TLDR: Andela, a leading global marketplace for technical talent, has announced the appointment of four new executives to its C-suite. This strategic expansion aims to accelerate the company’s vision of becoming a premier provider of AI-native talent and solutions, focusing on advanced developer assessment, AI-driven training, and deployment to address the growing AI and cloud skills gap in enterprises worldwide.
NEW YORK, November 12, 2025 – Andela Inc., a prominent global marketplace for technical talent, today unveiled a significant expansion of its C-suite with four new executive hires. This move is designed to bolster the company’s strategic objective of establishing itself as the foremost platform for organizations seeking to build AI-native solutions and teams. The newly appointed leaders, bringing expertise from esteemed institutions like Google and MIT, along with high-growth technology firms, are tasked with revolutionizing developer assessment, training, and deployment to meet the demands of the artificial intelligence era.
Andela’s core focus is on Developer Excellence and AI-Native Talent, emphasizing the delivery of top-tier, AI-native professionals, including specialized roles such as forward-deployed engineers, and the development of AI solutions for enterprise clients. The company’s robust system for benchmarking, upskilling, and deploying world-class technical teams is built upon a foundation of continuous learning and evaluation. This comprehensive system encompasses: Precise Assessment, which accurately gauges software engineers’ capabilities in real-world performance scenarios; Leading GenAI Learning, providing developers with programs that rapidly evolve to close skills gaps in generative AI; and Mentorship and Community, fostering the growth of hundreds of thousands of software engineers across more than 100 countries through mentorship and defined career pathways.
Carrol Chang, CEO of Andela, commented on the current industry landscape, stating, ‘The technical hiring landscape is crowded and confusing. And yet, the industry lacks the critical data needed to take the gamble out of hiring: precise, continuous assessments that reflect on-the-job performance.’ Chang further articulated Andela’s ambitious vision: ‘Andela is building the world’s best assessment and continuous learning technology for developers. If the hiring landscape is an ocean packed with similar boats, our vision is not to become a bigger boat, but to become the ocean. We are creating the wave of AI-native, enterprise-fluent talent that every company needs.’
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Among the key appointments is Barun Singh, who joins Andela as Chief Product and Technology Officer, a newly created position within the company. These executives are mandated to drive the development and delivery of Andela’s AI-native talent platform. Andela operates one of the world’s largest marketplaces of skilled digital talent, utilizing an adaptive hiring model that offers companies enhanced flexibility to quickly deploy qualified technical talent where it is most needed. The company’s proprietary AI-powered platform enables clients to select individual roles or engage fully managed teams up to 66% faster. Andela’s diverse talent ecosystem spans over 135 countries, with professionals highly skilled in advanced technologies such as Application Development, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & DevOps, and Data Engineering.
