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  • Posted: Jul 30, 2021
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Takealot.com is the leading ecommerce retailer in South Africa and one of the largest, most innovative ecommerce retailers on the African continent. Our mission is to be the most customer-centric online shopping destination in Africa, built around the simple concept that the customer comes first. All of our focus is dedicated to improving the customer ...
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    Software Engineer (Python)

    This position reports to the Engineering Team Lead.

    Your responsibilities will include the following:

    • Design and build solutions to assist our business users, and improve customer experience
    • Architect and design solutions with your team
    • Keep up to date with technology trends, both locally and internationally
    • Apply creative thought processes to solve complex challenges at scale
    • Strong focus on making takealot.com the best place to shop at, a happy customer is a repeat customer
    • Drive for excellence, to help foster a world-class engineering team

    Attributes required:

    • Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude, and high energy
    • Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions
    • Ability to dis-aggregate and structure solutions to ambiguous problems
    • 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 and experience:

    • Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience 
    • 3 to 5 years experience in a software development role
    • Excellent problem-solving skills
    • A thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms
    • Experience in the following will be advantageous:
    • Python, Javascript, React, jQuery, PHP
    • MySQL, Kafka, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
    • nginx, RabbitMQ, memcached
    • Docker, Kubernetes, Chef
    • GitHub, Travis CI, Jenkins
    • Amazon EC2, Amazon S3

    The Environment:

    • takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
    • We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
    • We are short on ego and high on output.
    • We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all.
    • We love what we do and what we are creating.

    We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who

    • is forthright but respectful
    • is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
    • is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
    • is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
    • is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
    • is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
    • is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
    • is curious and challenge the status quo
    • is innovative and enjoys iteration
    • is collaborative
    • will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.
    • thinks like an owner of the business.
    • is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING

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    Head of Organisational Effectiveness

    The Role 

    • To direct the research, design and delivery of frameworks, practices and tools to effectively deliver Group Organisation Effectiveness. These include Employee Engagement, Organisation Design, Development of Organisational Culture, Remuneration & Reward, Digital Transformation & People analytics, Performance Management; Talent Management and Leadership & People and Development. 

    This role reports to the Head of Diversity, Transformation, and Inclusion

    Your key responsibilities will be to:

    Direct and drive the conceptualisation, research, design, development and delivery of: 

    • customer-centric organisational structures and capabilities and ways of working that enable innovation, collaboration, agility and speed of execution
    • frameworks and practices that drive and embed a values-based and inclusive organisational culture
    • frameworks, tools and people practices that enable the attraction, management and retention of the best talent 
    • learning and development programmes that deliver skilled and effective leaders and employees
    • internal and external research, benchmarking and analytics that provide appropriate insights to direct the people strategy and practices within the organisation
    • appropriate HR policies, systems and technology to enable a world-class employee experience and effective people and risk management
    • remuneration and reward policies and practices that enable the effective attraction and retention the best talent
    • work with the business to implement changes, programs and practices in such a way that the business is enabled to be accountable.

    Qualifications and Experience requirements

    • Relevant Undergraduate degree (Post graduate tertiary degree would be an advantage)
    • Registered Industrial Psychologist would be an advantage
    • 8+ years relevant experience in the field of organisation development and effectiveness
    • 3+ years leading and managing a team of managers and specialists, with a decisive, hands on approach and delivery focus
    • Proven track record of delivering organisational effectiveness with excellent skills and experience in research, benchmarking, designing and developing frameworks, policies, tools and business metric to develop organisational capabilities
    • Sound knowledge of remuneration and reward practices
    • Proven ability of enabling an organization to be accountable for organizational changes and effectiveness.

    Personal Attributes

    • Resilience, proactive and adaptable: You are adaptable to change, composed under pressure and optimistic in your outlook
    • Influence and Interpersonal relationships: Ability to influence and interpret the needs of stakeholders, with a strong customer service orientation and people management skills
    • Critical and logical analysis: Creative thinker with ideas that will drive efficiency and improve business processes. Able to see the patterns in people puzzles
    • Communication and simplification: Distil the trends and messages from data in a clear, concise and articulate manner
    • Smart and wise in how you use of resources to deliver business value

    The Environment:

    • takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
    • We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
    • We are short on ego and high on output.
    • We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all.
    • We love what we do and what we are creating.

    We seek to Employ an Extraordinary Mind who:

    is respectful but forthright

    • is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
    • is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
    • is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours)
    • is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
    • is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
    • is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;
    • is curious and challenge the status quo
    • is innovative and enjoys iteration
    • is collaborative
    • will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com
    • thinks like an owner of the business
    • is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING

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    Sales Specialist: Group Advertising

    The position reports to the Advertising Manager

    Your responsibilities will include:

    • Maximise value from existing Takealot Group relationships (brands and sellers)
    • Directly attracting new brands, agencies and non-retail advertisers to invest in new and existing advertising inventory
    • Initiating, designing and ensuring implementation of group advertising campaigns
    • Target suppliers and sellers (working with internal teams) to offer additional value through
    • group advertising options
    • Customise group advertising campaigns for high value clients
    • Continuously enhance the group rate card and pitch deck for standard campaigns
    • Obtain assets required for designers to implement campaigns
    • Ensure all booked advertising campaigns are added to the marketing calendar (briefed into retail marketing managers) and executed effectively and on time
    • Oversee billing and payment
    • Oversee campaign tracking reports and communicate outcomes to clients, building a campaign execution portfolio
    • Consistently meet and surpass group advertising sales targets
    • Leverage Takealot’s innovations and insights to find, attract, and engage intended audiences to ensure that advertising campaigns meet the success criteria set by the client
    • Utilize a range of flexible pricing and buying models, including self-service, managed service and programmatic ad buying to put solutions in place that will help businesses build brand awareness, increase product sales and more
    • Act as a strategic partner to advertising clients and sell a broad range of advertising solutions that will ensure that their business goals are met

     Attributes required:

    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail and follow-through
    • Excellent presentation skills
    • Excellent campaign proposal design and management skills
    • Ability to work independently to achieve sales targets
    • Skilled in managing high-value accounts and managing relationships at an executive level
    • Entrepreneurial mind set
    • Strong understanding of the digital advertising environment including sales, product, tools and campaign management
    • Ability to identify key advertising sales opportunities and translate these into implementable solutions and action plans
    • Ability to manage and influence teams across various business units
    • Demonstrated ability to consistently initiate sales opportunities and generate revenue

    Qualifications and Experience:

    • Proven consultative approach in previous roles and a good understanding of the digital advertising landscape
    • Strong track record of internal and external relationship management
    • A Bachelor's of Commerce Degree in Commerce and/or Postgraduate Diploma (in Digital Marketing, Advertising or Sales) and a minimum of 5 years experience is required as follows:
    • 3 years or more sales experience as an individual contributor
    • 2 years advertising sales experience (preferably including digital advertising sales)
    • Should a candidate not have a Bachelor's of Commerce Degree in Commerce and/or Postgraduate Diploma (in Digital Marketing, Advertising or Sales), then the following equivalent experience requirement should be met:
    • 5 years’ or more sales experience as an individual contributor and,
    • 2 years’ advertising sales experience and,
    • 3 years’ experience in Digital Marketing, or Digital Advertising Sales.

     The Environment:

    • Takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
    • We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve
    • We are short on ego and high on output
    • We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all
    • We love what we do and what we are creating

    We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:

    • is respectful but forthright
    • is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
    • is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
    • is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
    • is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
    • is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
    • is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;
    • is curious and challenge the status quo
    • is innovative and enjoys iteration
    • is collaborative
    • will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com
    • thinks like an owner of the business
    • is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING

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    BI Analyst

    This position reports to the BI Manager

    Your responsibilities will include the following:

    • Designing, developing and testing QlikView models to provide the business with relevant data imported from multiple sources

    • Ensuring that the QlikView applications and server processes continue to run and operate in the most efficient manner

    • Interacting frequently with business stakeholders to gather requirements for new development projects and translating these into solutions

    • Provide operational support, bug fixes, and performance enhancements as part of providing support to QlikView applications and users

    • Extracting, validating and analyzing data to answer strategic and operational questions posed by the business

    • Automating data extraction and report update processes

    • Data validation and integrity testing

    • Data cleansing and data modelling

    • Optimization of data models

    Attributes required:

    • Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high energy

    • Strong analytical and critical thinking

    • Proven track record of delivering high-quality work, in a fast-paced environment

    • Focused on getting the job done, but have fun doing so

    • Taking Ownership and displaying Accountability in the work required of you

    • Have an interest in e-commerce, building a brand and business

    • Customer centric

    Qualifications and experience:

    • Bachelor’s degree in relevant Engineering, Computer Science or Mathematics field or equivalent experience 

    • If your education does not include formal computer programming, then some form of programming experience is essential

    • Minimum 2 years’ experience using a BI reporting tool (e.g. QlikView, Tableau, Microsoft BI etc.)

    • Experience using QlikView is advantageous

    • Minimum 2 years SQL experience

    • High proficiency in working with large data sets and business models

    • Retail or e-commerce industry experience beneficial

    The Environment:

    • takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.

    • We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.

    • We are short on ego and high on output.

    • We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all.

    • We love what we do and what we are creating.

    We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who

    • is forthright but respectful

    • is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute

    • is analytical, able to use data to make decisions

    • is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours

    • is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience

    • is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster

    • is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input

    • is curious and challenge the status quo

    • is innovative and enjoys iteration

    • is collaborative

    • will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.

    • thinks like an owner of the business.

    • is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING

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    Data & DevOps Engineer

    This position reports to the Data Platform Team Lead

    Your responsibilities will include:

    • Terraform to manage Cloud Infrastructure, Chef to manage virtual servers

    • Building and deploying systems for metrics, monitoring, and logging

    • Operations for Kafka, Kubernetes, and more

    • CI/CD Build Systems to ensure our teams can deploy frequently and safely

    • Code management and review

    • Hardening servers, and building security into the platform

    • Developing automation so we can focus on the hard problems

    • Implementing features, technology, and processes that move us towards industry best practices, improving on scalability, efficiency, reliability, and security

    • Responding to incidents and requests

    Attributes required:

    • Is passionate about technology, enjoys keeping up to date with the industry

    • Always learning

    • Is a team player that can function as an individual 

    • Excellent communication skills

    • Shows solid reasoning and decision making

    • Has a deep understanding of database engines

    • Confident in his/her ability and skills

    Qualifications and experience:

    • Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering and a minimum of 3 years of DataOps experience in a software/technology environment is required.

    • In the event that a candidate does not have a bachelor’s degree or an advanced diploma (in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering), an equivalent experience requirement must be met, which equates to a minimum of 6 years of DataOps experience in a software/technology environment. 

    • An understanding of computer science fundamentals, including linux and operating systems, networking

    • Solid grasp of development fundamentals such as data structures and algorithms 

    • Can write code (preferably in Python)

    • Experience with open source relational database systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL)

    • Practical experience working with other database systems like BigQuery, Redis and ElasticSearch will be beneficial

    • Has experience with Kafka, PubSub, or other event-based systems

    • Has experience with Google Cloud, or another cloud provider (architecture, operations)

    • Understands cost and implications of scaling 

    • Has experience managing Kubernetes Clusters (certificates, users, kubeadm, kubectl etc.)

    • Understands networking deeply (tcp/ip, calico/weave, vlans, tcpdump, routing etc.)

    • Understands Linux deeply (kernel tuning, proc filesystem, cgroups, os scheduling, etc.)

    • Has experience with Build Systems (Jenkins, Gitlab, Spinnaker)

    • Has a reasonable understanding of Networking (TCP, UDP, IP)

    • Has experience with Linux administration (Processes, Networking, Storage, Security)

    • Has experience with at least one configuration management system (Chef, Puppet, Ansible)

    • Has experience managing production systems

    The Environment:

    • takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.

    • We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.

    • We are short on ego and high on output.

    • We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.

    • We love what we do and what we are creating.

    We seek to employ an Extraordinary Mind who:

    • is forthright but respectful

    • is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute

    • is analytical, able to use data to make decisions

    • is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours

    • is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience

    • is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster

    • is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input

    • is curious and challenge the status quo

    • is innovative and enjoys iteration

    • is collaborative

    • will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.

    • thinks like an owner of the business.

    • is SMARThas INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING

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    Data Engineer

    This position reports to the Data Systems Director

    Your responsibilities will include the following:

    • Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining data architectures.

    • Preparing data for descriptive, predictive and prescriptive modeling

    • Automating repetitive tasks and manual processes related with the data usage

    • Optimizing data delivery

    • Designing, developing, and testing large stream data pipelines to ingest, aggregate, clean, and distribute data models ready for analysis

    • Ensuring the highest standard in data integrity

    • Leveraging best practices in continuous integration and delivery

    • Collaborating with other engineers, ML experts, analysts, and stakeholders to produce the most efficient and valuable solutions

    • Contributing to our data democratisation and literacy vision by making accessible and easy-to-use data products and tools

    • Implementing features, technology, and processes that move us towards industry best practices, improving on scalability, efficiency, reliability, and security

    • Operations and ownership of systems in production, responding to incidents

    Attributes required:

    • Works well with people and is passionate about helping people be their best

    • Is a team player, an active listener, mentor, and able to communicate well

    • Shows solid reasoning and decision making, with the ability to work under pressure

    • Is passionate about technology, systems and data

    • Is curious, always learning, and keeping up to date with the industry

    • Has a deep understanding of data pipelining, streaming, and Big Data technologies, methods, patterns, and techniques.

    • Has a solid grasp on data modeling, schema design, data warehouse, and data lake design and implementation

    • Can troubleshoot complex database operations and performance issues

    • Can automate tasks using shell scripting or writing small applications

    Qualifications & Experience:

    • Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience 

    • 3 years relevant industry experience 

    • Experience with open source relational database systems (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.)

    • Significant technical experience and a proven track record of data modeling and schema design

    • A thorough understanding of database and data warehousing principles (e.g. OLAP, Data Marts, Star Schema, Snowflake, etc.)

    • Write code (we use Java and Python)

    • Familiar with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Travis, Circle CI, etc.

    • Experience with Kafka, PubSub, or other event-based systems

    • Experience with stream data pipeline frameworks or solutions such as Apache Flink, Apache Beam, Storm, Databricks, etc.

    • Experience with data warehousing, data lakes, lambda/kappa architectures 

    • Experience working in cloud environments and with containerisation frameworks, tools and platforms (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, GKE, etc.).

    The Environment:

    • takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.

    • We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.

    • We are short on ego and high on output.

    • We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.

    • We love what we do and what we are creating.

    We seek to employ an Extraordinary Mind who:

    • is forthright but respectful

    • is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute

    • is analytical, able to use data to make decisions

    • is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours

    • is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience

    • is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster

    • is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input

    • is curious and challenge the status quo

    • is innovative and enjoys iteration

    • is collaborative

    • will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.

    • thinks like an owner of the business.

    • is SMARThas INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING

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