Technical Coordinator at Andela

Key Responsibilities

The specific responsibilities of the Technical Coordinator 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
• 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.