Senior Software Engineer - Front End 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:

• 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
• 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
• Comfort working within agile methodologies and experienced in estimation and time management
• Deep knowledge of unit and integration testing and testing frameworks/libraries (Ex: Jest, Jasmine, Mocha)
• Working knowledge of tools and editors-- (ex:  Grunt, JSLint)
• Working knowledge of at least one task runner -- gulp, npm scripts

Preferred:

• Experience using ESLint and module builders
• Strong preference for test-driven-development (TDD) and understands its importance

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