Job Opportunity // QA / Test Engineer with Humanitec

Job Opportunity // QA / Test Engineer with Humanitec

Our member Humanitec is looking for an experienced QA / Test Engineer to join the company’s Nairobi team.

You will work together with Humanitec’s Front-end and Back-end engineers to design, test and build logic-modules and applications running on their platform.

One of your main areas of work will be to support TolaData customers and product team, contributing to the globally used project management tool that enables not-for-profit organizations to focus on creating impact.

Are you a fit?

• You have expert level (5+ years) working experience with Front-end software/web testing tools.
• You have advanced knowledge in Javascript, CSS, HTML5 and browser DOM.
• You have expert level experience with scripting and automation, and you are  experienced with testing tools like Selenium, Robot Framework, Protractor, cucumber.js, chai.js and Postman.
• You have experience with Test Management tools like Zephyr, TestRail, TestQuality, etc.
• You have expert level experience with issue tracking and communication tools like GitHub Issues, Zenhub, Jira, Slack and Trello.
• You have a good understanding of microservice architectures and how to interact with Back-end data REST API’s.
• You have a good understanding of Agile, Lean and User Centric design development process and ability to self manage pace and time within the scope of a project.
• You have advanced knowledge in behavior-driven development (BDD) and the Gherkin language.
• You have exemplary organizational, communication and presentation skills.
• You have excellent writing skills – ability to write in a variety of styles for multiple audiences.

In this role you will:

• Work with the support and client teams to document and confirm issues from end users as well as enhancement requests
• Create and manage a comprehensive set of test plans for the Front-end development work and ensure final acceptance testing is done and meets any end user/client expectations
• Work in an agile service-oriented team and help integrate good design principles into our iterative development approach
• Communicate clearly and often with developers on technical requirements
• Continuously learn about standard client and Back-end web software platforms and typical components
• Use and expand on standard Front-end testing platforms and patterns
• Implement UX testing best practices and integrate into a comprehensive test suite along with unit and integration testing
• How we work?

Humanitec is a  multicultural team of 19 nationalities working in 3 offices – Nairobi, Berlin, and New York City. The company’s success thrives from this diversity! You will benefit from a clear career development plan as we continuously grow together in our global company.

The QA / Test Engineer will be working in Humanitec’s Nairobi office, located in the heart of Kenya’s tech scene and embedded in the bustling local tech community.

Send us your CV and a short introduction on why you believe you are the best fit for this role here. All the best!

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