Senior Python Engineer - Remote, Growth & Impact

Takealot Group; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working

Mentorship programme

Staff discount

Birthday leave

Right tools, right job

Job summary

Takealot Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Python) to join our fast-growing online retailer tech team in South Africa. You will design, implement, and scale robust software for e-commerce, including RESTful services and high-quality production code.

The role involves after-hours support on a rotation and collaborating on architecture across engineering teams. You will work with a modern stack, including Python, Java, Golang, and SQL databases, while enjoying a remote-friendly setup

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or an Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 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
• A thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms
• Experience in writing robust, efficient 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 our 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

Java

Golang

RESTful APIs

SQL

Linux

Agile

Education

Bachelor’s degree or Advanced Diploma in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub

Jenkins

Travis CI

Job description

Takealot Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Python) to join our fast-growing online retailer tech team in South Africa. You will design, implement, and scale robust software for e-commerce, including RESTful services and high-quality production code.

The role involves after-hours support on a rotation and collaborating on architecture across engineering teams. You will work with a modern stack, including Python, Java, Golang, and SQL databases, while enjoying a remote-friendly setup