Quality Assurance Engineer at Zola Electric Nigeria

Zola Electric Nigeria combines Silicon Valley technology with local expertise to offer homes and businesses a long-term solar solution to an unreliable grid. Adaptable to both energy needs and income, Zola Electric Nigeria’s solution can be bought over time through a leasing structure. The first few watts starts a chain reaction that enables people to achieve commonly held aspirations: security, education, access to information, and a longer and more efficient day.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Quality Assurance Engineer

Location: Lagos

Job Summary

This may be your dream job if you’re someone who dreams of combining your knowledge and skills to help ZOLA Electric change the renewable energy landscape.
You need to be passionate about bringing solar energy to off-grid areas and emerging markets with the unique social, technical, and business challenges that come along with it.
You are inspired by the opportunity to unleash human potential and motivated to help build a truly epic business.

Position

Manage and report on key performance indicators for the QA process
Identify and analyze joint software PM/QA tools to improve productivity and quality
Observe workflows, procedures, systems, and controls for effective QA testing pipeline
Review feature specs and recommend tactics to improve testability
Follow bug reporting process in use by the overall organization
Achieve benchmarks for timely processing of reported bugs based on the level of severity
Utilize QA testing and ticketing tools
Participate in iterative improvements to the QA process to achieve faster and higher fidelity output
The Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for planning and implementing Quality Assurance (QA) testing procedures for our software tools, apps and platforms.
To run exploratory and automated testing procedures for Zola’s range of software applications, from enterprise Web applications to consumer quality Android/iOS mobile and tablet apps, to custom software that connects solar systems to the data warehouse.
To work with other QA testers (including QA services) to estimate, plan, and implement complementary testing activities.
To ensure that quality issues and defects are appropriately identified, documented, tracked, and resolved in our bug tracking system.
Amongst others, the role consists of:
Participate in project planning meetings to help define ongoing software quality objectives
Embed a project QA testing process alongside
Participate in team retrospectives to identify root causes of issues
Create test plans for project features to systemize quality control
Run exploratory testing procedures on software to uncover bugs and unanticipated usability issues
Test integrations of interconnected applications to ensure data integrity and expected output
Implement automated testing of UI workflows
Document investigation process steps to replicate and recommended resolution (where applicable) to allow engineers to take speedy action
Triage issues in an established ticketing workflow, expending resources where most impactful relative to plan

Requirements

Strong commitment to quality and ability to work closely and communicate effectively with developers and project managers across multiple teams
Ability to conduct testing activities and recommend process improvement opportunities for multiple concurrent projects
Interpersonal skills and able to work with various cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline
Experience using JavaScript, Python or another language to automate tests
2+ years of successful software QA management experience
Software QA Automation and black box testing experience
Working knowledge of QA in Agile methodologies
Experience testing web and mobile products
Familiarity with integrated hardware/software product testing
Experience working with distributed (virtual) teams
Able to multi-task in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
Highly effective communicator and problem solver
Willingness to learn and implement new processes
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong talent development and leadership skills.