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  • Posted: Jul 1, 2021
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • MultiChoice South Africa's activities involve the operation of Pay-Television and internet subscriber platforms. The MultiChoice South Africa group includes the digital satellite Pay-Television business ("DStv"), which has been in operation since 1995. Other businesses in the group are; M-Net (delivers thematic channels and exclusive content to DSt...
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    Senior Engineer: Back End and Cloud

    Purpose of the Position:

    We are building a generalized, cloud-based Recommendation and Personalization platform that serves multiple internal and external clients at Multichoice.

    The Senior Engineer: Backend and Cloud role should appeal to the elite programmer with a passion for Cloud, Serverless Computing, Big Data, Personalization, Search and Recommendations, Scalability as well as a working knowledge of the current technology landscapes in these areas. Staying abreast of all the latest Cloud trends is essential for this role.

    Key Performance Objectives

    Tasks

    • Design, develop, maintain, and support projects using a variety of technologies.

    Typical duties include:

    • Ascertain requirements by interfacing with our internal clients
    • Identify and research alternative technologies that potentially address the requirements
    • Design and document architectures/applications/dataflows
    • Develop various components (apps/scripts/sites/recommendation engines)
    • Conduct code reviews on completion of these components
    • Design tests for your code
    • Support the production environment
       

    This role will be responsible for delivery requirements for the following internal and external groups:

    • Tech teams
    • Product teams
    • Potential & Existing Subscribers
    • All internal divisions; associate companies and partners
       

    Qualifications

    • BSc Computer Science / Engineering is mandatory. Honours, Master’s or Doctoral degree preferred
    • 4 – 5 years’ experience in a comparable environment
    • Experience in reporting and presentation to senior and executive management
    • Very strong analytical, communication and negotiation skills
    • Ability to work under pressure
       

    Experience

    Languages:

    • Required: Java/Python/NodeJS, HTML, Javascript, Linux shell scripting, Cloud scripting
    • Beneficial: React, Redux, Material UI

     
    DB:

    • Beneficial: DynamoDB, MSSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, HDFS, Hadoop, HBase
       

    Cloud

    • Beneficial (AWS): S3, Athena, Quicksight, Glue, SNS, SQS, ElastiCache, Kendra / CloudSearch, Lambdas, Serverless, AWS Gateway, Transfer Family, DynamoDB, EC2, Terraform
    • Beneficial: Other Cloud platforms like Azure, Google etc.

     
    Other:

    • Required: RESTful service development
    • Beneficial: Knowledge of recommender systems, Tensorflow, Keras, Spark, Mahout, Stream processing, Kafka, Storm, Flink, Docker, Analytics platforms
       

    Technical Competencies

    • Scientific, data-minded, detail oriented with a good blend of practical reality
    • Proficient in problem solving, algorithmic analysis, deeply technical
    • Proven record of delivery and execution
    • Quick learner
    • Optimistic outlook
    • A drive for excellence
    • Ability to hit the ground running
    • Ability to work independently if necessary
    • Team player
    • Deliverables driven
    • Calm demeanour during stressful situations
    • Great communicator
    • Strong Cloud experience
    • Strong core Java/Python/NodeJS skills
    • Strong Linux skills
    • Knowledge and experience building massively scalable systems
    • Knowledge and experience working with high volumes of data (beneficial)
    • Knowledge of SCRUM and Agile methodologies (beneficial)

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    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to MultiChoice on multichoice.taleo.net to apply

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