Software Engineer Logistics (Fixed-Term Contract)
South Africa
takealot.com
South Africa's leading online store. Fast, reliable delivery to your door. Many ways to pay. Shop anything you can imagine: TVs, laptops, cellphones, kitchen appliances, toys, books, beauty & more. Shop the mobile app anytime, anywhere.Takealot.com, South Africa’s leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Software Engineer to join our Logistics Engineering team on a 12-month Fixed-Term Contract.
We are an energetic team that is fully responsible for all the systems required to support the Takealot group's delivery network as well as the unique challenges that come with logistics and scale. We have adopted a microservices architecture to both isolate our logic and to enable scale. We follow the event-driven architecture as well as utilize a graph database to model our delivery network. We are currently working through unique problems in the logistics space and are actively leveraging graph traversal optimization technology.
Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!
- Scale: 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Show them what you can do.
- Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and upskill in record time.
- Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, Superbalist.com and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.
Who’s who in the tech space
This position reports to the Software Engineering Manager for the Logistics Tracking Team.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
- Developing and optimizing systems to manage both parcel and food delivery throughout South Africa
- Working with business to improve processes to allow for more efficient deliveries
- Researching and defining solutions within the logistic domain
- Working predominantly on open source platforms
- End-to-end ownership of solutions
Attributes required:
- Solid communication skills
- Proactive
- Ability to adapt to change
- Problem-solver
- Solutions-oriented
- Willing to learn as well as teach others
Our Tech Stack:
- Scala
- PHP
- Play Framework
- Angular
- Postgres
- Kafka
- Cassandra DB
- Amazon Web Services
- Google Cloud
- Graphite and Grafana
- Git
Qualifications & Experience:
- Degree in Computer Science or a similar qualification
- At least 3 years of experience in writing robust, efficient production code
- Experience with SQL database systems
- Experience with Kubernetes systems ideally GCP
- Experience with PHP
- Experience with development in a Linux environment
- Proficient in languages such as Java, Scala, Angular, Python, or C#
- Open to diversifying language skill set
- In the event that you do not have a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma, an equivalent experience requirement must be met
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.
- Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? Takealot.com offers a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
- Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best, by learning from the best.
- Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera and more.
- Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
- Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech, off the latest tech.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
- Tech stack (for days): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes and all things machine learning. If you build it, they will come.
- Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).
Like what you see?
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
* Salary range is an estimate based on our AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index 💰
Tags: Angular Architecture AWS Cassandra Computer Science Engineering GCP Git Google Cloud Grafana Graphite Java Kafka Kubernetes Linux Machine Learning Microservices Open Source PHP PostgreSQL Python Scala SQL Swift
Perks/benefits: Career development Home office stipend Team events
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