Software Developer

SUMMARY:
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.

POSITION INFO:

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 them 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

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