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Software Engineer (Logistics)

  • Medium Level
  • Type Fixed
  • Duration: More than 06 months
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We are an energetic team fully responsible for all the systems required to support the Takealot Group's delivery network, as well as the unique challenges that come with logistics and scale. We have adopted a microservices architecture to both isolate our logic and to enable scale. We follow the event driven architecture as well as utilize a graph database to model our delivery network. We are currently working through unique problems in the logistics space and are actively researching the usage of the actor model design pattern and graph traversal optimization.

 

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, Superbalist.com and Mr D Food. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.

 

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This position reports to the Software Engineering Manager.

 

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

  • Developing and optimizing systems to manage both parcel and food delivery throughout South Africa
  • Working with business to improve processes to allow for more efficient deliveries
  • Researching and defining solutions within the logistic domain
  • Working predominantly on open source platforms
  • End to end ownership of solutions

 

Attributes required:

  • Solid communication skills
  • Proactive
  • Ability to adapt to change
  • Problem-solver
  • Solutions-oriented
  • Willing to learn as well as teach others

 

Our Tech Stack:

  • Scala
  • Play Framework
  • Angular
  • Postgres
  • Kafka
  • Cassandra DB
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Google Cloud
  • Graphite and Grafana
  • Git

 

Qualifications & Experience:

 

  • Degree in Computer Science or a similar qualification
  • At least 3 years of experience in writing robust, efficient production code
  • Experience with SQL database systems
  • Experience with development in a Linux environment
  • Proficient in languages such as Java, Scala, Angular, Python, or C#
  • Open to diversifying language skill set
  • In the event that you do not have a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma, an equivalent experience requirement must be met

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Skills Required

Java MYSQL Python C#