Director of Fulfilment Engineering

takealot.com; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 2,500,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Takealot Group is seeking a seasoned Software Engineering Director: Fulfilment to lead the group’s critical fulfilment engineering teams. You will own the architecture, delivery, and reliability of the systems that connect warehousing, routing, and courier allocation, while shaping the strategic technical direction in a fast-growing environment.

You will sit between operations and customers, driving innovation, risk management, and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or advanced diploma in IT/engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of IT/engineering experience with at least 5 years in people leadership.
• Proven track record building RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Strong understanding of relational databases and data modeling.
• Experience leading large-scale fulfilment/logistics tech initiatives is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic technical leadership for fulfilment systems integration (WMS, routing, courier allocation).
• Drive technology roadmap, architecture governance, and risk management across multiple engineering teams.
• Foster high-performance teams, hire and grow engineers, and remove impediments.
• Ensure delivery of reliable, scalable, and secure systems with clear metrics.
• Collaborate with operations and product stakeholders to align technology with business goals.

Skills

Leadership

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Relational databases

Event-driven systems

Architecture ownership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in IT/Engineering

Job description

Takealot Group is seeking a seasoned Software Engineering Director: Fulfilment to lead the group’s critical fulfilment engineering teams. You will own the architecture, delivery, and reliability of the systems that connect warehousing, routing, and courier allocation, while shaping the strategic technical direction in a fast-growing environment.

You will sit between operations and customers, driving innovation, risk management, and performance.