[Hiring] Search Software Engineer @takealot.com

Role Description

Takealot.com, South Africa’s leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Software Engineer (Search) to join our team. We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Develop robust software in the e-commerce domain.
• Implement best practices to improve existing software and participate in the development of new features.
• Provide after-hours support on a rotational basis to resolve critical system issues if needed.
• Maintain our search stack, transitioning from Elasticsearch to Vertex AI Search.
• Design and build solutions to assist business users and improve customer experience.
• Develop high-quality production code for work of high complexity and scale.
• Utilize and improve functional and non-functional testing practices.
• Champion, challenge, and iterate on best practices within engineering.
• Respond to and resolve bugs in production for systems in your division.
• Investigate and drive the resolution of issues that impact multiple teams.
• Support and define new engineering processes and directives.
• React to technology trends, identifying risks and opportunities for your division's technologies.
• Share knowledge through blog posts, tech talks, and workshops across engineering.
• REST and RPC API implementation and maintenance (using Python).
• Develop and maintain automation tests.
• Liaise with various internal stakeholders to discuss project requirements, progress, etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or an Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 5 to 10 years in a software development role.
• Experience with search technologies (Elasticsearch, Vertex AI Search, Solr, Algolia, or any other major third party provider).
• A thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience in writing robust, efficient production code.
• Proficient in a strongly typed open source language such as Python, Java, Golang, etc.
• Exposure to RESTful APIs and web services.
• Experience with SQL database systems.
• Experience with development in a Linux environment.

Requirements

• Familiarity with microservices architecture.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL.
• Memcached, Redis.
• Message Brokers, Queues, and PubSub systems (e.g., Kafka and RabbitMQ).
• Containerisation (e.g., Docker).
• Orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).
• GitHub, Travis CI, Jenkins.
• AWS, GCP, Azure.
• JavaScript, React, jQuery.

Benefits

• Market-related Total Remuneration Package with full flexibility.
• Remote working options with in-office interactions available.
• Mentorship programme for professional growth.
• Access to Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning platforms.
• Regular social events and out-of-office activities.
• Staff discount on Takealotmore subscriptions and products.
• Birthday leave for your special day.
• Latest tech tools and equipment for your work.
• Confidential counselling, legal support, and financial guidance.
• Free parking available.