Andela is developing a corps of high-quality technology
talent across the African continent that will drive the current and future
phases of tech-enabled growth around the world. With the fastest growing
population and highest youth population in the world, we believe Africa is one
of the greatest
untapped markets for talent development.
At Andela, we find the brightest young people in Africa,
train them to be world-class developers, and connect them with employers around
the world looking for top technical talent. Passion, excellence,
entrepreneurial spirit, and rejecting the status quo are just a few of the
things that Andela team members have in common.
We have a vision to train 100,000 world-class developers in
the next 10 years – and we want you to help make it happen.
Andela is recruiting for the following position
Job Position: Technical
Account Manager
Location: Lagos
Type: Full-Time
Experience:
Mid-to-Senior
About the Technical
Account Manager Position:
As Technical Account Manager, you will be responsible for
helping Andela’s Software Engineers successfully engage remote clients.
Distributed work environments are growing in popularity but the lack of
physical proximity still brings unique operational challenges. As our engineers
partner with teams spread around the world, across industries and across
technology stacks, your role will be to help make the client and the remote
team feel much closer.
No two days will ever be alike and variety will be the only
constant. In the morning, you might find yourself helping engineers better
understand the business value of their California team’s user stories; in the
afternoon, you might virtually travel across the Atlantic in order to support
another team of engineers as they strategically plan a data migration for their
team in London.
With your knowledge of business, technology, remote
communication and agile project management, you will help make the distance
between our engineers and their teams---thousands of kilometers in most
cases---feel like a logistical afterthought.
Key Responsibilities
The specific responsibilities of the Technical Account
Manager position include:
Interfacing with the client to understand a client's
business as well as their goals and visions for products being supported by
Andela
Assigning work to ensure that our engineers are always
working on high priority tasks that will bring the most value to their
team.
Ensuring that our engineers are able to understand the
business context and value of their tasks, as well as how it impacts users.
Working with our engineers to decompose high level stories
into smaller, specific tasks and provide high level design support to help them
understand how to solve specific coding challenges.
Perform code reviews to ensure that the work being submitted
to the client follows the client's coding standards as well as meets the letter
and spirit of the assigned task
Assist our engineers in effectively communicating with their
teams
Qualifications &
Characteristics
As the ideal candidate for this role you:
Have a four-year degree in Engineering, Computer Science or
a related field from an accredited university.
Have at least 5 years of experience working in software
development, technology consulting or software product management
Is proficient in at least one of the following stacks:
Ruby/Ruby on Rails, PHP/Laravel, Python/Django, Java/Android,
JavaScript/MEAN/PEAN/PREN
Have experience effectively working remotely
Are passionate about the evolving technology landscape and
enjoy leveraging advancements to solve business problems
Have a strong understanding of agile software development
techniques
Have a vibrant personality and exceptional communication
skills (English, verbal and written)
Have the ability to build rapport and communicate with
individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Have excellent interpersonal skills.
Have strong leadership skills.
Strongly motivated by our social mission of training 100
thousand young Africans in next 10 years.
Method of Application
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