One of South African online retailer, is looking for highly talented Software Engineer to join their team. This young, dynamic, hyper growth company is looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join them. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great

Your responsibilities will include the following:
? Design and build solutions to assist 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 the best place to shop at, a happy customer is a repeat customer
? Drive for excellence, to help foster a world-class engineering tea
? You will do Python Development – Yes, they will teach you – therefore you don’t have to know Python

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 + experience in a software development role (Any Object Orientated Software Development)
? 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:
? Employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
? Have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and they are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where to improve.
? They are short on ego and high on output.
? Doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all.
? Love what they do and what they are creating.

They 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
? thinks like an owner of the business.
? is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING