Responsibilities
- Be part of the Jumia Engineering team and shape the long-term
technology vision and strategy aligning with the company’s objectives
- Be a role model for the Jumia Values
- Work effectively cross-functionally and with the leadership,
leveraging data and metrics to identify new opportunities for existing and
new projects and features
- Define architectural standards and guidelines across the
company in collaboration with the Technical Advisory Group, Directors of
Engineering and Platform teams
- Arbitrate on technical decisions within your scope
- Define Operational Excellence KPIs and standards, and partner
with Directors of Engineering to ensure highly performant solutions are
developed and continuously improved
- Drive performance and efficiency improvements across Jumia’s
platform, leading initiatives in load testing, performance tuning, and
capacity planning
- Ensure comprehensive documentation of system architecture,
design decisions, and operational procedures.
- Mentor and develop Principal and Staff Engineers, fostering a
culture of technical excellence and continuous learning
- Ensure system reliability and compliance
- Find a group of humble and intelligent people ready to make
you grow and to grow with you
- Change the Internet landscape in Africa and the World through
your team
Qualifications
- 12+ years experience as an individual contributor working with
agile methodologies and with experience architecting and running
large-scale tier 1 systems
- Expertise in designing and implementing complex system
architectures, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and
maintainability
- Strong working experience with Java and web frameworks
(preferably Spring), with exposure to multiple programming languages
- Experience with event-driven architectures and tools for
queueing and streaming (preferably Apache Kafka)
- Experienced working with large-scale Databases (SQL and
NoSQL), with a good understanding of data modelling and optimization
- Experience with containerization (preferably Docker) and
orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Strong black box test Automation experience is a plus
- Experience designing and developing platforms built for scale
is a plus
- A proactive challenger mindset: if there’s room for
improvement, you’ll say it
- A solver mindset: when there is a will, there is a way
- A strong business sense – you understand the impact of your
work
- The ability to be autonomous and to own your decisions
- The ambition to grow the company and within the company
- Full professional English proficiency
How To Apply
