Jobs at Jumia

What you will be doing

Technical Development

• Architect and develop scalable solutions for Africa's largest e-commerce platform
• Lead tech stack evolution from legacy to modern architectures
• Drive innovation in payment systems, logistics platforms, and customer-facing applications
• Implement and maintain high-performance systems
• Champion clean code and quality practices
• Ensure a security-first approach in all developments

Leadership

• Mentor junior developers and shape technical best practices
• Drive consensus across multi-disciplinary teams
• Balance legacy maintenance with new development
• Lead code reviews and technical discussions
• Promote best practices across teams

Project Management

• Deliver successful technical projects
• Work within Agile/Scrum environments
• Manage system stability while driving innovation
• Demonstrate ownership of technical outcomes
• Facilitate cross-team collaboration

What we are looking for

Technical Skills

• 8+ years of PHP development experience
• Expert knowledge of modern frameworks (Zend Expressive, Laravel, Symfony)
• Advanced database skills (MySQL optimization, NoSQL)
• Experience with high-transaction platforms

Proficiency in:

• Message queuing (Kafka)
• Caching (Redis)
• Microservices architecture
• CI/CD pipelines
• System monitoring
• Git version control
• Understanding of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

Architecture & Design

• Proven experience with design patterns
• Expertise in architectural principles
• Knowledge of SOA and microservices
• Understanding of scalable system design
• Experience with system monitoring and optimization

Other Skills

• Fluent English communication
• Strong analytical capabilities
• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments
• Problem-solving expertise
• A track record of successful project delivery

In case you want to stand out!

• Front-end development skills
• DevSecOps experience
• System migration expertise
• Performance optimization background

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About Jumia Tech Centers

• Want to be part of the biggest tech center in Africa and work in mixed teams with over 16 different nationalities? Join Jumia Kenya Tech Center where tech meets purpose. At Kenya Tech Center you will be managed by and mentored by top tech leaders across Portugal, Egypt and Kenya. You will also be working with state-of-the-art technologies & methodologies, and using agile philosophy, all as means to improve the lives of millions of Africans across the continent by offering them convenient and affordable online solutions. And with that as our PURPOSE, innovation at Jumia NEVER stops and you will be moving from one exciting challenge to the next.

What you will be doing

• Autonomy interpreting business/technical requirements, designing, implementing and testing high-quality solutions
• Work in a team-based development environment with a modular code base, peer reviews, and pull requests, with the disciplined use of source code control and documentation
• Constantly aim for quality, scalability, performance, and architecture keeping good practices, security, and compliance in check
• Be part of a fast and agile development process
• Contribute actively and proactively to optimize applications, processes, and methodologies
• Be willing to help peers, being part of a collaborative environment for development, testing, and automation tasks

What we are looking for

• Strong working experience and knowledge with NodeJS and NodeJS frameworks (e.g. Express, NestJS)
• Clear understanding of OOP, Design Patterns and anti-patterns, SOLID principles
• Working experience with relation and non-relational databases (e.g. MySQL, Couchbase, Redis...)
• Experienced with testing layers (unit, integration and functional testing) and version control technologies (e.g. GIT)
• Understanding of Queuing and Streaming systems (e.g. SQS, Kafka)
• Academic background in IT or equivalent
• Knowledge of algorithms and distributed systems
• Proficiency in English

The following skills are not required but will make your profile stand out:

• Knowledge in JavaScript (ES6) and VueJS, CSS is a plus
• Experience with services/microservices-oriented architecture, ideally in an eCommerce scope
• Familiar with SCRUM methodology