Principal Software Engineer - Back End Job at Andela - Career Opportunity in Kenya
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Vacancy title:
Principal Software Engineer - Back End

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Computer Software , Category: Computer & IT ]

 

Jobs at:

Andela

Deadline of this Job:
16 March 2020  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, March 05, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
Andela provides companies with access to the top 1% of global tech talent. We identify high-potential developers on the African continent, shape them into world-class technical leaders, and pair them with companies as full-time, distributed team members. Accelerate your product roadmap while minimizing time spent interviewing, on-boarding, and training new hires. Andela is backed by investors including Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, GV, Spark Capital, Omidyar Network, Susa Ventures, Steve Case, Founder Collective, Learn Capital and more. Learn more about us at www.andela.com. Specialties
Where You’ll Work
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 engineers.
Based in NYC, SF, Kigali, Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, Accra and Kampala, Andela is catalyzing the growth of tech ecosystems across the African continent while solving the global technical talent shortage. .

Job Responsibilities: Not Specified


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
• 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
• Extensive experience with architecture and design principles, building to consider maintainability, performance, security requirements, and impact.
• 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, Azure, GCP)
• Deep knowledge of at least one CI/CD tool -- Jenkins, Travis CI, Circle CI
• Expert level understanding of containerization and orchestration techniques -- Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes


Job Qualifications: Not Specified


Job Education Requirements: Not Specified


Job Education Experience: Not Specified


Work Hours: 8

 

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Job Info
Job Category: Computer/ IT jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 16 March 2020
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 05-03-2020
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 05-03-2020
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 05-03-2065
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