Meet Ozow:  

Ozow is a leading fintech company that's redefining digital payments in South Africa and beyond. We're dedicated to making payments more accessible, secure, and convenient for both businesses and consumers. As a fast-growing player in the financial technology sector, Ozow fosters a culture of innovation, diversity, and inclusivity. We believe in pushing the boundaries of what's possible and are committed to making a positive impact on the world through our payment solutions.  

More about this Ozow fantastic position 

Many support queries are of a technical nature and therefore as an Ozow support engineer you should have a good understanding of Ozow’s system, programming languages, techniques, and concepts used. A key part of this role would be to assist external developers in their attempts to successfully integrate their respective systems with the Ozow system.  

From a support technician to engineers’ point of view, your role is to ensure that customers receive excellent and consistent service to a high standard and handle issues in an efficient and friendly manner. You need to ensure that you know the policies and SLAs that are in place and always adhere to them.   

In the role of support, you are accountable for your own actions, representing the company in the best light possible by always demonstrating our core values. Ultimately, as a team we are all accountable to the customer as they use the services we offer.   

You are an ideal candidate if you have:  

• A proven minimum experience of 2-4 years as a Technical Support Agent 
• Relevant tertiary qualification in information technology, Computer Science or relevant field  
• Experience working with APIs and system integrations  
• Experience in dealing with payment gateways is a nice to have (not a requirement) 
• Experience troubleshooting logs and using dev tools such as Postman to identify root causes 
• An ability to assist other engineering teams and merchants in their integration of our services 
• The ability to work shifts and stand by as Our TSE team provides 24/7 support 
• A good understanding of computer systems, mobile devices, and other technical products  
• The ability to diagnose and troubleshoot basic technical issues  
• Familiarity with remote desktop applications and help desk software 
• Excellent problem-solving skills  
• An ability to work under pressure, particularly when dealing with times of high demand 
• The ability to provide step-by-step technical help, both written and verbal  

Mr D, a division of the Takealot Group, is seeking a highly talented Software Engineer (Android) to join our team and craft the ultimate mobile experience for our thousands of daily active users. Be part of our mission to revolutionise the mobile eCommerce and food delivery landscape in South Africa.

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Show the millions of Mr D customers what you can do.
• Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and upskill in record time. 
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, TFS and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance. 

Who’s who in the tech space:

This position reports to an Engineering Manager. 

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Take ownership, build and maintain our bleeding edge mobile eCommerce Android application.
• Design, develop and test code written in Java/Kotlin.
• Apply best practice and ensure stability and security of the applications.
• Monitor and profile application performance.
• Take part in daily standup; manage your time and workload effectively.
• Collaborate with creative, content and engineering teams to design and develop a world-class Android application.
• Publish applications to the Google Play Store.

The skills we need:

• Strong Computer Science and programming fundamentals.
• Experience architecting, developing, testing and maintaining Android mobile applications.
• Experience with network requests to RESTful APIs (JSON) using best practice.
• Full understanding of the Android application, activity and fragment life-cycles.
• Appreciation of Android-specific asynchronous processing techniques.
• Knowledge and appreciation of Android user experience design patterns.
• Experience using GIT, Jira and Confluence.
• Experience developing in an Agile team environment.
• Be accountable, engaging and inventive.
• Work alongside a QA engineer regarding testing and product finalisation.

Qualifications & Experience: 

• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering or related field with a minimum of 3-5 years experience in a software development role.
• In the absence of a degree or diploma, a minimum of 6 years of equivalent experience in a software development role is required.
• For the Senior Android Engineer a minimum of 5 years native android experience is required including team lead experience 
• For the Mid-level Android Engineer a minimum of 3 years native android experience is required
• Solid understanding and experience with Android architecture
• Solid understanding and experience with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
• Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals
• Familiarity with Figma and Photoshop, as well as Google Maps, Firebase, and Braze.

Let’s talk about life @ Mr D 

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.
• Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? We offer a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
• Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best, by learning from the best.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the takealot group during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. 
• Right tools, right job: You’ll work on the latest tech, off the latest tech.
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere. 
• Tech stack (for days): Angular, Python, Kotlin, Swift, AWS, Kafka, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, IOT and all things machine learning. If you build it, they will come.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to). 

Like what you see? 

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Mr D  is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference

Mr D, a division of the Takealot Group, is seeking a highly talented Software Engineer (Android) to join our team and craft the ultimate mobile experience for our thousands of daily active users. Be part of our mission to revolutionise the mobile eCommerce and food delivery landscape in South Africa.

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Show the millions of Mr D customers what you can do.
• Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and upskill in record time. 
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, TFS and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance. 

Who’s who in the tech space:

This position reports to an Engineering Manager. 

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Take ownership, build and maintain our bleeding edge mobile eCommerce Android application.
• Design, develop and test code written in Java/Kotlin.
• Apply best practice and ensure stability and security of the applications.
• Monitor and profile application performance.
• Take part in daily standup; manage your time and workload effectively.
• Collaborate with creative, content and engineering teams to design and develop a world-class Android application.
• Publish applications to the Google Play Store.

The skills we need:

• Strong Computer Science and programming fundamentals.
• Experience architecting, developing, testing and maintaining Android mobile applications.
• Experience with network requests to RESTful APIs (JSON) using best practice.
• Full understanding of the Android application, activity and fragment life-cycles.
• Appreciation of Android-specific asynchronous processing techniques.
• Knowledge and appreciation of Android user experience design patterns.
• Experience using GIT, Jira and Confluence.
• Experience developing in an Agile team environment.
• Be accountable, engaging and inventive.
• Work alongside a QA engineer regarding testing and product finalisation.

Qualifications & Experience: 

• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering or related field with a minimum of 3-5 years experience in a software development role.
• In the absence of a degree or diploma, a minimum of 6 years of equivalent experience in a software development role is required.
• For the Senior Android Engineer a minimum of 5 years native android experience is required including team lead experience 
• For the Mid-level Android Engineer a minimum of 3 years native android experience is required
• Solid understanding and experience with Android architecture
• Solid understanding and experience with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
• Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals
• Familiarity with Figma and Photoshop, as well as Google Maps, Firebase, and Braze.

Let’s talk about life @ Mr D 

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.
• Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? We offer a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
• Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best, by learning from the best.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the takealot group during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. 
• Right tools, right job: You’ll work on the latest tech, off the latest tech.
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere. 
• Tech stack (for days): Angular, Python, Kotlin, Swift, AWS, Kafka, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, IOT and all things machine learning. If you build it, they will come.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to). 

Like what you see? 

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Mr D  is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference

As a Senior Software Engineer - GoLang (Supply Chain) at Bash you’ll have a far-reaching impact on the commerce experience for both our customers and store staff. You’ll work in a dynamic cross-functional team closely aligned around the customer journey, with the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects and technologies.

WHAT SUPPLY CHAIN DOES:

The Supply Chain division is the beating heart of every ecommerce business. 

• Orchestrating the order through the entire lifecycle
• Pick and Pack solutions for warehouses and hubs
• Logistics systems (including our own courier BashDelivery)
• Managing customer returns.
• And much much more

WHO YOU ARE:

• Collaboration with the team as part of an Agile development process.
• Manage your JIRA tasks, removing ambiguity from your tickets to streamline development 
• Assist your team on operational tasks related to the platform.
• Build relationships with developers, product managers and other colleagues
• Influence the team to build resilient, maintainable solutions.
• Participate in the on-call rotation for for critical system alerts

WHAT YOU HAVE:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• BSc Computer Science or equivalent is encouraged (strong work experience can fill this gap)
• 5+ years experience writing backend code and/or doing some frontend work on web and/or mobile applications
  • We primarily use Golang for our backend services, and Retool for our frontend applications
• In-depth knowledge of databases, data structures, algorithms and an interest in distributed systems
• Experience in a scripting language
• Great problem-solving skills
• A passion for observability and monitoring of the services you build
• Experience owning the deployment process of your services and applications in Amazon Web Services and Kubernetes
• Ability to work effectively across teams to deliver results, with good verbal and written communication skills

We ask a few optional demographic questions to monitor fairness in hiring and comply with South Africa’s Employment Equity requirements. Your responses are confidential - stored separately from your application and never shown to hiring panels. We review the data only in aggregate to strengthen our sourcing so pipelines are diverse and all candidates receive equitable support. You can skip any question.

Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack

Experience: 4+ years

Where the job is based:  Stellenbosch, South Africa

This role demands flexibility to work during UK hours

Who we are:

Dive into a world where technology meets innovation. At Kerv South Africa, we're not just another tech company. We’re the problem solvers, the magicians who transform complex challenges into seamless digital experiences. Utilising a powerful blend of Power Platform, DevSecOps, Data experiences, and Software Engineering, we create business solutions that truly resonate with our clients while driving extreme value!

With our roots planted in Birmingham and branches spreading across the globe from London to Bangalore, we're a proud member of the Kerv Group - a dynamic £112m revenue technology consultancy leader with a dedicated team of over 700 professionals, partnering with 800+ sector leaders.

People come first always.  We are incredibly proud of our unparalleled work culture. Not just words on paper, we wear our "Great Place to Work" certifications from the UK and India like badges of honour. Immerse yourself in an ocean of opportunities in an atmosphere that celebrates collaboration. Sharpen your prowess with a global multi-discipline team and be guided by the industry's most forward-thinking architects.

Primary Responsibility:

• Develop and maintain scalable, full-stack web applications using Next.js (frontend) and Node.js (backend)
• Build rich, user-centric interfaces that bring complex business processes to life through clean and responsive UI components
• Create RESTful using Node.js and TypeORM, with strong data modelling and performance in mind
• Write modular, maintainable code with comprehensive unit and integration tests, following TDD, using frameworks like Jest and Supertest
• Design and manage infrastructure components using Docker Compose, Terraform and deploy to AWS services (EC2, ECS, RDS, S3, etc.)
• Translate UI/UX wireframes into functional front-end code with high attention to performance and accessibility
• Produce clear and concise technical documentation using DDD
• Collaborate with Engineers, Product, DevOps, and QA to ensure seamless end-to-end delivery
• Participate in code reviews, trunk-based development, continuous integration, and agile development practices

Essential Skills:  

• Strong experience with OO, enterprise integration, microservice and serverless architecture
• Strong experience with js or React.js, including SSR/ISR concepts
• Proficiency in js, Express.js/Fastify, and TypeORM or equivalent ORM tools
• Solid understanding of TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3
• Experience working with Docker Compose for local development and containerized deployment
• Comfortable using AWS services like EC2, ECS, RDS, and S3
• Strong knowledge of RESTful API design, error handling, and security best practices
• Experience with unit and integration testing using tools like Jest, Mocha, or Supertest
• Proficient using as Git, and CI/CD pipelines

Desirable Skills:  

• Knowledge of PostgreSQL, MariaDB, GraphQL, or MongoDB
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Biceps)
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum development practices
• Prior experience in building isomorphic/universal React applications
• Experience with mobile-first design or progressive web apps (PWAs)

We’re also looking for people that fit how we work, which is something like; 

• Excellent English speaking and written communication
• Ability to identify and pick up new technologies and operating systems quickly
• Ability to work effectively with remote teams in different time zones
• Ability to work flexibly to deliver on-time to tight timescales

What we can do for you:

We’re a transparent, honest and fiercely equal employer that believes completely in providing the best possible work experience for our employees:  

Real Flexibility – we’re a family first organisation, and if the work gets done, you can work when and wherever you want. A healthy approach for most of our teams seems to be splitting three ways between home, customer sites and the office. 

Awesome Environment – all of our employees will tell you that we foster an easy going environment, are experts at what we do and care deeply about what we work on, and the company was started specifically to find a way for people to take more enjoyment from their work. 

Interesting Work – these days most of our customers are household names and many of our projects have an important impact on the world around us. The kind of things we do regularly include working with not-for-profits to transform how they leverage technology, working with public bodies to shape digital services and working with top tier private entities to bring genuinely new and meaningful products and services to market. 

Recognition & Growth – Recognized as a 'Great Place to Work' in both the UK and India, our commitment to excellence goes beyond our products and services. Our culture is a testament to the dedicated technologists who work tirelessly to drive our vision forward. Being a part of Kerv Digital means embracing a culture of innovation, collaboration, and mutual respect. Our teams in the UK and India thrive in an atmosphere that promotes continuous learning and growth.

Join us at Kerv Digital, where we don’t just build ground breaking technology - we build future.

Don’t take our word for it though, check out our impartial Glass Door reviews

More on equality:

At Kerv, we’re building something special and we’re building it to last. We want everybody to feel valued, included and love working together. With an uncompromising pursuit of amazing employee experience, we always strive to do the right thing. We believe and will relentlessly promote and support the power of diversity, equality and belonging, through collaboration and creating exceptional solutions together.