Software Engineer In Test at Ona Data

Purpose

We're looking for software engineers in test, who want to build and maintain a system to keep our code bases well tested and maintained. This role will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.  

Responsibilities

• Checkout and test development & release branches, pair with engineers and product managers as necessary to understand the issues they are closing
• Participate in code reviews while overseeing unit and functional tests written by engineers with the ability to recommend the extension of tests as necessary to improve coverage
• Advise and lead on efforts around test code refactors
• Identify opportunities for automation and automate where necessary. Write integration tests for project codebase
• Research and recommend tools for the team to use for integration and E2E testing.
• Manage the build/CI/test environment to ensure tests are run accurately and quickly.
• Create releases with changelogs and verify they are production-ready and assist in deploying production releases
• Lead and be an advocate for testing and quality within our team

Requirements

Essential

• Experience writing automated tests.
• Experience testing and releasing production code.
• Strong attention to detail and understanding of root cause analysis and bug triage.
• Experience in mobile testing.
• Great communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate issues and highlight possible risks.
• Passionate about automated testing and keeps up with testing trends

Desired

• Experience with varied automation test tools such as RestAssured as well as code analysis tools.
• Experience testing within an agile environment.