Jumia Recent Job Openings

Jumia is the leading pan-Africa e-commerce platform. Founded in 2012, Jumia’s mission is to improve the quality of everyday life in Africa by leveraging technology to deliver innovative, convenient and affordable online services to consumers, while helping businesses grow as they use our platform to reach and serve consumers.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior PHP Software Engineer

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full Time

Tech at Jumia

• We are a Tech Driven company with an Innovative spirit. At Jumia Tech, you will work under the most updated technologies and work methodologies, collaborating between multiple teams across disciplines – Business, Product and Engineering.
• We are great fans of Agile philosophy and we aim to keep things simple but smart and fast. Also, for Jumia, technology relates with improvement for our world.
• We see technology as something we need to put purpose into. Our mission is to leverage technology to improve everyday life in Africa and we do it  by delivering convenient and affordable online services to consumers, helping them fulfill basic everyday needs.
• And while we’re present in Africa, we get to take African economy online, helping small and large businesses grow and reach new consumers. This is what drives our day to day decisions. 🙂
• We are looking for great people to join our amazing teams and celebrate our achievements. At Jumia we work hard, but we do Tech With Purpose!

What You will be Doing

• As a Senior PHP Developer, you will be part of an agile Software Development Team and will be responsible for the full lifecycle of an application.
• You will be working with a team of talented Engineers and entrusted in defining the solution, leading the design, architecture and development of web applications using PHP and related technologies.
• You will collaborate with the product team and stakeholders to translate product feature requirements into technical specifications and will identify the best approach for large pieces of work that span multiple components and teams.
• You will perform code reviews, provide feedback and guidance to your team, and ensure the overall quality and maintainability.
• You will be instrumental in optimizing performance of the application by implementing caching mechanisms, database optimizations and applicable code refactoring.
• You will troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in highly distributed systems.
• You will also be mentoring your junior colleagues, and helping elevate the skills and developing the team, ensuring the team stays up to date and applies the new trends in the industry.
• As an expert in the area, you will be the go-to person for big ideas and problem-solving.
• With your large expertise, we know that you’ll add a lot of value to the team – be it by suggesting alternative methodologies that may be more efficient, actively improving the tooling to improve use cases, or even designing and developing a technical solution or new processes to create robust, reliable, and scalable systems.
• You can expect to use cutting-edge technologies to deliver amazing value and the best product to our customers while scaling our platform to meet the demands of worldwide markets.
• You will be required to program well-designed, testable, efficient code to solve business needs, as well as test and document the implemented solutions.

What we are Looking for
Technical Skills:

• 8+ Years of Experience in web application development in PHP, with a strong understanding of PHP language and frameworks (e.g., Zend Expressive, Laravel, Symfony)
• Acquainted with building testable code, unit tests and/or integration tests
• Knowledgeable of software design and architecture patterns
• Strong knowledge of relational databases (especially MySQL) and SQL, performance tuning and optimizations
• Experience in working with high concurrency, highly transactable, high available platforms
• Experience in migration of legacy systems
• Experience in API integrations, web services and third-party libraries
• Experience with code versioning tools
• DevSecOps mindset
• Aware of fault-tolerance and secure programming concepts
• Experienced in some of the following concepts: message queuing, caching, NoSQL, SOA, CI/CD, application, and system monitoring
• Experienced working with Scrum processes
• Experience of working with Gearman would be a plus
• Proficiency in other front-end technologies like html, css, js is a plus

Soft Skills:

• Fluent in English, strong communication and collaboration abilities
• Ability to drive consensus in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Critical thinking and Problem-solving capabilities
• Analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Openness to handling both legacy systems and greenfield projects
• Being resilient and challenging the status quo
• Extreme accountability and drive for results.

We Offer

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African e-commerce sector
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer term objective is to train the next generation of leaders

Application Closing Date
28th June, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: PHP Software Engineer – Jumia

Location: Nigeria
Job type: Full-time

Tech at Jumia

• We are a Tech Driven company with an Innovative spirit. At Jumia Tech, you will work under the most updated technologies and work methodologies, collaborating between multiple teams across disciplines – Business, Product and Engineering.
• We are great fans of Agile philosophy and we aim to keep things simple but smart and fast. Also, for Jumia, technology relates with improvement for our world. We see technology as something we need to put purpose into.
• Our mission is to leverage technology to improve everyday life in Africa and we do it  by delivering convenient and affordable online services to consumers, helping them fulfill basic everyday needs.
• And while we’re present in Africa, we get to take African economy online, helping small and large businesses grow and reach new consumers. This is what drives our day to day decisions.
• We are looking for great people to join our amazing teams and celebrate our achievements. At Jumia we work hard, but we do Tech With Purpose!

Responsibilities

• As a Senior PHP Developer, you will be part of an agile Software Development Team and will be responsible for the full lifecycle of an application.
• You will be working with a team of talented Engineers and entrusted in defining the solution, leading the design, architecture and development of web applications using PHP and related technologies;
• You will collaborate with the product team and stakeholders to translate product feature requirements into sechnical specifications, and will identify the best approach for large pieces of work that span multiple components and teams;
• You will perform code reviews, provide feedback and guidance to your team, and ensure the overall quality and maintainability;
• You will be instrumental in optimizing performance of the application by implementing caching mechanisms, database optimizations and applicable code refactoring;
• You will troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in highly distributed systems;
• You will also be mentoring your junior colleagues, and helping elevate the skills and developing the team, ensuring the team stays up to date and applies the new trends in the industry;
• As an expert in the area, you will be the go-to person for big ideas and problem-solving;
• With your large expertise, we know that you’ll add a lot of value to the team – be it by suggesting alternative methodologies that may be more efficient, actively improving the tooling to improve use cases, or even designing and developing a technical solution or new processes to create robust, reliable and scalable systems;
• You can expect to use cutting-edge technologies to deliver amazing value and the best product to our customers while scaling our platform to meet the demands of worldwide markets;
• You will be required to program well-designed, testable, efficient code to solve business needs, as well as test and document the implemented solutions.

Requirements
Technical Skills:

• 8+ Years of Experience in web application development in PHP, with a strong understanding of PHP language and frameworks (e.g. Zend Expressive, Laravel, Symfony)
• Acquainted with building testable code, unit tests and/or integration tests
• Knowledgeable of software design and architecture patterns
• Strong knowledge of relational databases (especially MySQL) and SQL, performance tuning and optimizations
• Experience in working with high concurrency, highly transactable, high available platforms
• Experience in migration of legacy systems
• Experience in API integrations, web services and third party libraries
• Experience with code versioning tools
• DevSecOps mindset
• Aware of fault-tolerance and secure programming concepts
• Experienced in some of the following concepts: message queuing, caching, NoSQL, SOA, CI/CD, application and system monitoring
• Experienced working with Scrum processes
• Experience of working with Gearman would be a plus
• Proficiency in other front end technologies like html, css, js is a plus

Soft Skills:

• Fluent in English, strong communication and collaboration abilities
• Ability to drive consensus in a multi disciplinary environment
• Critical thinking and Problem solving capabilities
• Analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Openness to handling both legacy systems and greenfield projects
• Being resilient and Challenging the status quo
• Extreme accountability and drive for results

We Offer

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African e-commerce sector
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer term objective is to train the next generation of leaders

Application Closing Date
Not Specified

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: NI – Key Account Manager

Location: Nigeria
Job type: Full-time

About the Role

• As an Account Manager, you will be accountable for the most important of Jumia KPIs: growth and profitability.
• You will focus on managing c-levels end-to-end relationships for our top brands and vendors.
• From the very essence of commercial, to operations or even co-organization of Jumia key commercial events, your scope will provide you with all levers to drive your categories toward the right direction.

Responsibilities

• Act as a representative of Jumia to Key Accounts
• Leveraging prospecting skills and relationships to build partnerships with our top brands and vendors.
• Drive expansion of existing clients generate new business with prospect chains.
• Managing contract negotiations to establish strong working relationships with restaurant partners, including sustainable economics for both parties
• Play the role of an advocate of the Jumia Food managerial decisions to the vendor.
• Ensuring pricing competitiveness, assortment, and stock availability of vendors in the category.
• On-boarding 100% of account’s products & anticipating sourcing through brand product tools
• Driving growth by ensuring we have the right products at the right prices
• Organizing key commercial training and performance steering sessions with vendors
• Collaborate with your accounts on key commercial events such as Black Friday, Jumia Anniversary, etc.
• Execute tasks based on tools, processes and performance based on reporting and campaigns.
• Ensuring your accounts are match key operational KPIs

Qualification & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, or any related field
• Minimum of 4 years either in FMCG, tier 1 retail groups, top banking & consulting companies
• Strong commercial skills & analytical skills
• Great capacity to handle high stake negotiations.
• Resistant to stress, structured and organized.
• Good with tools (excel & PPT, Salesforce.com would be a plus)
• Strong interpersonal skills: Convince the people and your team that you are making the right decisions.
• Great ability to work in a fast paced and competitive environment.
• Flawless English communication.

We Offer

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African e-commerce sector
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer term objective is to train the next generation of leaders

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: NI – IT Manager – Jumia

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Job

• You will have the chance to integrate our amazing IT Support team that is responsible for supporting all our internal users daily. From laptop maintenance to troubleshooting, onboardings & offboarding, Google Workspace, SSO, and Endpoints.

Your responsibilities

• Management of local Endpoints for MDM and EDR.
• Follow up on outstanding IT related requests and ensure resolution within established SLA in the ticket platform.
• Manage and monitor internal assets to ensure accurate inventory records.
• Onboarding and Offboarding procedures.
• Report RMA’s and Warranties.
• Manage OS Imaging and Configuration for Linux, MacOS and Windows.
• Support for VoIP systems.
• Other common IT Support duties.

What we are Looking for

• Higher education in either IT or equivalent
• Minimum 4-year work experience in computer technical support functions.
• Good technical knowledge in the areas of hardware, operating systems (Windows, Mac, and Linux) and Networks TCP / IP.
• Excellent communication skills and taste for contact with the end user.
• Knowledge and experience on Google Workspace, Okta, Microsoft, Xcally, Zendesk and Endpoint platforms is a plus.
• Good interpersonal skills and taste for teamwork.
• Good analytical ability, organization, and planning.
• Outstanding troubleshooting

Skills:

• Knowledge of customer service principles and practices
• Proficiency in English, both written and verbal, clearly and accurately.

Application Closing Date
28th July, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Senior Java Software Engineer

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Tech at Jumia

• We are a Tech Driven company with an Innovative spirit. At Jumia Tech, you will work under the most updated technologies and work methodologies, collaborating between multiple teams across disciplines – Business, Product and Engineering.
• We are great fans of Agile philosophy and we aim to keep things simple but smart and fast. Also, for Jumia, technology relates with improvement for our world.
• We see technology as something we need to put purpose into. Our mission is to leverage technology to improve everyday life in Africa and we do it  by delivering convenient and affordable online services to consumers, helping them fulfill basic everyday needs.
• And while we’re present in Africa, we get to take African economy online, helping small and large businesses grow and reach new consumers. This is what drives our day to day decisions. 🙂
• We are looking for great people to join our amazing teams and celebrate our achievements. At Jumia we work hard, but we do Tech With Purpose!

What You will be Doing

• As a Backend Developer, you will be part of an agile Software Development Team and you will be responsible for the developing highly scalable applications for e-commerce/logistics/payment solutions. You will be working in a team of highly talented Engineers to develop software solutions using Java and related technologies, adhering to coding standards and best practices.
• You will design, implement, and maintain high quality software solutions, test and document implemented solutions, as well as support your colleagues in code reviews. You will also aid in troubleshooting and debugging issues and optimizing performance.
• You can expect to use cutting-edge technologies to deliver amazing value and the best product to our customers while scaling our platform to meet the demands of worldwide markets.

What we are Looking for
Technical Skills:

•  8+ Years of Experience in hands-on development in Java (preferably 8+) and related frameworks or similar OOP languages
• Experience in working with high concurrency, highly transactable, high available platforms
• Acquainted with building testable code, unit tests and/or integration tests
• Knowledgeable of software design and architecture patterns
• Knowledgeable of SQL and relational databases
• Experience with code versioning tools
• Experienced in some of the following technologies: Maven, Gradle, Hibernate, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, Prometheus, Docker, Kubernetes, SonarCube, Jenkins
• Familiarity with APIs, Event Driven Architecture, Microservices, Dockers & Containers
• DevSecOps mindset
• Aware of fault-tolerance and secure programming concepts
• Experienced in some of the following concepts: message queuing, caching, NoSQL, SOA, CI/CD, application, and system monitoring
• Experienced working with Scrum processes

Soft Skills:

• Fluent in English, strong communication and collaboration abilities
• Ability to drive consensus in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Critical thinking and Problem-solving capabilities
• Analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Being resilient and challenging the status quo
• Extreme accountability and drive for results

We Offer

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African e-commerce sector
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer term objective is to train the next generation of leaders

Application Closing Date
18th July, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online