Staff (Full Stack) Engineer

About Andela:

At Andela, we know brilliance is evenly distributed around the world, but opportunity is not. For over 10 years, Andela has connected its customers with top global, remote technical talent from over 135 countries with the majority residing in emerging markets like Africa and Latin America.

As one of the world’s largest talent marketplaces, Andela gives companies greater flexibility to quickly deploy qualified technologists. With talent highly skilled in advanced technologies to support Application Development, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & DevOps, Data Engineering, and much more, customers experience 33% faster project delivery. The company’s exclusive AI-powered platform, Andela Talent Cloud, is the industry’s only unified platform managing the complete global talent lifecycle and enables customers to fill individual roles or engage fully managed teams up to 66% faster.

Andela is on the precipice of two breakout industry transformations: one in staffing/hiring and the other in software development, both accelerated by generative AI.

Join us and change the world.

Job Summary:

We’re seeking a Staff Engineer to help drive technical excellence and innovation across our platform, with a particular focus on leveraging AI to transform how global talent connects with opportunities. You’ll work on complex technical challenges that span our entire platform, from AI-powered matching algorithms to scalable marketplace infrastructure.

Exceptional Leadership:

As an Andelan, you’ll serve as a role model for the rest of the company, you do not need to manage people to be a leader at Andela! Think about the feedback your peers typically give you – if it usually sounds like the below, we want to hear from you. 

• Low ego, low drama: You share credit, take blame. You like being wrong because it means someone else had an even better idea. 

• One team mentality: You break silos across teams. You put the company and mission first above your team alone. 

• Great listener, hungry for feedback: You’re always seeking to improve – our product, our business, yourself. You solicit diverse opinions and deeply listen. 

• Owner, not renter: You see a problem, you fix it or find someone who will. The buck stops with you.

• Team-player: You roll up your sleeves and get scrappy. You do this by proactively collaborating with your team while actively engaging in important details that matter. 

• Business problem solver: You’re not just a functional expert; you consistently get praise for approaching your function through the lens of solving business problems. 

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership

• Drive architectural decisions and technical strategy for key platform initiatives.

• Design and implement core platform capabilities that power our AI-driven talent matching.

• Lead the technical evolution of our systems to support rapid scaling and enhanced AI capabilities.

• Mentor other engineers and elevate the technical discourse across the organization.

• Collaborate with product teams to translate ambitious goals into practical technical solutions.

System Design & Implementation

• Architect and build scalable systems that handle complex matching algorithms and marketplace dynamics.

• Design and implement AI-powered features that enhance our talent evaluation and matching capabilities.

• Create robust, maintainable solutions that can scale with our global user base.

• Establish technical standards and best practices for system reliability and performance.

Cross-functional Impact

• Work closely with product managers to shape technical strategy and execution.

• Partner with data scientists to implement and optimize AI/ML models.

• Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance with global data privacy regulations.

• Guide technical decisions across multiple teams and workstreams.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.

• 7+ years of technical leadership experience driving complex projects.

• Strong background in distributed systems and scalable architectures.

• Experience building and scaling marketplace platforms or similar complex systems.

• A track record of making significant technical decisions that impacted product direction.

• Experience mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence.

• Strong understanding of AI concepts and their practical applications.

• Excellence in written and verbal communication, particularly in technical contexts.

• While the Andela team is distributed across the world, this role is US-based.

• Experience with AI/ML platform development.

• Background in talent matching algorithms or recommendation systems.

• Experience with large-scale data processing and analytics.

• Familiarity with global compliance and data privacy requirements.

• A track record of publishing technical content or speaking at conferences.

• Experience working with distributed, remote teams.

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Benefits

• Fully Remote work culture - we hire globally and all of our roles are fully remote!

• Bring your own device stipend - buy your own laptop with funds from Andela

• Flexible working hours

• Equity (as a part of the compensation package)

• Healthcare, 401k / pension

• Generous Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Compassionate Leave

And more to come! We're on a journey to reimagine global benefits at Andela.

At Andela, we outcompete through diversity. We know that our strengths lie in the multiplicity of talents, perspectives, backgrounds & orientations resident in our community and we take pride in that. Andela is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits discriminatory practices. Andela provides equal employment opportunities and workplace to all employees and applicants without regard to factors including but not limited to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy (including breastfeeding), genetic information, HIV/AIDS or any other medical status, family or parental status, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This commitment applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Our policies expressly prohibit any form of harassment and/or discrimination as stated above.
Andela is home for all, come as you are.