Senior Backend Engineer at Andela

About the Role

• In this role, you will primarily work as a Senior Backend Engineer within the Technology department building world-class internal products to support Andela’s business needs
• As the Senior Backend Engineer, you will take on complex tasks and complete them despite roadblocks, grabbing others for help or insight as necessary
• You will require very little oversight beyond high-level direction; you can take a complex user story, break it down into sub-tasks, and complete their sub-tasks with relative ease
• You will show initiative beyond knocking tasks off a list; you are able to identify and suggest areas of future work for yourself or your team
• You will drive product velocity and deliver products with confidence
• You will take pride in building products that are key to helping Andela grow and scale as an organization.

You’re the kind of person who:

• Believes that building great software is more than just delivering working code, that other aspects such as reusability, testability, maintainability, security, and performance are just as important.
• Is constantly learning and expanding your skill sets on and off the job.
• Can mentor entry-level developers willing to become world-class.

Key Responsibilities of the Role

• Work closely with Product Managers and Stakeholders to understand the business needs
• Deliver complex software solutions that meet those needs
• Share responsibility for strategically scaling Andela’s internal systems
• Promote and nurture good team practices such as TDD, code reviews, and pair programming
• Bring vision to the team in the form of new technology recommendations, ideas and approaches
• Mentor entry-level developers willing to become world-class

We are interested in a candidate with experience in the following technologies that we currently use:

• Javascript / Node.js
• Typescript
• Postgres
• Google Cloud, Docker, Google Cloud Pub/Sub , kubernetes

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of software development experience
• Strong understanding of computer science principles
• Experience working in an agile environment (standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, etc)
• TDD and pair programming experience
• Experience or strong interest in microservices architectures and distributed systems
• Solid written and verbal communication
• A Bachelor's or Advanced Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field
• Solid foundation in Linux administration and troubleshooting
• Experience with system automation
• Deeply familiar with concepts like DevOps , Continuous Delivery and TDD.

Bonus

• Experience developing ed-tech or learning technology products

EPIC Values Alignment

• Demonstrable commitment to the learning & development of people and technology
• The ability to learn new things fast enough to amaze your friends and family
• Interested?
• If the above sounds like an exciting role to you, please tell us why you believe you’re a good fit and we’ll be in touch.

Benefits & Compensation

• Full-time compensation
• Full medical coverage
• Breakfast, lunch and snacks provided daily
• Beautiful working environment
• Opportunity to work with the brightest minds on the planet
• Oh, and a chance to change the world!