Quality Engineering Intern

One Acre Fund is a nonprofit organization that supplies smallholder farmers in East Africa with asset-based financing and agriculture training services to reduce hunger and poverty.

The Quality Engineer role drives the quality, reliability, and usability of delivered solutions and improves the processes that uphold technical best practices. Likely to own quality for many complex services.

Requirements Analysis

1. Identify and integrate quality assurance parameters throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
2. Contribute to backlog grooming to refine user stories with the necessary technical specifications, non-functional scope of work, such as acceptance criteria and test cases

Quality Assurance

1. Put in place processes and methods for collecting value-driven quality measurement and other service-level agreement (SLA) monitoring
2. Create reports on key metrics and indicators of product quality that inform decisions and strategies by stakeholders

Streamlined Testing

1. Source quality-driven feedback and performance metrics directly from field staff/users
2. Create and manage test frameworks; use the framework to set and hit test coverage goals across multiple test areas (regression, stress testing, etc.)
3. Automate testing in CI/CD pipelines
4. Create test schedules in accordance with project scope or delivery timelines
5. Prepare, refine, and track test plans and cases according to quality parameters and acceptance criteria

Quality Control

1. Identify and introduce the latest industry standards and regulations for software quality control
2. Identify quality-related technical problems and drive their respective resolution
3. Document your work to ensure replicability both as your service adds new features and to other services.
4. Troubleshooting Production Issues
5. Isolate and track bugs throughout all stages of testing and product support
6. Anticipate and record solution deficiencies as informed by technical guides and quality assessment reports

Career Growth and Development

1. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training, and regular feedback on your performance.
2. We’ll hold career reviews every one-three months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals.
3. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and gain rewarding technical experience.

1. Experience working in Agile
2. Competency in software quality principles and quality control principles
3. Background in software testing