Mr D - Senior Python Engineer

Mr D, a division of takealot.com, is looking for a highly talented Senior Python Software Engineer to join our team in Cape Town. 

As a Senior Software Development Engineer (Python) you will help to architect, implement, support, and maintain scalable services in a heterogeneous environment. You will be able to influence both business and architectural decisions while working on end-to-end technology solutions. 

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Show the millions of Mr D customers what you can do 
• Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and upskill in record time. 
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance. 

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This position reports to the respective team's manager.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: 

• Build scalable software systems supporting our growing business and customers.
• Work closely with other engineers, professional services teams, and product managers.
• Participate/lead architecture proposals for your division's domain
• Develop high-quality production code for work of high complexity and scale
• Champion, challenge, and iterate on best practices within engineering
• Design solutions for complex problems with difficult decision trade-offs, typically system- or domain-wide
• Analyse and understand business requirements and OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and produce technical specifications that meet these requirements
• Assist the product teams in helping to determine priorities for technical projects
• Support, challenge existing, and define new engineering processes and directives
• Lead interviews and assess potential engineering candidates for skills and fit
• Mentor, coach, and share knowledge with your peers through blog posts, tech talks, and workshops across engineering
• Add value to the team and business.
• Continuously learn and improve your knowledge and the deliverables.

Skills we need:

• Thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, OO concepts, data structures, and algorithms.
• Ability to design and maintain secure and scalable APIs.
• Experience in developing distributed backend systems and stateless architectures.
• Hands-on experience with *nix and Python.
• Experience with event-driven architecture, relational & non-relational datastores, containerization, and cloud service providers.
• Passion for learning new skills and appreciation for inventing and simplifying

Nice to have experience:

• AWS Cloud technologies.
• GIT version control.
• PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Elastic, Redis.
• Kafka.
• Docker, Kubernetes

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field or related experience. 
• Minimum of 5 years of Software Development experience is required.
• If you do not have a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma (in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field), an equivalent experience requirement must be met, which equates to a minimum of 7 years of Software Development experience.

Let’s talk about life @ Mr D

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package that 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? We offer both, a remote working model and 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 in the Takealot group during regular social events 
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. 
• Right tools, right job: Mac, two monitors, or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech, of the latest tech.
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support, and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere. 
• Tech stack (for days): Angular, Python, Kotlin, Swift, AWS, Kafka, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, IOT, 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). 

Like what you see? 

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Mr D is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference