Have you gained experience in the software space and want to continue working on innovative projects whilst making an impact with your tech skills & knowledge? Read on to find out more about our QA Engineer position!
The Company
Tiko (previously known as Triggerise) believes in a world where all youth have the power to choose where, when, and how they meet their sexual reproductive health needs. Our digital platform delivers scalable and verifiable sexual reproductive health services for young people in 6 main markets in Sub Saharan Africa - Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zambia, South Africa and Burkina Faso. We work together with local communities and use nudges like reminders, discounts, and reward points to encourage our users to access and use sexual and reproductive health services. We also support our users in becoming micro-entrepreneurs and adding value to their economies.
Tiko has offices in South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, the Netherlands and Portugal. Globally, our team consists of 160 enthusiastic, international colleagues. Whether you are working from our biggest office in Nairobi, the fast-growing office in South Africa, or from home, our people are young and our culture is global and dynamic. Our work environment is fast-paced, informal, and friendly. You can learn more about what being part of Tiko is like here.
For this position, we are happy to accept applicants based in Portugal, Kenya, and South Africa.
The Job
As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you'll ensure our software runs smoothly and reliably by validating that all user paths function as intended.
Responsibility areas:
- Processes: You are accountable for quality assurance standards & processes of your team. You must be able to spread a quality mindset and make people understand that everyone own quality responsibility.
- Agile practices: Our team works in an agile way and you will be part of the rituals and practices always looking for improvements.
- Documentation: You document your work and make sure that your documentation is clear and understandable for future use by others. Also making sure that documentation processes rely on quality processes.
- Testing: You execute manual and automated testing for our products. Once you have done the testing and analysis, you communicate your findings in a clear and constructive way with the development team, helping them improve their future work. You help develop best practices and quality standards and drive implementation amongst the teams.
- Development: We expect you to actively participate in meetings and projects and to coordinate with your team members. We also expect you to continue to develop yourself and keep abreast of new developments.
About You
You are a self-starter, who knows what to do. You enjoy peer-to-peer collaboration and take initiative to get involved with the team that you work with.
Requirements:
- 3+ years of professional experience working as a QA Software Engineer.
- You have great experience executing both manual and automated testing.
- You have experience creating detailed and well-structured test plans and test cases.
- You have experience working with automated testing tools & framework implementation.
- We are currently using JavaScript, Selenium, Postman and Appium (If you have experience with those tools is definitely a plus).
- Ability to prioritize multiple projects and responsibilities
- You know how to communicate with technical and non-technical people.
- You are based in Portugal (mandatory)
- Fluent in English
Recruitment process:
- Screening call with a global recruiter
- 1st interview with tech
- Assessment
- Final interview with tech
The Rewards
At Tiko we believe in being open, also when it comes to salaries. The salary brackets per month for this position is €2,087 - €3,131 gross in Portugal, R40,451 - R60,677 gross in South Africa, and Ksh216,053 - Ksh324,080 gross in Kenya. We will offer you a salary in this bracket depending on your level of experience and how it relates to your future colleagues.
In addition to your monthly salary, we offer you:
- Great secondary benefits
- A personal development budget.
- Unlimited holidays, if you can make it work with your team you’re good to go.
- Growth opportunities.
- A product to help shape as we grow, to leave your mark on how we do things.
- A vision that we trust that you will do your job without us having to invent unnecessary rules and regulations.
The Details
Interested? Apply now below! Want more information? Check out our website or contact our Global Recruiter. We only accept applications through the apply links, not by email.
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Tiko prioritizes integrity in our workplace and respects your privacy.
Tiko is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour by its employees at work, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct. This is why we will do reference and background screening checks on successful candidates before hiring. Tiko also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. As part of this scheme, we will request information from your previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during your employment, or incidents under investigation when you left employment. By applying for this position, you confirm you have read and understood these recruitment procedures.
We value your privacy and understand the importance of safeguarding your personal data. We invite you to review our privacy notice for the recruitment process to understand how we collect, use, and protect your personal data during the recruitment process. Click here to view the document. By applying for this position, you acknowledge that you have read and understood our privacy notice.
