Senior Developer

Senior Developer

We’re Yuppiechef, and we see ourselves as helping people find moments of joy at home. We’re here to offer outstanding and memorable service both in-store and online, while selling things that our customers love through a seamless omni-channel experience. We take pride in building our own tech – from our online store and POS (Point of Sale) app to our warehouse systems and admin dashboards. This enables us to drive retail innovation and craft experiences that delight.

We’re looking for a passionate full-time Senior Developer to help shape our software and architecture as we grow and scale.

What does the job entail?
We’re looking for someone inwardly driven to make an impact through their work. You are a life-long learner, you embrace successes and challenges, you enjoy crafting solutions over time, and you work well both autonomously and collaboratively. Strong communication – whether in person or asynchronously – is one of your strengths.

You’ll lead both hands-on development and strategic planning to create systems that are scalable, efficient, and maintainable, supporting Yuppiechef’s long-term growth.

As a Senior Software Developer, you will:

• Lead technical project planning to align with business goals
  Steward the full development lifecycle, from planning to deployment and maintenance
• Build new features, simplify existing services, and scale systems
• Analyse project requirements and propose technical solutions
• Champion observability and drive architecture to improve system stability
• Provide technical leadership and mentor more junior team members
• Collaborate across business units to ensure alignment and successful outcomes

What are the requirements:
We welcome candidates with diverse technical backgrounds. You don’t need prior Clojure
experience, but you should be enthusiastic about learning it and comfortable adopting new
languages.

• 7+ years of experience building web or mobile applications
• Proficiency in functional programming (Clojure preferred but not required)
• Experience with AWS infrastructure and services, relational databases, message brokers (RabbitMQ/Kafka), and job schedulers
• Ability to write detailed technical specifications and documentation
• Proven leadership in project management, technical execution and mentorship
• Development-first mindset, with most of your time spent coding
• A degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience in a related field
  

What does our stack look like?
Front end: Clojurescript, React (RUM), Javascript
Back end: Clojure, Java, PHP
Infrastructure: Nginx / Apache, AWS, Kafka / RabbitMQ, Redis, Memcached,
Docker, Cloudflare, Datadog, Sentry

Learn more about tech at Yuppiechef

Why learn Clojure with us?

Clojure has been part of our stack for over a decade because it fosters elegant, expressive code by combining the best of functional programming with practical tools for real-world development. Its immutability encourages safer, more predictable code, while the interactive REPL allows for rapid feedback and prototyping. At Yuppiechef, you’ll have the opportunity to master Clojure with support from experienced peers. Its simplicity, interoperability with Java, and growing demand make it a skill worth learning – and a joy to work with.

What’s the pay, benefits and environment?

• We pay competitive, market-related salaries based on skills and experience, and profit share based on the company's performance
• Your salary is based on a “Total Cost To Company” model and includes:
  • Medical Aid (Discovery) contributions
  • Group Life Cover
  • Retirement Annuity
  • Employee Assistance programme
  • 17 Days Paid Annual Leave increasing to 20 days with length of service
• We are based in Westlake, Cape Town, and have a hybrid work policy

Who are we?

We’re Yuppiechef, and see ourselves as helping people find moments of joy at home. We’re here to offer outstanding and memorable service, while selling things that our customers love using. We’re foodies and home lovers and early adopters, and we’re passionate learners more than we’re experts. We have a loved online store and 21 beautiful physical stores across SA, and we’re a proud member of the dynamic Mr Price Group. Our office in Westlake, Cape Town, has a view of the mountains, a beautiful Rancilio coffee machine, and plenty of books to borrow. It’s filled with people who value excellence, and who like to hang out together and learn from one another. We’re always looking for new people to teach us new ways of doing things and help us make big things happen. We’d love to know if you might be one of them.

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