Systems & Automation Engineer - QSR

Hungry Lion; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Hungry Lion seeks a driven professional to design, build, and continuously improve replenishment systems that keep stock flowing across our store network. You will own solutions end-to-end, turning manual processes into automated, scalable workflows that span multiple markets.

The role emphasizes shaping how replenishment works in a growing business, with opportunities to influence tooling and processes from the ground up.

Qualifications

• A degree or diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with workflow automation or analytics tools.
• Ability to translate operations needs into a usable system solution.
• Demonstrated ownership, independence, and initiative.

Responsibilities

• Analyze replenishment processes and system behaviour to identify breakpoints.
• Design and implement system logic, validations, and automation to reduce manual work and risk.
• Support and improve bespoke demand planning and replenishment tools (AppSheet, AppScript).
• Standardise replenishment rules for multiple markets.
• Monitor, measure, and iterate on system performance.

Skills

JavaScript

SQL

Python

Excel

Education

Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

Tools

AppSheet

AppScript

KNIME

Job description

Hungry Lion runs a fast-moving, multi-market supply chain. Right now, too much of it depends on manual intervention - people catching exceptions, fixing processes by hand, filling gaps that a well-built system should handle automatically. This role exists to change that. You'll design, build, and continuously improve the replenishment systems that keep stock flowing reliably across our store network.

This is a build-and-own role. You're not maintaining someone else's system; you're shaping how replenishment works across a growing multi-country business. If you're energised by turning manual processes into something that runs itself, this is the right environment.

WHAT THE JOB ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE

• Analysing replenishment processes and system behaviour to find where things break down and why.
• Designing and implementing system logic, validations, and automation that reduce manual work and operational risk.
• Supporting the development and improvement of our bespoke demand planning and replenishment tools, built on platforms like AppSheet and AppScript.
• Standardising replenishment rules and processes so they work consistently across multiple markets.
• Monitoring what you've built, measuring whether it works, and improving it when it doesn't.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

• A degree or diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with workflow automation or analytics tools.
• The ability to translate what an operations team needs into a system solution they can actually use.
• Someone who takes ownership, works independently, and doesn't wait to be told what to fix.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Required

• JavaScript
• SQL
• Excel
• Python

Advantage

• KNIME
• AppSheet/AppScript

WHAT YOU GET

• Real ownership of systems that affect how stock moves across an entire store network.
• The chance to build from the ground up, not maintain someone else's legacy code.
• A Replenishment (demand planning) team that understands the operational problem and needs you to solve it technically.
• Scope to grow as the business expands into new markets and the systems needed to scale with it.

WHO WE ARE

Hungry Lion started as one store in Stellenbosch in 1997, built on great food and genuine energy. Today that idea runs across 500+ stores in multiple African countries, and we're still growing backed by smart use of AI and technology and people who think differently. Whether you're on the floor, in the kitchen, or at HQ, you shape what this brand becomes. The best of Hungry Lion is still ahead, and we're looking for people who want to help build it.