Andela, a technology training and outsourcing company, has launched the “Power of X” campaign in a bid to hire experienced developers. This was revealed during a press conference meeting on May 21st, 2019.
We're excited to officially announce the launch of our campaign, "Software Engineers To The Power of X".
This campaign will see us recruit mid & senior level software engineers to join us as we continue to power engineering teams across the world.
A Thread ⬇#PoXEngineers pic.twitter.com/kNfNrnDYu1— Andela Nigeria (@Andela_Nigeria) May 21, 2019
According to Jolomi Otumarwa – Program Director at Andela, the Andela Learning Community trains developers because software engineers are not enough in Africa. The company which previously admit intending developers with little or no experience is now opening doors to experienced software engineers. The engineers will be able to join Andela without having to go through the boot camp.
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We had an event to launch the campaign at our EPIC Tower office, where we talked about what tech looked like, how software engineers will play an important role in building the future will want and why we launched the "Power of X" campaign. #PoXEngineers pic.twitter.com/wBNB288PF0
— Andela Nigeria (@Andela_Nigeria) May 21, 2019
Speaking about the campaign title, Omawale David Ashiru, Country Director of Andela Nigeria, explained that ‘X’ represents limitless multiples of 10. “For us, X is limitless so it doesn’t have to be 10, it can be 100 or 1000,” he said.
The “Power of X” campaign is a platform for developers across all experience levels to build their skills to global standards. Andela plans to hire more than 500 engineers through the campaign. The program is opened to experienced mid-level or senior Engineers to apply.
Do you have what it takes? Apply here.
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