NAIROBI, Kenya, March 10 – Andela, the global network for remote technical talent, has acquired Qualified, a technical skills assessment platform to identify, qualify, and certify top engineers.
The platform is expected to support Andela in its ability to source and expertly assess talent.
The firm’s global talent community will also expand with the addition of more than 3.6 million engineering users via Codewars, an online community powered by Qualified that enables technical talent to compete and improve their practical coding skills in gamified challenges.
“Labour marketplaces have been constrained by inefficiencies between supply, demand, and quality. Qualified will allow us to address those inefficiencies by providing the certified right talent at the right time,” said Jeremy Johnson, founder and CEO of Andela.
Johnson noted that through the acquisition, companies will continue to trust that talent sourced through Andela has the needed skills regardless of where they live and work
On his part, Jake Hoffner, the Co-founder and CEO of Qualified, said that the expanded platform will allow companies to create hiring processes for software engineers that are predictive of their on-the-job performance.
“In addition, we will be able to provide companies and our growing tech community a bigger, broader, and better opportunity to connect globally,” said Hoffner.
