Engineering Manager

Mr D, a division of the Takealot Group, is looking for an Engineering Manager to join their team in Cape Town. The successful candidate will lead a team of Software Engineers, drive a culture of quality and personal accountability, and have hands-on experience in designing and building high-performance, scalable, and distributed backend systems.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years in a leadership role
• Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience leading and managing a team of engineers on complex software projects
• Experience influencing a team of developers to deliver highly available and scalable solutions
• Experience designing or architecting new and existing systems
• Experience with stateless architecture design, microservices, and the understanding of the strengths and weaknesses thereof
• Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience with cloud service providers like GCP/AWS and development in a *nix environment
• Strong hands-on experience in Python development, with a mindset for developing optimized code
• Experience with creating APIs and using databases (relational & non-relational)

Benefits

• Market-related, Total Remuneration Package
• Free parking
• Confidential counselling, legal support, and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning
• Birthday leave
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the Takealot Group during regular social events and out-of-office activities