Join takealot.com
takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Software Engineering Manager to join our team in South Africa.
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Why Work With Us
- 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 and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.
Position Overview
The position reports to the Engineering Director: Logistics.
Your Mission
- Build and retain a high-caliber engineering team
- Build relationships through regular one-on-one conversations
- Remove roadblocks and interruptions to help the team perform
- Be involved with architectural and strategic planning with peers and senior developers
- Work with stakeholders to gather requirements, and manage expectations
- Support and develop the careers of members of the team
- Support and give direction to innovation in the team
- Present practical input for strategic technology decisions
- Stay up to date with industry trends, and standards
- Lead the Agile processes within the team
- Manage the roadmap for the team, playing a key role in prioritization
- Successfully see new projects to completion and launch new products while maintaining the existing code base.
- Facilitate discussions in the team and ensure a good design methodology is used on projects.
- Resolve conflict in the team when necessary
- Promote the achievements of the team
- Track and ensure team productivity is healthy using a metrics-based approach
- Track and ensure operational excellence in the team using a metrics-based approach
- Interview candidates for technical and organizational fit
- Drive innovation, vision, and strategy
The Skills We Need
- A solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high-energy
- Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions
- Solid quantitative skills
- Ability to interview and interact professionally with internal and external people
- Capability to present ideas succinctly, in writing and verbally
- Versatile and with the appetite to learn by doing
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or any related area of study. Equivalent experience is also acceptable.
- Demonstrable experience leading and managing a team of engineers on complex software projects.
- Experience developing software in an agile, quality-focused environment.
- Experience with a broad range of related disciplines such as Development, Cloud Infrastructure, Site Reliability, Provisioning, Configuration Management, and Managed Systems.
- Good SQL experience in a high-load environment.
- Significant technical experience and a proven track record of architectural ownership and understanding.
- Experience with Open Source Operating Systems and technologies.
- Experience with Web Architectures (e.g. SOA, REST).
- Excellent understanding of theoretical Software Engineering fundamentals, including but not limited to distributed systems, highly scalable systems, algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and programming paradigms is advantageous.
- Experience with e-commerce-based applications is advantageous.
- Experience working with GCP/AWS and/or other cloud platforms.
Life @ Takealot Group
- The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package that allows full flexibility according to your needs.
- No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments.
- 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: Learn from the best.
- Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders.
- Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities.
- Staff discount: Millions of products across 28 departments.
- Birthday leave: Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Right tools, right job: Work on the latest tech, with the latest tech.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counseling, legal support, and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
- Tech stack: Angular, Scala, Kotlin, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes and all things machine learning.
- Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).
Apply Now
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given a preference.
