Andela is a network of technology leaders dedicated to advancing human potential. We help companies build high-performing distributed engineering teams by investing in Africa’s most talented software developers. Based in NYC, SF, Lagos, Nairobi, Rwanda and Kampala, Andela is catalyzing the growth of tech ecosystems across the African continent while solving the global technical talent shortage.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Principal Software Engineer – Front End
Locations: Accra, Ghana, Cairo, Egypt, Kampala, Uganda, Kigali, Rwanda, Lagos, Nigeria, Nairobi, Kenya
Where You’ll Work
Andela is a network of technology leaders dedicated to advancing human potential. We help companies build high-performing distributed engineering teams by investing in Africa’s most talented software engineers.
Based in NYC, SF, Kigali, Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, Accra and Kampala, Andela is catalyzing the growth of tech ecosystems across the African continent while solving the global technical talent shortage.
What You’ll Do
Our Andelan Principal Engineers are renowned for their technical prowess. They are admired and respected for the depth of their technical expertise and leadership.
Specifically, you’ll:
Use your expert knowledge, in your core technology or set of technologies, to delight our partners around the world.
Make meaningful and impactful technical decisions with a keen understanding of the operational ramifications.
Lead fast-paced teams through change, while delivering value, unparalleled enthusiasm, and a relentless commitment to excellence.
What You’ll Bring
All Andela engineers go above and beyond. To find out more about additional suggested competencies, check out our engineer framework.
Experience:
A minimum of 6-12 years of professional experience, during which they’ve built deep technical expertise and demonstrated technical leadership.
Required:
Deep knowledge of at least one front-end framework — React, Angular, Vue
Working knowledge of at least one CSS framework — Bootstrap, Materialize CSS, Semantic UI
Deep knowledge of JavaScript core language concepts — DOM manipulation, Fetch API, ES6 features
Deep knowledge of the fundamental front-end languages/technologies — HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Leadership skills with a high amount of emotional intelligence. You’ve led teams, initiatives, and a range of technical working sessions
Demonstrated experience of having taken large-scale initiatives from conception through to production, while continuing to support, optimize, and iterate
Extensive experience with architecture and design principles, building to consider maintainability, performance, security requirements, and impact.
Strong ability to problem-solve, debug, and understand pertinent performance metrics
Strong preference for test-driven-development (TDD) and understanding of its importance
Deep knowledge of unit and integration testing and testing frameworks/libraries (Ex: Jest, Jasmine, Mocha)
Confident working with tools and editors– (ex: Grunt, Sublime, Atom, JSLint)
Measured experience with unit, integration, e2e and UI testing, with at least one relevant testing framework
Expert leveraging software-development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies, (such as agile) to drive positive personal/team outcomes to increase velocity and on-time delivery
Experience having developed performance budgets, a deep knowledge of at least one analytics system, and understanding of how to optimize to deliver against key business metrics
Preferred:
Experience using ESLint and module builders
Practiced at learning by sharing knowledge via means such as mentorship, engagement within a technical community, contributions to open source, etc.
Familiarity with containerization infrastructure and orchestration.
What You’ll Get*
Full-time compensation
Full medical coverage
Lunch and snacks provided daily
Beautiful working environment
Opportunity to work with the brightest minds inside and outside of your field
A chance to change the world for the better.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Principal Software Engineer – Full Stack
Locations: Accra, Ghana, Cairo, Egypt, Kampala, Uganda, Kigali, Rwanda, Lagos, Nigeria, Nairobi, Kenya
Where You’ll Work
Andela is a network of technology leaders dedicated to advancing human potential. We help companies build high-performing distributed engineering teams by investing in Africa’s most talented software engineers.
Based in NYC, SF, Kigali, Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, Accra and Kampala, Andela is catalyzing the growth of tech ecosystems across the African continent while solving the global technical talent shortage.
What You’ll Do
Our Andelan Principal Engineers are renowned for their technical prowess. They are admired and respected for the depth of their technical expertise and leadership.
Specifically, you’ll:
Use your expert knowledge, in your core technology or set of technologies, to delight our partners around the world.
Make meaningful and impactful technical decisions with a keen understanding of the operational ramifications.
Lead fast-paced teams through change, while delivering value, unparalleled enthusiasm, and a relentless commitment to excellence.
What You’ll Bring
All Andela engineers go above and beyond. To find out more about additional suggested competencies, check out our engineer framework.
Experience:
A minimum of 6-12 years of professional experience, during which you’ve built deep technical expertise and demonstrated technical leadership.
Required:
Mastery of the core features of at least one backend language: Python, JavaScript/Node, PHP, Ruby
Leadership skills with a high amount of emotional intelligence. You’ve led teams, initiatives, and a range of technical working sessions
Demonstrated experience of having taken large-scale initiatives from conception through to production, while continuing to support, optimize, and iterate
Advanced understanding of at least one Web Framework for your language of choice: i.e Flask/Django for Python; Node/Express for JavaScript, Rails for Ruby, Lumen/Laravel for PHP.
Deep knowledge of the fundamental front-end languages/technologies — i.e HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Deep knowledge of at least one front-end framework — React, Angular, Vue as well as experience with responsive design interface development
Extensive experience with architecture and design principles, building to consider maintainability, performance, security requirements, and impact.
Working knowledge of at least one complementary front-end languages/frameworks (ex: React, Angular, Vue )
Intermediate understanding of at least one Web Framework for your language of choice: Flask/Django for Python; Node/Express for JavaScript, Rails for Ruby, Lumen/Laravel for PHP.
Deep understanding of fundamental database concepts – relational (SQL) database, non-relational (NoSQL) database, ORMs/ODMs and Web storage API (front end)
Strong ability to problem-solve, debug, and understand pertinent performance metrics
Strong preference for test-driven-development (TDD) and understands its importance
Strength with at least one web server technology — (ex: Apache, Nginx)
Strength working within at least one cloud hosting platform –(ex: AWS, GCP)
Confident working with tools and editors– (ex: Grunt, Sublime, Atom, JSLint)
Measured experience with unit, integration, e2e and UI testing, with at least one relevant testing framework
Expert leveraging software-development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies, (such as agile) to drive positive personal/team outcomes to increase velocity and on-time delivery
Preferred Skills:
Working knowledge of software engineering collaboration tools (Ex: Git, Jira)
Practiced at learning by sharing knowledge via means such as mentorship, engagement within a technical community, contributions to open source, etc.
Familiarity with containerization infrastructure and orchestration
Awareness of the capabilities of applicable languages/frameworks/libraries as well as the inherent differences between them in order to understand trade-offs and make recommendations
What You’ll Get
Full-time compensation
Full medical coverage
Lunch and snacks provided daily
Beautiful working environment
Opportunity to work with the brightest minds inside and outside of your field
A chance to change the world for the better.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Principal Software Engineer – Back End
Locations: Accra, Ghana, Cairo, Egypt, Kampala, Uganda, Kigali, Rwanda, Lagos, Nigeria, Nairobi, Kenya
Where You’ll Work
Andela is a network of technology leaders dedicated to advancing human potential. We help companies build high-performing distributed engineering teams by investing in Africa’s most talented software engineers.
Based in NYC, SF, Kigali, Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, Accra and Kampala, Andela is catalyzing the growth of tech ecosystems across the African continent while solving the global technical talent shortage.
What You’ll Do
Our Andelan Principal Engineers are renowned for their technical prowess. They are admired and respected for the depth of their technical expertise and leadership.
Specifically, you’ll:
Use your knowledge in your core technology to delight our partners around the world.
Be responsible for the coding standards, conduct and deliverables of your fast-paced, distributed, teams, by proactively communicating and prioritizing effectively.
Act as role-model even in the most difficult and challenging situations, using constructive feedback, mentorship and universal respect.
What You’ll Bring
All Andela engineers go above and beyond. To find out more about additional suggested competencies, check out our engineer framework.
Experience:
A minimum of 6-12 years of professional experience, during which you’ve built deep technical expertise and demonstrated technical leadership.
Required:
Expert-level understanding of at least one core backend language: Python, JavaScript/Node, PHP, Ruby
Intermediate-level understanding of at least one other backend language (In addition to the core language): Python, JavaScript/Node, PHP, Ruby
Leadership skills with a high amount of emotional intelligence. You’ve led teams, initiatives, and a range of technical working sessions
Demonstrated experience of having taken large-scale initiatives from conception through to production, while continuing to support, optimize, and iterate
Extensive experience with architecture and design principles, building to consider maintainability, performance, security requirements, and impact.
Advanced understanding of at least one Web Framework for your language of choice: Flask/Django for Python; Node/Express for JavaScript, Rails for Ruby, Lumen/Laravel for PHP.
Deep understanding of fundamental database concepts – relational (SQL) database, non-relational (NoSQL) database and ORMs/ODMs
Strong knowledge of at least one cloud hosting platform (Ex: AWS, Azure, GCP)
Deep knowledge of at least one CI/CD tool — Jenkins, Travis CI, Circle CI
Expert level understanding of containerization and orchestration techniques — Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes
Demonstrated expertise with highly available infrastructure patterns and their tradeoffs
Deep understanding of applicable unit and integration testing, and testing frameworks/libraries
Deep knowledge of networking concepts– DNS, OSI model, TCP/IP, UDP, FTP
Strong ability to problem-solve, debug, and understand pertinent performance metrics
Comfort working within agile methodologies and experienced in estimation and time management
Awareness of the capabilities of applicable languages/frameworks/libraries as well as the inherent differences between them in order to understand trade-offs and make recommendations.
Preferred:
Working knowledge of software engineering collaboration tools
Strong preference for test-driven-development (TDD) and understands its importance
Working knowledge of code editor and formatting tools
Practiced at learning by sharing knowledge via means such as mentorship, engagement within a technical community, contributions to open source, etc.
Comfort with at least one web server technology — (ex: Apache, Nginx).
What You’ll Get*
Full-time compensation
Full medical coverage
Lunch and snacks provided daily
Beautiful working environment
Opportunity to work with the brightest minds inside and outside of your field
A chance to change the world for the better.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Principal Engineer – Frontend (Technology)
Locations: New York, USA, Boston, USA, Lagos, Nigeria, Cairo, Egypt, Nairobi, Kenya.
What You’ll Do
In this role, you will work as a Principle Frontend Engineer within the Technology organization, building world-class internal and customer facing products to support Andela’s business needs.
Our Andelan Principal Engineers are renowned for their technical prowess. They are admired and respected for the depth of their technical expertise and leadership.
Specifically, you’ll:
Use your expert knowledge to deliver complex software solutions that will delight our partners around the world.
Make meaningful and impactful technical decisions with a keen understanding of the operational ramifications.
Share responsibility for strategically scaling Andela’s systems.
Bring vision to the team in the form of new technology recommendations, ideas, and approaches.
Provide technical leadership to fast-paced teams, while delivering value, unparalleled enthusiasm, and a relentless commitment to excellence.
Build great software while continuously learning and expanding your skill set.
What You’ll Bring
All Andela engineers go above and beyond. To find out more about additional suggested competencies, check out our engineer framework.
Experience:
A minimum of 6 years professional experience, during which you’ve built deep technical expertise and demonstrated technical leadership.
Required:
Expertise in building modern Angular based Single Page Applications
Deep knowledge of JavaScript core language concepts — DOM manipulation, Fetch API, ES6 features
Extensive experience working with fundamental front-end languages/technologies, HTML, CSS, Sass (SCSS) framework
Expertise in design and management of large scale, secure, cloud based software deployment environments
Strong ability to problem-solve, debug, and understand pertinent performance metrics
Extensive experience with architecture and design principles, building to consider maintainability, performance, security requirements, and impact
Deep knowledge of unit/integration testing, and testing frameworks/libraries
Comfort working within agile methodologies and experienced in estimation and time management
Excellent soft skills that enable you to lead and empower your team, and deliver the highest value
Mentorship experience that helps others in approaching and solving for ambiguous efforts
Strong understanding of business practices, engineering process, and industry trends
Preferred:
Expertise with the following specific tools:
Google Cloud Platform
Frontend UI component library, Angular Material
Linting tools, ESLint
Testing frameworks, Jasmine, Karma
Containerization tools, Docker, Kubernetes
Cloud based CI/CD tools, CircleCI, CodeClimate
What You’ll Get
Full-time compensation
Full medical coverage
Lunch and snacks provided daily
Beautiful working environment
Opportunity to work with the brightest minds inside and outside of your field
A chance to change the world for the better.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Principal Engineer – Backend (Technology)
Locations: New York, USA, Boston, USA, Lagos, Nigeria, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt, Nairobi, Kenya.
What You’ll Do
In this role, you will work as a Principle Backend Engineer within the Technology organization, building world-class internal and customer facing products to support Andela’s business needs.
Our Andelan Principal Engineers are renowned for their technical prowess. They are admired and respected for the depth of their technical expertise and leadership.
Specifically, you’ll:
Use your expert knowledge to deliver complex software solutions that will delight our partners around the world.
Make meaningful and impactful technical decisions with a keen understanding of the operational ramifications.
Share responsibility for strategically scaling Andela’s systems.
Bring vision to the team in the form of new technology recommendations, ideas, and approaches.
Provide technical leadership to fast-paced teams, while delivering value, unparalleled enthusiasm, and a relentless commitment to excellence.
Build great software while continuously learning and expanding your skill set.
What You’ll Bring
All Andela engineers go above and beyond. To find out more about additional suggested competencies, check out our engineer framework.
Experience:
A minimum of 6 years professional experience, during which you’ve built deep technical expertise and demonstrated technical leadership.
Required:
Expert-level understanding of JavaScript and Node based web application development
Deep knowledge of database design, development and processing concepts, e.g query definition, db optimization, schema design, ORM, etc.
Expertise in design and management of large scale, secure, cloud based software deployment environments
Expert level understanding of application containerization and orchestration techniques
Deep knowledge of client-server and multi-tier architectures
Expertise in different automated test strategies (unit/integration/acceptance)
Working knowledge of Test Coverage and Code Maintainability tools
Strong ability to problem-solve, debug, and understand pertinent performance metrics
Extensive experience with architecture and design principles, building to consider maintainability, performance, security requirements, and impact
Excellent soft skills that enable you to lead and empower your team, and deliver the highest value
Mentorship experience that helps others in approaching and solving for ambiguous efforts
Working knowledge of Agile development practices and associated tools
Strong understanding of business practices, engineering process, and industry trends
Preferred:
Expertise with the following specific tools:
Google Cloud Platform
GraphQL based webservices
NestJS application framework
TypeORM and Postgres
Modern Angular application development
Typescript
Containerization tools, Docker, Kubernetes
Cloud based CI/CD tools, CircleCI, CodeClimate
What You’ll Get
Full-time compensation
Full medical coverage
Lunch and snacks provided daily
Beautiful working environment
Opportunity to work with the brightest minds inside and outside of your field
A chance to change the world for the better.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Note: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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