Senior Software Engineer – Frontend (Technology) at Andela Nigeria (5 Openings)

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: Senior Software Engineer – Frontend (Technology)

Locations: Lagos, Cairo, Nairobi, Accra, Kampala
Job Type: Remote

What You’ll Do

In this role, you will work as a Senior Frontend Engineer within the Technology organization, building world-class internal and customer facing products to support Andela’s business needs.
Our Andelan Senior Engineers are renowned for their technical prowess. They are admired and respected for the depth of their technical expertise.

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 a role-model even in the most difficult and challenging situations, using constructive feedback, mentorship and universal respect.

What You’ll Bring

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

Required:

Expert-level understanding 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
Strong working knowledge 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
Breadth of experience 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