Mr D - Python Engineer at takealot.com

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: 

• Build systems to scale with our growth of business, leveraging new technologies and AWS Cloud services.
• Work closely with other engineers, professional services team and product managers to design the software solutions with a focus on reliability, performance and usability.
• Develop, enhance and maintain backend systems in a heterogeneous environment of different languages and technologies, with an emphasis on Python.
• Apply and foster best software development life cycle practices bringing speed and quality to your team.
• Continuously learn and improve your knowledge and the deliverables. 

Nice to have:

• Experience with cloud service providers, specifically AWS Cloud technologies.
• Experience using GIT version control.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Elastic, Redis)
• Experience with event streaming (Kafka, Kinesis)
• Experience with containers and orchestration (docker, ECS, kubernetes)

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field or related experience. 
• Minimum of 3 years of Software Development experience is required.
• In the event that a candidate does 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 6 years of Software Development experience.