Senior Software Development Engineer (Python) - Mr D Food | jobs in Cape Town,South Africa
Mr D Food, a division of takealot.com, is looking for a highly talented Senior Software Development Engineer to join our team in Cape Town.
As a Software Development Engineer you will help to architect, implement, support and maintain scalable services in a heterogeneous environment. You will be able to influence both business and architectural decisions, while working on end-to-end technology solutions.
Key responsibilities:
Build systems to scale with our growth of business, leveraging new technologies and AWS Cloud services.
Work closely with developers, professional services team and product managers to design the software solutions with a focus on reliability, performance and usability.
Develop, enhance and maintain backend systems in a heterogeneous environment of different languages and technologies, with an emphasis on Python.
Apply and foster best software development life cycle practices bringing speed and quality to your team.
Attributes/Experience required:
Thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, OO concepts, data structures and algorithms.
Passion for learning new skills and appreciation to invent and simplify.
Experience with REST, Python and Linux.
Experience in developing backend systems in a Micro Service architecture.
Exposure to Web technologies such as AngularJS.
Nice to have:
Experience with specific AWS Cloud technologies (EC2, Route53, ELB, EBS, VPC, S3, CloudWatch).
Experience using GIT version control.
Experience with NoSQL, Couchbase, Dynamo, Elastic.
Qualifications:
Information Technology or Computer Science Degree.
Minimum 5 years of experience.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard working people to join us. We offer market-related benefits, 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.
We seek to employ Extraordinary Minds, people who are:
Experts at DOING, they can not only design but also execute
Analytical, able to use data to make decisions. Letting data decide but not consume
Competitive. Although innovation is important, GREAT requires a lot of work. This does not happen only during business hours
Curious. Always questioning the status quo
Not averse to risk
Business smart. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
Self-directed, taking action based on own initiative
Collaborative
Thorough
User focused, always trying to understand a product from the users perspective
Able to communicate clearly and not afraid to voice an opinion, no matter how unpopular
Are you an Extraordinary Mind if so come and join us!
You need to be strong in both root cause analysis and driving to action – in other words, you need to be a thinker and a doer, and doing doesn’t happen only during work hours. You need to be passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience. And, because we operate in a fast-growing, quick-moving environment, we’re looking for someone who is entrepreneurial, thrives under change, and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster. You will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com. In short, we need you to think like an owner of the business.
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, its all in the execution after all.
We love what we do and what we are creating.
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference
]Apply This Job Now On Official Website![/url]
Working at Takealot.com:
As a Software Development Engineer you will help to architect, implement, support and maintain scalable services in a heterogeneous environment. You will be able to influence both business and architectural decisions, while working on end-to-end technology solutions.
Key responsibilities:
Build systems to scale with our growth of business, leveraging new technologies and AWS Cloud services.
Work closely with developers, professional services team and product managers to design the software solutions with a focus on reliability, performance and usability.
Develop, enhance and maintain backend systems in a heterogeneous environment of different languages and technologies, with an emphasis on Python.
Apply and foster best software development life cycle practices bringing speed and quality to your team.
Attributes/Experience required:
Thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, OO concepts, data structures and algorithms.
Passion for learning new skills and appreciation to invent and simplify.
Experience with REST, Python and Linux.
Experience in developing backend systems in a Micro Service architecture.
Exposure to Web technologies such as AngularJS.
Nice to have:
Experience with specific AWS Cloud technologies (EC2, Route53, ELB, EBS, VPC, S3, CloudWatch).
Experience using GIT version control.
Experience with NoSQL, Couchbase, Dynamo, Elastic.
Qualifications:
Information Technology or Computer Science Degree.
Minimum 5 years of experience.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard working people to join us. We offer market-related benefits, 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.
We seek to employ Extraordinary Minds, people who are:
Experts at DOING, they can not only design but also execute
Analytical, able to use data to make decisions. Letting data decide but not consume
Competitive. Although innovation is important, GREAT requires a lot of work. This does not happen only during business hours
Curious. Always questioning the status quo
Not averse to risk
Business smart. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
Self-directed, taking action based on own initiative
Collaborative
Thorough
User focused, always trying to understand a product from the users perspective
Able to communicate clearly and not afraid to voice an opinion, no matter how unpopular
Are you an Extraordinary Mind if so come and join us!
You need to be strong in both root cause analysis and driving to action – in other words, you need to be a thinker and a doer, and doing doesn’t happen only during work hours. You need to be passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience. And, because we operate in a fast-growing, quick-moving environment, we’re looking for someone who is entrepreneurial, thrives under change, and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster. You will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com. In short, we need you to think like an owner of the business.
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, its all in the execution after all.
We love what we do and what we are creating.
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference
]Apply This Job Now On Official Website![/url]
Working at Takealot.com:
