Senior Python Engineer: Scale High-Impact Web Apps

Takealot Group; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working

Mentorship programme

Tech learning resources

Staff discount

Job summary

Takealot Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Python) to join our fast-growing tech team. You will design, implement, and maintain robust, scalable software for a high-traffic e-commerce platform, working with a modern stack and contributing to architecture decisions.

Responsibilities include building production code, testing, and collaborating across teams to resolve complex issues. The role supports a fully remote setup with optional office visits, and offers opportunities for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 3 to 6 years in a software development role for a mid-level role.
• 5 to 10 years in a software development role for a senior role.
• Strong understanding of CS fundamentals, including OO design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience writing robust production code.
• Proficient in a strongly typed open source language such as Python, Java, Golang, etc.
• Exposure to RESTful APIs and web services.
• Experience with SQL database systems.
• Experience with development in a Linux environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and build solutions to assist business users and improve customer experience.
• Architect and design solutions with your team.
• Develop code, making major improvements to non-functional areas.
• Develop high-quality production code for work of high complexity and scale.
• Utilize and improve functional and non-functional testing practices.
• Champion, challenge, and iterate on best practices within engineering.
• Design solutions for complex problems with difficult decision trade-offs, typically system or domain-wide.
• Participate in and collaborate on architecture proposals across engineering.
• Support alignment of architecture across the organisation.
• Respond to and resolve bugs in production for systems in your division.
• Respond to alerts and support incident response within your division.
• Investigate and drive the resolution of issues that impact multiple teams.
• Support, challenge existing, and define new engineering processes and directives.
• Review and contribute fixes and content to internal documentation.
• React to technology trends, identifying risks and opportunities for your division’s technologies, systems, and domains.
• Share knowledge through blog posts, tech talks, and workshops across engineering.
• Contribute to discussions and decisions in the division.
• Challenge others to always produce work of the highest quality.
• REST and RPC API implementation and maintenance (using Python).
• Develop and maintain automation tests.
• Liaise with various internal stakeholders to discuss project requirements, progress, etc.

Skills

Python

REST APIs

OO design

Data structures

Algorithms

SQL

Linux

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub

Travis CI

Jenkins

AWS

GCP

Azure

ReactJS

Job description

Takealot Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Python) to join our fast-growing tech team. You will design, implement, and maintain robust, scalable software for a high-traffic e-commerce platform, working with a modern stack and contributing to architecture decisions.

Responsibilities include building production code, testing, and collaborating across teams to resolve complex issues. The role supports a fully remote setup with optional office visits, and offers opportunities for