E-Commerce Engineer at The South African Breweries (SAB)

About the job

• Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients.
• Our diverse portfolio of well over 400 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois; multi-country brands Beck’s, Castle, Castle Lite, Hoegaarden, and Leffe; and local champions such as Aguila, Bud Light, Jupiler, Klinskoye, Modelo Especial, Quilmes, Skol, and Victoria.
• Our brewing heritage dates back more than 600 years, spanning continents and generations. From our European roots at the Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium. To the pioneering spirit of the Anheuser & Co brewery in St. Louis, US. To the creation of the Castle Brewery in South Africa during the Johannesburg gold rush. To Bohemia, the first brewery in Brazil. Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed and developing markets, we leverage the collective strengths of approximately 200,000 employees based in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Key Purpose Statement

To be accountable for designing, developing and deploying Direct to Consumer Solutions for Africa.
Competence Requirements

• BS Degree in Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mathematics or related
• 3+ years of software development experience developing commercial software
• 2+ experience with unit testing/mocking frameworks
• Understanding of SOLID principles and design patterns
• Experience with scalable RESTful API development and deployment
• Experience with the SQL language 
• Experience with agile or scrum development practices
• Demonstrated problem solving and debugging skills
• Curious and passionate about MarTech. Broad knowledge of the rapidly evolving MarTech landscape including SEO, Consumer data gathering and segmentation, Digital Media, Consumer Journeys, etc.
• Strong customer service skills 
• Sales and marketing experience a plus 

Outputs and Accountabilities

• Collaborate with engineers in solving problems relating to e-commerce, data integration, security, data analytics, and microservices with high availability demands
• Build prototypes and validate design alternatives.
• Build, operate, and optimize large web-based systems and mobile platforms that interface directly with data science real-time scoring models and support various optimization algorithms
• Process user engagement data, product feeds, and APIs in real-time/near real-time and integrate with ML models that power the products
• Proficiency in marketing and digital technology landscape and trends across the stack (e.g. DMP,DSP,CRM,MDM, CDP) and familiarity with Digital advertising ecosystem.
• Experience in working with AWS, DataDog and other SaaS technologies
• Develop system test plans, ensure software quality assurance (SQA) standards are achieved, and validate that business goals are accomplished.
• Monitor data quality, usage, performance and SLAs within the Tech stack across Africa
• Assemble large, complex data sets that meet both functional and non-functional business requirements;
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.;
• Work with the marketing and product teams to continuously improve the aesthetic, usability, and performance of applications, as well as monitor and remediate site issues related to browser, mobile, server, and application-layer issues.

Additional Information

• Please note that this is a 6 month Fixed Term Contract
• SAB/ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in line with SAB/ABInBev employment equity plan and talent requirements.
• The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short-listing.