Senior Software Quality Engineer

About KOKO Networks
KOKO Networks is a venture-backed climate-tech company with 1,200+ employees across East Africa & India. Our mission is to imagine and deliver technology that improves life in the world’s fastest growing cities. We offer a fast-paced and highly collaborative work environment with significant opportunities for professional growth. Our core lines of business currently include: (1) KOKO Fuel, an ultra-clean liquid bioethanol cooking fuel solution delivered via a network of smart fuel ATMs and leveraging existing downstream liquid fuels infrastructure; (2) KOKO Climate, which retails the emissions reductions that occur from switching households from deforestation-based charcoal to KOKO Fuel; and (3) KOKO Club, a tech-enabled, direct-to-consumer, instant fulfillment retail platform operated in partnership with neighborhood retailers. In 2021, KOKO was selected as the world’s leading emerging markets climate technology solution by FT/IFC.

As Senior Engineer, QA, you will lead a team of QA Engineers in ensuring high quality engineering. optimal performance, and reliability of large scale applications developed and deployed by KOKO Networks across server side, mobile and connected devices (IoT), using best in class software engineering practices. As a senior leader, you will inspire your team to achieve engineering excellence while maintaining a pragmatic approach towards software delivery.

What You Will Do

• Assess and improve technical quality of work performed by the QA Engineering team
• Assess and improve business understanding of QA Engineering team
• Prepare training and induction material to cover gaps
• Plan and coordinate software and systems releases
• Identify automation candidates and ensuring timely delivery of automation projects
• Collect performance feedback and satisfaction level and use it to address concerns of stakeholders and product managers
• Review performance, train, and up skill QA engineers
• Review and identify improvements in system performance
• Engage stakeholders and present the state of software quality such as code coverage, code quality, performance benchmarks, profiling at regular intervals
• Inspire team to follow best practices and achieve high professional delivery standards
• Plan career path for QA Engineers and guide on the most suitable projects for them to work on
• Manage allocation of QA Engineering team on various projects provide regular feedback on their performance

What You Will Bring

• 7+ years of quality assurance experience, including developing test strategies, and creating test automation systems and frameworks
• 2+ years of experience testing web applications with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) using Gherkin / Cucumber / SpecFlow
• Strong technical skills using Selenium WebDriver
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages including Java, Python, JavaScript
• Strong knowledge of continuous integration and delivery systems (CI/CD)
• Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies
• Experience developing build automation systems using Gradle is a plus
• Experience developing test frameworks using Junit is a plus
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Jira, Bitbucket and Docker is a plus
• Commitment to understanding the business domain
• Commitment to incorporating quality software practices into all phases of the project lifecycle
• Strong problem solving and decision making skills
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, collaboration, and presentation skills
• Self-motivated professional who demonstrates strong technical agility and responsiveness
• Eagerness to learn and grow within a technical organization

KOKO is committed to gender and racial diversity in the workplace. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply!