Product Developer - On Demand at Pick n Pay Stores Limited

•    This exciting opportunity exists in our Online Shopping Division in Cape Town. We are looking for a Product Developer to lead the development and deployment of the entire on-demand infrastructure, including the Client front-end app, Store Picking app, Front-end Admin portal & Back-end Infrastructure.
• The role offers incredible future growth potential. As we scale our tech team extensively in the next year, we are looking for a resource that can help us build a strong team and that resource could quickly become the tech lead.

Minimum Requirements    

• Relevant Diploma/Degree
• 8-10 years of experience in a similar role, leading a team of developers to build systems
• Experience with dealing with stakeholders across the business
• Preference will be given to candidates with experience in building customer-facing apps and e-commerce on-demand solutions
• Excellent experience working with graphics/product design tools to match the build to the design, such as: inVision or Mocups
• Proficient with Excel, Trello and other project management tools
• Understanding of HTML, CSS/Less/SaaS and at least one front-end framework (e.g. Angular, React, Vue, Aurelia)
• Working experience consuming RESTful services/APIs
• Good experience with responsive layout and mobile design
• Commercial experience delivering projects with Agile/Lean methodologies
• Familiar with apps such as Uber, Taxify, Takealot, Superbalist
• Familiar with the on-demand delivery industry and/or the retail industry

Duties & Responsibilities    

• The Product Developer will oversee:
• Building and managing the Development Strategy moving forward
• Planning and Briefing every new Development Sprint
• Tracking, testing and providing feedback to the development team
• Launching new versions of the app
• Tracking its performance on an ongoing basis
• Researching and implementing best practices in UX, UI in the Grocery Space
• Researching and implementing best practices in the On-Demand Delivery Operations space.
• Manage the relationship with our external developers and tech partners, especially with our back-end and front-end teams, building end-to-end experience of our systems and tech stack.
• Depending on experience, the Product Developer will be afforded the opportunity to build and grow its own team to build a strong internal tech team that will span from front-end, to back-end, to data science and more.

Competencies    

• Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated
• Strong organizational & prioritization skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal & written
• Ability to interact with internal & external stakeholders at all levels
• Adaptable to change
• Comfortable with learning and adapting to new systems
• People orientation
• Attention to detail
• Absorb pressure positively