Takealot.com, South Africa’s leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Senior DevOps Engineer to join our platform engineering team and help scale infrastructure that powers millions of customer transactions. You'll architect, secure, and automate systems that directly impact our business growth and customer experience.
Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!
- Scale: 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Show them 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, TFS and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.
Who’s who in the tech space
The position reports to the DevOps Engineering Manager
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
- Design and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform
- Configure and maintain virtual servers with Chef
- Build and deploy robust metrics, monitoring, and logging systems that keep our services healthy
- Manage critical services including Kafka, Kubernetes, Nginx, and Memcache
- Implement server hardening and embed security throughout our platform
- Develop automation solutions so we can focus on high-impact engineering
- Develop glue code to extend or integrate systems
The mindset we're looking for:
- Be genuinely passionate about infrastructure and emerging technologies
- Stay current with industry trends and love diving deep into new tools
- Thrive in team environments, communicate clearly, and mentor others
- Make thoughtful technical decisions and work effectively under pressure
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or Information Systems + 5+ years experience OR 10+ years hands-on experience in software/technology environments
- An understanding of computer science fundamentals, including Linux and operating systems, networking
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and computer science fundamentals
- Production experience managing Kubernetes clusters (certificates, users, kubeadm, etc.)
- Proficiency in writing code (our primary language is Python)
- Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (or AWS/Azure) - architecture and operations
- Understand Linux deeply (kernel tuning, proc filesystem, cgroups, os scheduling, etc.)
- Understand networking deeply (tcp/ip, calico/weave, vlans, tcpdump, etc.)
- Has experience with Linux administration (Processes, Networking, Disks, Security)
- Track record in managing production systems
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- 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? Upskill 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).
Like what you see?
If you meet the above, you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or Information Systems + 5+ years experience OR 10+ years hands-on experience
- Production experience managing Kubernetes clusters (certificates, users, kubeadm, etc.)
- Proficiency in writing code (primary language: Python)
- Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (or AWS/Azure) - architecture and operations
- Design and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform
- Configure and maintain virtual servers with Chef
- Experience managing Kafka, Nginx, Memcache, and Redis in production
- Deep understanding of Linux (kernel tuning, proc filesystem, cgroups, scheduling) and Linux administration
- Deep understanding of networking (TCP/IP, Calico/Weave, VLANs, tcpdump)
- Track record managing production systems and building monitoring/logging/metrics
takealot.com Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about takealot.com and has not been reviewed or approved by takealot.com.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered aligned with qualifications in select office and tech functions. This indicates pockets where compensation matches role expectations despite broader variability.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Employee discounts and company-supported learning opportunities are available to some permanent staff. These perks add non-cash value that can help offset leaner core benefits in certain teams.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid sick leave, holidays, and flexible scheduling appear in some roles. Such time-off and flexibility elements contribute positively where offered.
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What We Do
Takealot.com is the leading eCommerce retailer in South Africa and one of the largest, most innovative eCommerce retailers on the African continent. Our mission is to be the most customer-centric online shopping destination in Africa, built around the simple concept that our customer comes first. Need help or have a question? Reach out to us via our Help Center for assistance https://www.takealot.com/help-centre Our focus is dedicated to improving the customer experience, from the moment they arrive on our website to the moment they receive their order. By aligning ourselves to this philosophy, we believe Takealot will be the #1 shopping destination across Africa.
