Principal Software Engineer, Fulfilment & Logistics Systems

takealot.com; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship programme

Tech Community & Online Learning

Staff discount

Birthday leave

Right tools and latest tech

Job summary

Takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Group Fulfilment Engineering team in Cape Town. You will own end-to-end solutions, design scalable systems for parcel and food delivery, and drive architectural decisions in a microservices, event-driven environment.

Ideal candidates have 10 years of production code experience and strong skills in Java, Scala, Python or C#, with SQL databases and Linux.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or a similar qualification.
• 10 years of experience in writing robust, efficient production code.
• Experience with SQL database systems.
• Experience with development in a Linux environment.
• Proficient in languages such as Java, Scala, Angular, Python, or C#
• Open to diversifying language skill set.
• If no Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma, equivalent experience acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise systems to manage parcel and food deliveries.
• Collaborate with business to improve delivery processes.
• Research and define scalable solutions.
• Work predominantly on open-source platforms.
• Own end-to-end solutions.

Skills

10 years of production code experience

Java, Scala, Python, Angular, C#

SQL databases

Linux environment

Open to diversifying language set

Education

Degree in Computer Science or similar

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Cassandra DB

AWS

Google Cloud

Play Framework

Angular

Python

Scala

Java

Graphite & Grafana

Git

Job description

Takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Group Fulfilment Engineering team in Cape Town. You will own end-to-end solutions, design scalable systems for parcel and food delivery, and drive architectural decisions in a microservices, event-driven environment.

Ideal candidates have 10 years of production code experience and strong skills in Java, Scala, Python or C#, with SQL databases and Linux.