Job Overview
Posted
about 2 months ago
Deadline
4/21/2025
Location
Nairobi
Job Type
full time

Senior NodeJS Developer -
Jumia GroupJob Description
Independently tackle business and technical requirements, designing, building, and testing high-quality solutions while working in a team environment that uses modular code, peer reviews, and pull requests, all managed with disciplined source code control and clear documentation. You’ll focus on delivering scalable, secure, and high-performing applications within a fast-paced agile process, always prioritizing quality and best practices. Plus, you’ll proactively improve apps, processes, and methods, pitching in to support your peers in a collaborative setting for development, testing, and automation.
Requirements
Strong working experience and knowledge with NodeJS and NodeJS frameworks (e.g. Express, NestJS)
Clear understanding of OOP, Design Patterns and anti-patterns, SOLID principles
Working experience with relation and non-relational databases (e.g. MySQL, Couchbase, Redis...)
Experienced with testing layers (unit, integration and functional testing) and version control technologies (e.g. GIT)
Understanding of Queuing and Streaming systems (e.g. SQS, Kafka)
Academic background in IT or equivalent
Knowledge of algorithms and distributed systems
Proficiency in English
The following skills are not required but will make your profile stand out:
Knowledge in JavaScript (ES6) and VueJS, CSS is a plus
Experience with services/microservices-oriented architecture, ideally in an eCommerce scope
Familiar with SCRUM methodology
How to Apply
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