Staff Engineer, Andela
Frontend
$175-215k
+ Equity
Remote engineering talent network
Be an early applicant
Remote engineering talent network
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$175-215k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Brilliance is evenly distributed, but opportunity isn't. Andela exists to unlock human potential at scale.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of professional frontend engineering experience
- 7+ years of technical leadership experience driving complex projects
- Deep expertise in modern frontend frameworks (React, Vue, Angular)
- Strong background in frontend architecture and design systems
- Experience building and scaling large-scale web applications
- Track record of making significant technical decisions that impacted product direction
- Excellence in frontend performance optimization and debugging
- Strong understanding of web accessibility standards and best practices
- Advanced knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3
Desirable
- Experience with multiple major frontend frameworks
- Background in marketplace or SaaS platforms
- Expertise in state management (Redux, Vuex, NgRx)
- Experience with micro-frontend architectures
- Familiarity with WebSocket implementations
- Track record of contributing to open source or technical content
- Experience working with distributed, remote teams
What the job involves
- We're seeking a Staff Engineer - Frontend to drive technical excellence across our web applications and establish frontend architecture standards as we scale
- You'll lead the technical direction of our frontend systems, mentor other engineers, and help build beautiful, performant interfaces that make global talent matching feel effortless
- Drive frontend architecture decisions and technical strategy across our platform
- Establish and evolve our frontend development standards, patterns, and best practices
- Lead initiatives to improve performance, accessibility, and user experience
- Mentor frontend engineers and elevate frontend engineering practices
- Collaborate with design and product teams to create scalable, reusable component systems
- Architect frontend systems to handle complex marketplace workflows and real-time updates
- Design and implement shared component libraries and design systems
- Create sophisticated data visualization and interactive features for talent matching
- Build robust, maintainable frontend infrastructure that scales across multiple applications
- Lead performance optimization initiatives across our web applications
- Partner with UX/UI designers to implement and scale design systems
- Work with backend teams to design and evolve API contracts
- Collaborate with product managers to balance technical debt with feature delivery
- Guide technical decisions across multiple frontend teams
- Drive improvements in frontend testing, monitoring, and observability
Our take
Andela sources and trains tech talent on a fully remote basis, before pairing them with companies to help them build remote engineering teams. The company’s journey has been extremely interesting - initially founded in Nigeria as an African talent accelerator, it’s since pivoted to a global tech network and marketplace, achieving unicorn status in the process.
Andela’s shifting model is a pretty astute one, as the global movement towards remote work, as well as the wider use of freelance platforms such as UpWork and Fiverr, shows growth in the marketplace. However, the fact that Andela takes great care in matching engineers with companies in a more bespoke way, even at scale, gives them an edge.
The company began global expansion in 2021 and now operates in over 80 countries. The aim is to keep this momentum going by expanding its engineering network into the hundreds of thousands, as well as increasing its own full-time (albeit remote) employee headcount, with a particular focus on business growth, product development, and M&A.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$200m
SERIES E
Jan 2019
$100m
SERIES D
Total funding: $386.8m
Company benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Laptop allowance
- Remote work set-up allowance
- Utility allowance (in specific geos)
- Generous Paid Time Off Allowances
- Parental Leave
- Sick Leave
- Compassionate Leave
- Wellness Wednesdays
- Bonus.ly Rewards Program
- Calm Subscription
- Quarterly Home Office Stipend
Company values
- Excellence
- Passion
- Integrity
- Collaboration
Company HQ
Diamond District, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Jeremy Johnson
(CEO)The remaining one of six founding members of Andela - co-founded and spent 14 years at 2U (parent company of EdX), which partners with educational institutions to expand access to quality online education.
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