Software Engineer (Python)

Takealot.com is the leading ecommerce retailer in South Africa and one of the largest, most innovative ecommerce retailers on the African continent. Our mission is to be the most customer-centric online shopping destination in Africa, built around the simple concept that the customer comes first. All of our focus is dedicated to improving the customer experience, from the moment they arrive on our website to the moment their order arrives at their door. By aligning ourselves to this philosophy, we believe takealot.com will be the #1 shopping destination across Africa.Who's who in the tech space This position reports to the respective team's manager. As a Software Engineer, you will be someone whose expertise directly translates into the development of robust software in the e-commerce domain. You will have the opportunity to implement best practices to improve existing software and participate in the development of new features. While we don't promote after-hours work as part of the regular workday, we run a 24/7 business with the need to keep systems up and running. Software Engineers are expected to provide after-hours support on a rotational basis to resolve critical system issues. Your mission, should you choose to accept it: 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 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 The skills we need: 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 & Experience: Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Mathematics or Engineering or equivalent experience in software development. A thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms 3 to 5 years experience in a software development role for an intermediate-level position 5 to 10+ years experience in a software development role for a senior-level position Experience in writing robust, efficient production code Proficient in a strongly typed language such as Python Experience with development in a Linux environment Experience with SQL database systems Open to diversifying language skill set Experience in the following will be advantageous: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Memcached, Redis Message Brokers, Queues and PubSub systems (e.g. Kafka and RabbitMQ) Containerisation (e.g. Docker) Orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes) GitHub, Travis CI, Jenkins AWS, GCP, Azure Microservices