Senior Quality Engineer, Kenya and Rwanda
| Location | NAIROBI, Kenya |
| Date Posted | August 22, 2025 |
| Category |
Agriculture
Communication Engineering Insurance Operations |
| Job Type |
Contract
|
| Currency | KES |
Description
About One Acre Fund
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions.
About the Role
The Quality Engineer role is at the forefront of the Engineering team's endeavor to enhance the quality and reliability of our solutions and to improve the team's technical processes.
You will report to an engineering manager on your team as you work with Software Engineers, Business Analysts, and DevOps Engineers in our Engineering department.
Our tooling landscape is based on GitHub, SonarCloud, JIRA, Zephyr Squad, and Azure DevOps.
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain quality strategy document for your team
- Streamline and augment overall testing processes
- Devise and endorse procedures to determine product quality and release readiness
- Develop comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
- Identify, isolate, and track bugs throughout all stages of testing
- Utilize tools such as SonarCloud and Zephyr Squad, among others, to assess the coverage of test suites and make recommendations for additional test cases
- Act among first responders to imminent troubleshooting and incident management
Career Growth and Development
We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You'll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You'll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.
Qualifications
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:
- 3+ years of experience in software development with a focus on software testing, quality assurance, and control. Recommended certifications: CSQA, CAST, CSTE, ASTQB, or ISTQB
- Experience writing and executing automated tests, which include unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests
- Experience taking ownership of a team's deliverables and generating reports to show quality compliance
Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible
Job Location
Kenya or Rwanda
Benefits
Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits
Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Democratic Republic of Congo.
Application Deadline
18 November 2025. Please note that we hire on a rolling basis which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made.
One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization's mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected - so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
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