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  • Posted: Mar 10, 2020
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Andela extends engineering teams with the most talented software developers in Africa. We recruit the most talented technologists on the African continent, shape them into technical leaders, and place them as full-time distributed team members with companies that range from Microsoft and IBM to dozens of high-growth startups. Backed by Chan Zuckerberg Ini...
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    Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack

    All Andela engineers go above and beyond. To find out more about additional suggested competencies, check out our engineer framework.

    Experience

    • A minimum of 6-12 years of professional experience, during which you’ve built deep technical expertise and demonstrated technical leadership.

    Required

    • Mastery of the core features of at least one backend language: Python, JavaScript/Node, PHP, Ruby
    • Leadership skills with a high amount of emotional intelligence. You’ve led teams, initiatives, and a range of technical working sessions
    • Demonstrated experience of having taken large-scale initiatives from conception through to production, while continuing to support, optimize, and iterate
    • 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
    • Strength with at least one web server technology -- (ex: Apache, Nginx)
    • Strength working within at least one cloud hosting platform --(ex: AWS, GCP)
    • Confident working with tools and editors-- (ex: Grunt, Sublime, Atom, JSLint)
    • Measured experience with unit, integration, e2e and UI testing, with at least one relevant testing framework
    • Expert leveraging software-development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies, (such as agile) to drive positive personal/team outcomes to increase velocity and on-time delivery

    Preferred Skills

    • Working knowledge of software engineering collaboration tools (Ex: Git, Jira)
    • Practiced at learning by sharing knowledge via means such as mentorship, engagement within a technical community, contributions to open source, etc.
    • 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

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Andela on www.linkedin.com to apply

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