Mid-Level Python Engineer: Mr D - Takealot

Mr D, a division of takealot.com, is looking for a highly talented Mid Level Python Software Engineer to join our team in Cape Town.

As a Mid- Level Software Development Engineer (Python) you will help to architect, implement, support and maintain scalable services in a heterogeneous environment. You will be able to influence both business and architectural decisions, while working on end-to-end technology solutions.

This position reports to the Platform Engineering Director.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Build systems to scale with our growth of business, leveraging new technologies and AWS Cloud services.
• Work closely with other engineers, professional services team and product managers to design the software solutions with a focus on reliability, performance and usability.
• Develop, enhance and maintain backend systems in a heterogeneous environment of different languages and technologies, with an emphasis on Python.
• Apply and foster best software development life cycle practices bringing speed and quality to your team.
• Continuously learn and improve your knowledge and the deliverables.

The skills we need:

• Thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, OO concepts, data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with creating APIs.
• Experience in developing distributed backend systems and Micro Service architecture.
• Experience with *nix and Python.
• Passion for learning new skills and appreciation to invent and simplify.

Nice to have:

• Experience with cloud service providers, specifically AWS Cloud technologies.
• Experience using GIT version control.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Elastic, Redis)
• Experience with event streaming (Kafka, Kinesis)
• Experience with containers and orchestration (docker, ECS, Kubernetes)

Qualifications and experience:

• Computer Science Degree.
• Minimum 2 to 3 years experience