Vacancies

This position reports to the Engineering Team Lead.

Your responsibilities will include the following:

• 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

Qualifications/Experience:

• A suitable degree or similar qualification
• Experience in writing robust, efficient production code
• Experience with SQL database systems
• Experience with development in a Linux environment
• Proficient in a strongly typed language such as Scala, Java or C#
• Open to diversifying language skill set
• Experience with the following will be advantageous:
  • Scala
  • Play Framework
  • Akka Actors
  • React
  • Postgres
  • Mqtt & Kafka
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Graphite and Grafana
  • Git

The Environment:

• The company employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of the company being the leading e-commerce company in
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can
• We are short on ego and high on
• We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after
• We love what we do and what we are

We 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 for the
• thinks like an owner of the business.
• is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING