Software Engineering Manager (Logistics)

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Software Engineering Manager to join our team in South Africa.

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Show them what you can do.

• Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and upskill in record time.

• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.

Who’s who in the tech space

The position reports to the Engineering Director: Logistics.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Build and retain a high-caliber engineering team

• Build relationships through regular one-on-one conversations

• Remove roadblocks and interruptions to help the team perform

• Be involved with architectural and strategic planning with peers and senior developers

• Work with stakeholders to gather requirements, and manage expectations

• Support and develop the careers of members of the team

• Support and give direction to innovation in the team

• Present practical input for strategic technology decisions

• Stay up to date with industry trends, and standards

• Lead the Agile processes within the team

• Manage the roadmap for the team, playing a key role in prioritization

• Successfully see new projects to completion and launch new products while maintaining the existing code base.

• Facilitate discussions in the team and ensure a good design methodology is used on projects.

• Resolve conflict in the team when necessary

• Promote the achievements of the team

• Track and ensure team productivity is healthy using a metrics-based approach

• Track and ensure operational excellence in the team using a metrics-based approach

• Interview candidates for technical and organizational fit

• Drive innovation, vision, and strategy

The skills we need:

• A solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high-energy

• Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions

• 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 & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or any related area of study. In the event that you do not have a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma, equivalent experience in the related area is sufficient.

• Demonstrable experience leading and managing a team of engineers on complex software projects.

• Experience developing software in an agile, quality-focussed environment.

• Experience with a broad range of related disciplines such as Development, Cloud Infrastructure, Site Reliability, Provisioning, Configuration Management, and Managed Systems.

• Good SQL experience in a high-load environment.

• Significant technical experience and a proven track record of architectural ownership and understanding.

• Experience with Open Source Operating Systems and technologies.

• Experience with Web Architectures (e.g. SOA, REST).

• Excellent understanding of theoretical Software Engineering fundamentals, including but not limited to distributed systems, highly scalable systems, algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and programming paradigms is advantageous.

• Experience with e-commerce-based applications is advantageous.

• Experience working with GCP/AWS and/or other cloud platforms.

Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package that allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.

• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.

• Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? Takealot.com offers a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.

• Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best, by learning from the best.

• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and more.

• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).

• Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?

• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.

• Right tools, right job: We work on Mac, but whether you prefer two monitors or one. You’ll work on the latest tech, with the latest tech.

• Help when you need it most: Confidential counseling, legal support, and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.

• Tech stack (for days): Angular, Scala, Kotlin, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes and all things machine learning. If you build it, they will come.

• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).

Like what you see?

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given a preference