Takealot Software Engineer - Python - Jobs in South Africa
Takealot Software Engineer - Python - Jobs in South Africa
Takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for highly talented Software Engineer (Python) to join our team in Cape Town, Stellenbosch or Johannesburg.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
This position reports to the Engineering Team Lead.
Your responsibilities will include the following:
Design and build solutions to assist our business users, and improve customer experience
Architect and design solutions with your team
Keep up to date with technology trends, both locally and internationally
Apply creative thought processes to solve complex challenges at scale
Strong focus on making takealot.com the best place to shop at, a happy customer is a repeat customer
Drive for excellence, to help foster a world-class engineering team
Attributes required:
Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude, and high energy
Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions
Ability to dis-aggregate and structure solutions to ambiguous problems
Solid quantitative skills
Ability to interview and interact professionally, with internal and external people
Capability to present ideas succinctly, in writing and verbally
Versatile and with the appetite to learn by doing
Qualifications and experience:
Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience
3 to 5 years experience in a software development role
Excellent problem-solving skills
A thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms
Experience in the
following will be advantageous:
Python, Javascript, React, jQuery, PHP
MySQL, Kafka, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
nginx, RabbitMQ, memcached
Docker, Kubernetes, Chef
GitHub, Travis CI, Jenkins
Amazon EC2, Amazon S3
The Environment:
takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
We are short on ego and high on output.
We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all.
We love what we do and what we are creating.
We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:
is respectful but forthright
is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours)
is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;
is curious and challenge the status quo
is innovative and enjoys iteration
is collaborative
will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com
thinks like an owner of the business
is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING
How to Apply
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