
Responsibilities:
Software Design
- Estimate effort and time required to complete
a task.
- Analyse and critique requirements and make
recommendations on possible solution designs.
- Contribute towards establishing all possible
options for designing and deriving the best solutions based on sound
analytical judgment, team input and the customers’ best interest.
- Research new technologies that push the
boundaries and capabilities of design and provide insight.
- Assist in continual improvement of software
configuration management process.
Software Development
- Accountable for optimization-focused design to
ensure that all code is written with high availability and high-impact.
- Accountable for efficiency-focused software
that serves to ensure that all code is highly reusable and modular.
- Develop push and pull data interfaces using
the latest web and data sharing technologies
- Develop software according to functional and
technical design specifications and maintain a “common sense” approach
that serves to recognize potential design gaps and provide insight into
closing them.
- Develop patches and defect fixes.
Documentation
- Author technical design documentation that
fully defines all application code and the underlying methodology for the
design decisions made.
- Author user documentation for any
projects/products worked on.
Product Testing
- Provide feedback on test cases and test
coverage to the quality assurance team.
- Review code for potential performance issues,
re usability, and/or anomalies.
- Detail unit testing of code.
- Perform and assist with quality assurance
activities as needed.
Product Support
- Assess, troubleshoot, document and resolve
issues
- Troubleshoot client problems both remotely and
on site.
- Research and identify cause of reported
defects and issues.
- Develop and contribute to the improvement of
maintenance procedures
- Adhere to the terms of the Operating Level
Agreement.
Reporting
- Recording of time spent and tasks
- Escalating any issues identified
Guidance and Mentoring
- Participate in peer reviews
- Arrange and execute training for other teams
Who are you?
Required skills:
- Experience in PHP, Java, MySQL, Linux
- Diploma or Degree in IT, Computer Science or
related fields of study.
- A minimum of 2 years experience in software
development.
- Exposure in design disciplines and processes,
such as client server solution architecture, MVC Models, OOP or High
performance solutions.
- Experience in Web presentation languages and
frameworks e.g. html, CSS, Javascript, ExtJS, Zend, jQuery, Code-ignitor,
Yii e.t.c
- Experience in consuming public APIs for at
least one public service e.g. Google APIs
- Experience using collaborative software tools
such as SVN, GIT, CVS, Mercurial, e.t.c
- Experience in data and database design
standards and processes
- Experience in customer engagement and Issue
resolution.
- Experience in Office Tools for publishing and
presentation preparation. In depth understanding of spreadsheet
manipulation and reporting.
- Experience in system support, support
processes, tools and reports.
Vacancy: Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Department: CTG
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Job posting: 04-09-2014 until 16 -09-2014.
Starting date:Immediate.
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
The QA Engineer is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive test plans,developing and performing test cases to verify functionality, data integrity, security, performance and overall usability.
Responsibilities:
Product Testing
- Analyse, review and assess user requirements,
specifications for testability and feasibility.
- Verify that products are built according to
set standards and guidelines by comparing documents to actual
code/database schemas.
- Create test cases in the test management
system.
- Set up the local test environment.
- Prepare and/or acquire test data.
- Execute test cases and evaluate test results
and document deviations from expected results in the bug tracking system.
- Perform both functional and non-functional
tests (performance, security testing) on developed systems.
- Employ both Black-box and White-Box testing
techniques
- Conduct test case review for projects.
Documentation
- Create and publish test plans, test cases,
test execution results, release notes and QA sign-off
Product Support
- Assist in assessing, troubleshooting, root
cause analysis and retesting of identified issues.
Reporting
- Recording of time spent on tasks
- Escalating any issues identified
Knowledge Management & Process
Improvement
- Provide suggestions on areas of process
improvements.
- Share knowledge on worked project by creating
how-to manuals.
- Research on technologies and/or trends with a
view to improve productivity and efficiency.
Who are you?
Required skills:
- Degree in IT, Computer Science or related
fields of study.
- Good understanding of both software
development life cycle and software testing life cycle.
- Minimum of 2 years experience in a software or
telecommunications industry.
- At least 1 year experience as a software
quality assurance engineer.
- Experience in at least 1 programming language
e.g. Java, C, C++, C#, Perl, Python, VB.Net, shell etc.
- Experience in at least 1 presentation language
e.g. ASP, PHP, Ruby etc.
- Experience in at least 1 web presentation
language and frameworks e.g. html, CSS, Yii etc.
- Experience in at least 1 database management
system e.g. MySql, Oracle, Postgresql, SQlite, MS-SQL etc.
- Some experience in customer engagement and
Issue resolution.
- Working experience in Office Tools for
publishing and presentation preparation.
Vacancy: Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Department: CTG
Location: Nairobi,
Kenya
Job posting: 04-09-2014 until 16 -09-2014.
Starting date:Immediate
Senior Software Quality Assurance
Engineer
The Senior QA Engineer responsible for developing and executing comprehensive test plans, developing and performing test cases to verify functionality, data integrity, security, performance and overall usability.
Responsibilities:
Supervise enforcement and delivery of
quality software
- Identifying, setting-up and maintaining tools
and processes for software testing, including defect tracking, test plan
creation and management and automated testing.
- Assist in development, review and publish
standards, policies and procedures for all functions involved with or
related to the quality and testing of software products.
Project management, reporting
- Work with other team members to ensure that
the SDLC, development standards and toll gates are enforced for all
projects.
- Participating in planning of software projects
to ensure that testing and quality considerations are accounted for from
project inception to completion.
Implementing and enforcing processes
within the team
- Working with software team leads to put in
place software development processes that allow and encourage effective
and efficient testing and quality control.
- Assist in development and implementation of
policies in product/project development that improve system reliability
through monitoring and provide trend analysis of issues detected.
- Develop and implement tools and processes that
will improve productivity.
- Work with software engineers to implement
continuous integration and automation testing (both backend and UI
automation).
Product Testing
- Analyse, review and assess user requirements,
specifications for testability and feasibility.
- Verify that products are built according to
set standards and guidelines by comparing documents to actual
code/database schemas.
- Create test cases in the test management
system.
- Set up the local test environment.
- Prepare and/or acquire test data.
- Execute test cases and evaluate test results
and document deviations from expected results in the bug tracking system.
- Perform both functional and non-functional
tests (performance, security testing) on developed systems.
- Employ both Black-box and White-Box testing
techniques
- Conduct test case review for projects.
Documentation
- Create and publish test plans, test cases,
test execution results, release notes and QA sign-off
Product Support
- Assist in assessing, troubleshooting, root
cause analysis and retesting of identified issues.
Reporting
- Recording of time spent on tasks.
- Escalating any issues identified.
- Assist in the regular reporting of quality
metrics to management.
Guidance and Mentoring
- Participate in peer reviews.
- Identify areas of improvement, prepare
material and organize training within the team.
Knowledge Management & Process
Improvement
- Provide suggestions on areas of process
improvements.
- Share knowledge on worked project by creating
how-to manuals.
- Research on technologies and/or trends with a
view to improve productivity and efficiency.
- May mentor other software quality assurance
engineers when required.
Who are you?
Required skills:
- Degree in IT, Computer Science or related
fields of study.
- Excellent understanding of both software
development life cycle and software testing life cycle
- Minimum of 5 years experience in a software or
telecommunications industry.
- At least 3 years experience as a software
quality assurance engineer
- Quality assurance certification from bodies
such as ISTQB and CSTE.
- Experience in test case management tools and
test automation tools.
- Experience working with test automation
frameworks
- Experience in 2 programming languages e.g.
Java, C, C++, C#, Perl, Python, VB.Net, shell etc.
- Experience in 2 presentation languages e.g.
ASP, PHP, Ruby etc.
- Experience in 2 web presentation languages and
frameworks e.g. html, CSS, Javascript, ExtJS, Yii etc.
- Experience in database management systems e.g.
MySql, Oracle, Postgresql, SQlite, MS-SQL etc.
- Some experience in customer engagement and
Issue resolution.
- Working knowledge in Office Tools for
publishing and presentation preparation.
Required Skills:
- Degree in IT, Computer Science or related
fields of study.
- Good understanding of both software
development life cycle and software testing life cycle.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a software
or telecommunications industry.
- At least 1 year experience as a software
quality assurance engineer.
- Experience in at least 1 programming language
e.g. Java, C, C++, C#, Perl, Python, VB.Net, shell etc.
- Experience in at least 1 presentation language
e.g. ASP, PHP, Ruby etc.
- Experience in at least 1 web presentation
language and frameworks e.g. html, CSS, Yii etc.
- Experience in at least 1 database management
system e.g. MySql, Oracle, Postgresql, SQlite, MS-SQL etc.
- Some experience in customer engagement and
Issue resolution.
- Working experience in Office Tools for
publishing and presentation preparation.
Vacancy: Senior Software Engineer
Department: PD
Location: Nairobi,
Kenya
Job posting: 02-09-2014 until 15-09-2014.
Starting date:Immediate.
Senior Software Engineer
She/he will develop software that
offers users high-quality performance and reliability
Responsibilities:
Software Design
- Estimate effort and time required to complete
a task.
- Analyse and critique requirements and make
recommendations on possible solution designs.
- Contribute towards establishing all possible
options for designing and deriving the best solutions based on sound
analytical judgment, team input and the customers’ best interest.
- Research new technologies that push the
boundaries and capabilities of design and provide insight.
- Assist in continual improvement of software
configuration management process.
Software Development
- Accountable for optimization-focused design to
ensure that all code is written with high availability and high-impact.
- Accountable for efficiency-focused software
that serves to ensure that all code is highly reusable and modular.
- Develop push and pull data interfaces using
the latest web and data sharing technologies
- Develop software according to functional and
technical design specifications and maintain a “common sense” approach
that serves to recognize potential design gaps and provide insight into
closing them.
- Develop patches and defect fixes.
Documentation
- Author technical design documentation that
fully defines all application code and the underlying methodology for the
design decisions made.
- Author user documentation for any
projects/products worked on.
Product Testing
- Provide feedback on test cases and test
coverage to the quality assurance team.
- Review code for potential performance issues,
re usability, and/or anomalies.
- Detail unit testing of code.
- Perform and assist with quality assurance
activities as needed.
Product Support
- Assess, troubleshoot, document and resolve
issues
- Troubleshoot client problems both remotely and
on site.
- Research and identify cause of reported
defects and issues.
- Develop and contribute to the improvement of
maintenance procedures
- Adhere to the terms of the Operating Level
Agreement.
Reporting
- Recording of time spent and tasks
- Escalating any issues identified
Guidance and Mentoring
- Participate in peer reviews
- Arrange and execute training for other teams
Who are you?
Required skills:
- Degree in IT, Computer Science or related
fields of study.
- Excellent understanding of Software
development methodologies and related SDLC’s
- Expertise in PHP, Java, MySQL and Linux.
- A minimum of 5 years experience in software
development.
- Experience in diverse dynamic conditions with
minimal supervision in an intense environment (+2yrs)
- A minimum 2 years leading a team of two or
more engineers.
- Expertise in design disciplines and processes,
experience in client server solution architecture, MVC Models, OOP and
High performance solutions.
- Expertise in at least 3 Web presentation
languages and frameworks e.g. html, CSS, Javascript, ExtJS, Zend, jQuery,
Code-ignitor, Yii e.t.c
- Expertise in consuming public APIs for at
least one public service e.g. Google APIs
- Expertise using collaborative software tools
such as SVN, GIT, CVS, Mercurial, e.t.c
- Expertise in data and database design
standards and processes having managed relational schemas of over 20
objects.
- Expertise in solutions administration,
customer engagement and issue resolution.
- Advanced skills in Office Tools for publishing
and presentation preparation. In depth understanding of spreadsheet
manipulation and reporting.
- Experience in system support, support
processes, tools and reports.
Vacancy: Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Department: CTG
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Job posting: 04-09-2014 until 16 -09-2014.
Starting date:Immediate.
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
The QA Engineer is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive test plans,developing and performing test cases to verify functionality, data integrity, security, performance and overall usability.
Responsibilities:
Product Testing
- Analyse, review and assess user requirements,
specifications for testability and feasibility.
- Verify that products are built according to
set standards and guidelines by comparing documents to actual
code/database schemas.
- Create test cases in the test management
system.
- Set up the local test environment.
- Prepare and/or acquire test data.
- Execute test cases and evaluate test results
and document deviations from expected results in the bug tracking system.
- Perform both functional and non-functional
tests (performance, security testing) on developed systems.
- Employ both Black-box and White-Box testing
techniques
- Conduct test case review for projects.
Documentation
- Create and publish test plans, test cases,
test execution results, release notes and QA sign-off
Product Support
- Assist in assessing, troubleshooting, root
cause analysis and retesting of identified issues.
Reporting
- Recording of time spent on tasks
- Escalating any issues identified
Knowledge Management & Process
Improvement
- Provide suggestions on areas of process
improvements.
- Share knowledge on worked project by creating
how-to manuals.
- Research on technologies and/or trends with a
view to improve productivity and efficiency.
Who are you?
Required skills:
- Degree in IT, Computer Science or related fields
of study.
- Good understanding of both software
development life cycle and software testing life cycle.
- Minimum of 2 years experience in a software or
telecommunications industry.
- At least 1 year experience as a software
quality assurance engineer.
- Experience in at least 1 programming language
e.g. Java, C, C++, C#, Perl, Python, VB.Net, shell etc.
- Experience in at least 1 presentation language
e.g. ASP, PHP, Ruby etc.
- Experience in at least 1 web presentation
language and frameworks e.g. html, CSS, Yii etc.
- Experience in at least 1 database management
system e.g. MySql, Oracle, Postgresql, SQlite, MS-SQL etc.
- Some experience in customer engagement and
Issue resolution.
- Working experience in Office Tools for
publishing and presentation preparation.
Vacancy: Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Department: CTG
Location: Nairobi,
Kenya
Job posting: 04-09-2014 until 16 -09-2014.
Starting date:Immediate.
Senior Software Quality Assurance
Engineer
The Senior QA Engineer responsible for developing and executing comprehensive test plans, developing and performing test cases to verify functionality, data integrity, security, performance and overall usability.
Responsibilities:
Supervise enforcement and delivery of
quality software
- Identifying, setting-up and maintaining tools
and processes for software testing, including defect tracking, test plan
creation and management and automated testing.
- Assist in development, review and publish
standards, policies and procedures for all functions involved with or
related to the quality and testing of software products.
Project management, reporting
- Work with other team members to ensure that
the SDLC, development standards and toll gates are enforced for all
projects.
- Participating in planning of software projects
to ensure that testing and quality considerations are accounted for from
project inception to completion.
Implementing and enforcing processes
within the team
- Working with software team leads to put in
place software development processes that allow and encourage effective
and efficient testing and quality control.
- Assist in development and implementation of
policies in product/project development that improve system reliability
through monitoring and provide trend analysis of issues detected.
- Develop and implement tools and processes that
will improve productivity.
- Work with software engineers to implement
continuous integration and automation testing (both backend and UI
automation).
Product Testing
- Analyse, review and assess user requirements,
specifications for testability and feasibility.
- Verify that products are built according to
set standards and guidelines by comparing documents to actual
code/database schemas.
- Create test cases in the test management
system.
- Set up the local test environment.
- Prepare and/or acquire test data.
- Execute test cases and evaluate test results
and document deviations from expected results in the bug tracking system.
- Perform both functional and non-functional
tests (performance, security testing) on developed systems.
- Employ both Black-box and White-Box testing
techniques
- Conduct test case review for projects.
Documentation
- Create and publish test plans, test cases,
test execution results, release notes and QA sign-off
Product Support
- Assist in assessing, troubleshooting, root
cause analysis and retesting of identified issues.
Reporting
- Recording of time spent on tasks.
- Escalating any issues identified.
- Assist in the regular reporting of quality
metrics to management.
Guidance and Mentoring
- Participate in peer reviews.
- Identify areas of improvement, prepare
material and organize training within the team.
Knowledge Management & Process
Improvement
- Provide suggestions on areas of process
improvements.
- Share knowledge on worked project by creating
how-to manuals.
- Research on technologies and/or trends with a
view to improve productivity and efficiency.
- May mentor other software quality assurance
engineers when required.
Who are you?
Required skills:
- Degree in IT, Computer Science or related
fields of study.
- Excellent understanding of both software
development life cycle and software testing life cycle
- Minimum of 5 years experience in a software or
telecommunications industry.
- At least 3 years experience as a software
quality assurance engineer
- Quality assurance certification from bodies
such as ISTQB and CSTE.
- Experience in test case management tools and
test automation tools.
- Experience working with test automation
frameworks
- Experience in 2 programming languages e.g.
Java, C, C++, C#, Perl, Python, VB.Net, shell etc.
- Experience in 2 presentation languages e.g.
ASP, PHP, Ruby etc.
- Experience in 2 web presentation languages and
frameworks e.g. html, CSS, Javascript, ExtJS, Yii etc.
- Experience in database management systems e.g.
MySql, Oracle, Postgresql, SQlite, MS-SQL etc.
- Some experience in customer engagement and
Issue resolution.
- Working knowledge in Office Tools for
publishing and presentation preparation.
Required Skills:
- Degree in IT, Computer Science or related
fields of study.
- Good understanding of both software development
life cycle and software testing life cycle.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a software
or telecommunications industry.
- At least 1 year experience as a software
quality assurance engineer.
- Experience in at least 1 programming language
e.g. Java, C, C++, C#, Perl, Python, VB.Net, shell etc.
- Experience in at least 1 presentation language
e.g. ASP, PHP, Ruby etc.
- Experience in at least 1 web presentation
language and frameworks e.g. html, CSS, Yii etc.
- Experience in at least 1 database management
system e.g. MySql, Oracle, Postgresql, SQlite, MS-SQL etc.
- Some experience in customer engagement and
Issue resolution.
- Working experience in Office Tools for
publishing and presentation preparation.
Vacancy: Senior Software Engineer
Department: PD
Location: Nairobi,
Kenya
Job posting: 02-09-2014 until 15-09-2014.
Starting date:Immediate.
Senior Software Engineer
She/he will develop software that
offers users high-quality performance and reliability
Responsibilities:
Software Design
- Estimate effort and time required to complete
a task.
- Analyse and critique requirements and make
recommendations on possible solution designs.
- Contribute towards establishing all possible
options for designing and deriving the best solutions based on sound
analytical judgment, team input and the customers’ best interest.
- Research new technologies that push the
boundaries and capabilities of design and provide insight.
- Assist in continual improvement of software
configuration management process.
Software Development
- Accountable for optimization-focused design to
ensure that all code is written with high availability and high-impact.
- Accountable for efficiency-focused software
that serves to ensure that all code is highly reusable and modular.
- Develop push and pull data interfaces using
the latest web and data sharing technologies
- Develop software according to functional and
technical design specifications and maintain a “common sense” approach
that serves to recognize potential design gaps and provide insight into
closing them.
- Develop patches and defect fixes.
Documentation
- Author technical design documentation that
fully defines all application code and the underlying methodology for the
design decisions made.
- Author user documentation for any
projects/products worked on.
Product Testing
- Provide feedback on test cases and test
coverage to the quality assurance team.
- Review code for potential performance issues,
re usability, and/or anomalies.
- Detail unit testing of code.
- Perform and assist with quality assurance
activities as needed.
Product Support
- Assess, troubleshoot, document and resolve
issues
- Troubleshoot client problems both remotely and
on site.
- Research and identify cause of reported
defects and issues.
- Develop and contribute to the improvement of
maintenance procedures
- Adhere to the terms of the Operating Level
Agreement.
Reporting
- Recording of time spent and tasks
- Escalating any issues identified
Guidance and Mentoring
- Participate in peer reviews
- Arrange and execute training for other teams
Who are you?
Required skills:
- Degree in IT, Computer Science or related
fields of study.
- Excellent understanding of Software
development methodologies and related SDLC’s
- Expertise in PHP, Java, MySQL and Linux.
- A minimum of 5 years experience in software
development.
- Experience in diverse dynamic conditions with
minimal supervision in an intense environment (+2yrs)
- A minimum 2 years leading a team of two or
more engineers.
- Expertise in design disciplines and processes,
experience in client server solution architecture, MVC Models, OOP and
High performance solutions.
- Expertise in at least 3 Web presentation
languages and frameworks e.g. html, CSS, Javascript, ExtJS, Zend, jQuery,
Code-ignitor, Yii e.t.c
- Expertise in consuming public APIs for at
least one public service e.g. Google APIs
- Expertise using collaborative software tools
such as SVN, GIT, CVS, Mercurial, e.t.c
- Expertise in data and database design
standards and processes having managed relational schemas of over 20
objects.
- Expertise in solutions administration,
customer engagement and issue resolution.
- Advanced skills in Office Tools for publishing
and presentation preparation. In depth understanding of spreadsheet
manipulation and reporting.
- Experience in system support, support
processes, tools and reports.
What do we offer you?
When working at Cellulant*, you can
expect to work on a diverse range of problems, with inspiring and creative
colleagues. You will have ample opportunities for growth and career
development, and we highly value continuous learning.
We offer you a challenging position in which you will be rewarded for performance.
Apply now!
Are you interested in this position
and do you meet the minimum requirements?
Apply by sending an e-mail with your
CV and a convincing cover letter to Jobs@cellulant.com
The selection process entails an oral interview stage, followed by a case study presentation and a final interview.
The deadline for application is September 15th 2014.
Due to the high volume of applications received only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Do you have questions about this vacancy?
Visit our website at www.cellulant.com
Please do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail or telephone: jobs@cellulant.com or 0202606696.
