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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 [URL Removed] 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
  • Experience with SQL database systems
  • Experience with development in a Linux environment
  • Proficient in a strongly typed language such as Python, Java or C#
  • Open to diversifying language skill set
  • Experience in the following will be advantageous:
  • JavaScript, React, jQuery, C#
  • 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

Desired Skills:

  • Python Development
  • JavaScript React
  • Backend Development
  • Jquery
  • C#
  • Mysql
  • PostgreSQL
  • MS SQL
  • Memcached
  • Redis
  • Kafka
  • RabbitMQ
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • GitHub
  • Travis CI
  • Jenkins
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Azure

Desired Work Experience:

  • 2 to 5 years eCommerce
  • 5 to 10 years Software Development

About The Employer:

South Africa’s leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Software Engineer (Python) to join our team.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!

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