Our Purpose:

At Watu Africa, we empower entrepreneurs.

WATU is a mission-driven, customer-centric company that believes that every entrepreneur deserves an opportunity to start, grow and achieve their goals in life. As Africa’s fastest-growing Asset Finance company, we see the continent’s bright and prosperous future and want to be part of the team transforming it into reality. Watu Simu aims to provide affordable and flexible financing solutions for a variety of devices in Sub-Saharan Africa.  We, therefore, have a commitment to Empower Entrepreneurs by providing the means needed to move and improve in their lives.

What you will do:

• Create detailed test cases and plans that guide routine analysis and testing of vulnerabilities. This includes regression, compatibility, and performance testing.
• Establish new hardware and software functionality through field test reports.
• Document recurrent defects observed at testing phase and collaborate with our partners for timely resolution.
• Support Technical Product Manager in the establishment of quality assurance procedures to inform efficient/improved defect identification.
• Ensure Simu’s compliance to relevant regulatory standards through timely identification and escalation of key risks.
• Leverage industry/market vulnerability trends and guide on risk mitigation strategies and/or guide scenario testing. This includes market sensing of ethical and unethical technology trends/practices and replicating scenarios from market sensing in a test environment.

What we are looking for:

• A bachelor’s degree or diploma in IT, Computer Science, Telecommunication, or a related field.
• At least 3 years’ experience in quality assurance or product testing in telco industry
• Technical aptitude and familiarity with various operating systems, phone issues and models
• Familiarity with industry standards and regulatory requirements