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.

About The Role

Were seeking a Staff Engineer - Frontend to drive technical excellence across our web applications and establish frontend architecture standards as we scale. Youll lead the technical direction of our frontend systems, mentor other engineers, and help build beautiful, performant interfaces that make global talent matching feel effortless

What Youll Do

Technical Leadership

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

System Design & Implementation

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

Cross-functional Impact

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

Required Experience

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

Preferred Qualifications

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

Compensation

The total compensation range for this role includes:

Base salary: Ranging from $175,000 to $215,000 per year, plus equity
The final package will be tailored to the candidates experience, location, and specific expertise.

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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! Were 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.