Senior Software Engineer - Back 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:

• 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
• 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, GCP)
• Comfort with at least one CI/CD tool (Ex: Jenkins, Travis)
• Working knowledge of containerization and orchestration techniques
• Deep understanding of applicable unit and integration testing, and testing frameworks/libraries
• 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
• 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