Senior Retool Software Engineer - Jumia (Full Time)

What you will be doing

• Autonomy interpreting business/technical requirements, designing, implementing, and testing high-quality solutions


• Work in a team-based development environment with a modular code base, peer reviews, and pull requests, with the disciplined use of source code control and documentation


• Constantly aim for quality, scalability, performance, and architecture keeping good practices, security, and compliance in check


• Be part of a fast and agile development process


• Contribute actively and proactively to optimize Retool applications, processes, and methodologies


• Be willing to help peers, being part of a collaborative environment for development, testing, and automation tasks

What we are looking for

• Strong working experience and knowledge of Javascript 


• Working experience with low code platforms, Retool experience is a plus


• Understanding low code workflows and resource integrations


• A clear understanding of OOP, Design Patterns and anti-patterns, SOLID principles


• Working experience with relation and non-relational databases (e.g. MySQL, Redis...)


• Experienced with testing layers (unit, integration, and functional testing) and version control technologies (e.g. GIT)


• Knowledge of algorithms and distributed systems


• Academic background in IT or equivalent


• Proficiency in English

The following skills are not required but will make your profile stand out.

• Knowledge of React or CSS is a plus


• Experience with services/microservices-oriented architecture, ideally in an e-commerce scope


• Familiar with SCRUM methodology