Senior ML Engineer — Scale ML for E‑commerce

Takealot Group; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free takealotMORE subscription

Remote work / Hybrid model

Mentorship programme

Birthday leave

Staff discount

Free parking

Job summary

Mr D, a division of the Takealot Group, is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our fast-growing team. You will develop robust ML models for the e‑commerce domain, work with large customer data, and drive production deployments while collaborating across teams.

The role emphasizes applied ML, Python/Linux experience, and a track record of deploying ML in production. Remote/hybrid options are available within South Africa, with opportunities to grow within Takealot’s ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or related field with software experience.
• 5–10+ years applying machine learning to real-world problems or 5–10+ years in commercial software development.
• Strong understanding of statistics, modeling and ML techniques.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, build, evaluate and productionise ML models in e‑commerce.
• Work with a firehose of customer data across domains.
• Touch all aspects of the business in your ML remit.
• Brainstorm new ideas and review designs with teammates.
• Keep up to date with advances in ML and deployment practices.

Skills

Python

Linux

BigQuery

TensorFlow

Scikit-learn

PyTorch

Pandas

Big data

ML deployment

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

GCP

AWS

Kubeflow

TF Serving

KServe

MLflow

Sagemaker Pipelines

VertexAI

Job description

Mr D, a division of the Takealot Group, is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our fast-growing team. You will develop robust ML models for the e‑commerce domain, work with large customer data, and drive production deployments while collaborating across teams.

The role emphasizes applied ML, Python/Linux experience, and a track record of deploying ML in production. Remote/hybrid options are available within South Africa, with opportunities to grow within Takealot’s ecosystem.