Senior Software Engineer

Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS), a division of Takealot Online (RF) (Pty) Ltd, is looking for a highly talented Senior Software Engineer to join our On-Demand Delivery Logistics team based in South Africa.

Join Our Mission at Takealot Fulfilment Solutions | We Are TFS

Revolutionising e-commerce logistics in South Africa with cutting-edge technology and operational excellence. We deliver 30+ million orders annually, empowering businesses and driving economic growth.

Who We're Looking For:

Innovative, ambitious individuals ready to shape the future of e-commerce logistics. At TFS, "Uniquely You" meets "Powerfully Us", where your individuality strengthens our collective mission.

At TFS, your growth is our growth. You'll be joining a team powered by Takealot Group's core values.

This position reports to the Software Engineering Manager (Logistics).

We are an energetic team that is fully responsible for all the systems required to support the Takealot Group's delivery network as well as the unique challenges that come with logistics and scale. We have adopted a microservices architecture to both isolate our logic and to enable scale. We follow the event-driven architecture as well as utilize a graph database to model our delivery network. We are currently working through unique problems in the logistics space and are actively researching the usage of the actor model design pattern and graph traversal optimization.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Platform Transformation: You will join the team responsible for owning and replatforming our core On-demand delivery platform from the ground up. This critical initiative is intended to unlock industry-leading, scalable, and highly-available delivery capabilities for our current and future clients.
• Technical Leadership & Delivery: This role requires a diligent technical leader with a pragmatic lens on complex problem spaces. You will navigate the incremental build and delivery of the new platform, including migrating from legacy systems.
• Design and Implementation: You will lead collaborative design efforts, specifically in the most algorithmically complex areas of our systems, implement critical components of the new platform, and ensure team output adheres to best practices and internal standards.
• Mentorship and Team Growth: You will contribute to the growth of team members through mentorship, directly supporting the manager in strengthening the team's capabilities.
• Develop and optimize systems to manage both parcel and food delivery throughout South Africa, ensuring efficiency and scalability.
• Collaborate with business teams to improve processes, enabling more efficient deliveries.
• Research and define solutions within the logistics domain to solve complex challenges.
• Work predominantly with open-source technologies to build scalable, sustainable systems.
• Take full end-to-end ownership of solutions.

Our Tech Stack:

• Scala
• Play Framework
• JVM
• Postgres
• Google Pubsub
• Cassandra DB
• Google Cloud
• Graphite and Grafana
• Git

Qualifications & Experience:

• Degree in Computer Science or a similar qualification. In the absence of a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma, an equivalent experience requirement must be met.
• At least 8+ 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

Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.
• Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? Takealot.com offers a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
• Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best, by learning from the best.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
• Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
• Tech stack (for days): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes and all things machine learning. If you build it, they will come.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).

Be part of the extraordinary. Be part of TFS.

Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.