Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack at Andela

What You’ll Do

• Our Andelan Senior Software Engineers epitomize ownership. They take personal responsibility for Andela’s ability to continue to deliver value to our partners.

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 5-10 years of professional experience, during which you’ve built deep technical expertise and exercised ownership on various technical teams.

Required:

• Mastery of the core features of at least one backend language: Python, JavaScript/Node, PHP, Ruby
• 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
• Comfort with at least one web server technology -- (ex: Apache, Nginx)
• Comfort working within at least one cloud hosting platform --(ex: AWS, GCP)
• Working knowledge of tools and editors-- (ex:  Grunt, Sublime, Atom, JSLint)
• Measured experience with unit, integration, e2e and UI testing, with at least one relevant testing framework
• Comfort working within agile methodologies and experienced in estimation and time management

Preferred Skills:

• Working knowledge of software engineering collaboration tools (Ex: Git, Jira)
• 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