Python Jobs in Cape Town.
All active Python roles based in Cape Town.
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Guide and support development teams on infrastructure, security, and automation best practices.
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Act as a trusted enabler - removing blockers and accelerating delivery through smart tooling and process improvements.
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Contribute to architecture decisions, particularly around cloud-native and serverless workloads.
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Design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using TeamCity and related tooling.
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Automate repetitive processes across build, test, and deployment workflows.
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Drive the team's shift toward infrastructure-as-code and self-service automation.
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Manage and optimise cloud infrastructure on AWS, including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and ECS.
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Support the migration of workloads toward containerisation using Docker and ECS.
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Maintain high availability, performance, and cost-efficiency across all environments.
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Own environment provisioning and configuration management for both Linux and Windows workloads.
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Embed security practices into the software delivery lifecycle (DevSecOps).
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Monitor infrastructure for vulnerabilities and ensure adherence to fintech regulatory standards.
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Implement and maintain access controls, secrets management, and audit logging.
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Set up and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability tooling across production and staging environments.
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Respond to and lead resolution of infrastructure incidents, conducting post-mortems to prevent recurrence.
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Ensure uptime and reliability targets are consistently met.
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Champion the ongoing journey toward serverless architectures (AWS Lambda / Azure Functions).
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Evaluate and recommend tooling improvements that support Ozow's evolving technical roadmap.
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Collaborate with engineering to modernise legacy infrastructure components incrementally.
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Maintain up-to-date documentation on infrastructure, pipelines, and runbooks.
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Drive adoption of automation and AI-assisted tooling to reduce toil and increase team velocity.
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Lead or contribute to the rollout of new systems, platforms, and DevOps tooling changes across the team.
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An IT diploma or degree (or equivalent hands-on experience).
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At least 3 years of relevant work experience in a DevOps, SysOps, or Infrastructure Engineering role.
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Solid experience with CI/CD pipelines - specifically TeamCity (Ozow's tool of choice).
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Strong knowledge of AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and ECS.
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Hands-on experience with Docker and container orchestration via Kubernetes or ECS.
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Proficiency in both Linux and Windows server environments.
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Experience with scripting and automation (Bash, PowerShell, Python, or similar).
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A strong security mindset with experience implementing DevSecOps practices.
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Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
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Excellent communication skills - you can translate complex infrastructure concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
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Experience in a high-availability, regulated industry (fintech, banking, or similar) is a bonus.
Your skills and competencies
- You eagerly embrace change, absorb cross-functional skills, and connect ideas across disciplines to drive fresh thinking and innovation.
- Ability to initiate, develop, maintain and leverage outstanding relationships to influence a wide network, both inside and outside the company.
- A trailblazer who steps up, takes charge, and creates meaningful impact—those driven by performance and purpose to lead from the front and make a real difference every day.
- You thrive in collaboration, embrace inclusion, and bring a genuine curiosity for global cultures—valuing collective success over individual credit.
- Demonstrate strategic foresight, sound judgement, and the ability to make confident decisions under uncertainty, always working toward the best possible outcomes.
- You challenge norms, champion innovation, and constantly seek growth—for themselves, their team, and the solutions they build.
- You are a decisive doer—those who take initiative, follow through with confidence, and ensure results through courageous, hands-on leadership.
- We value optimism, agility, and the strength to persevere under pressure—balancing performance with positivity, even in challenging environments.
- You are driven, proactive individuals who take ownership, face challenges with grit, and consistently push for excellence—not just as participants, but as catalysts for success.
Interview process
During the interview process you will meet with the People team, the hiring manager, and relevant CSuite. Be prepared to complete a technical assessment that will showcase your skills.
In office perks
- Healthy breakfast, lunches and snacks
- Monthly team connects
- On-site Barista
Perks for South African based employees
- Medical aid subsidy
- Group Risk Insurance
- Generous paid annual leave
- Birthday leave
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Mentorship programme
- Quarterly team building
- Community initiatives
- Access to cutting edge technology - Ozow Tech Stack
Our Employee Value Proposition
Join Ozow and become part of an elite force that challenges the ordinary and achieves the extraordinary. If you're driven to make an impact, embrace challenges, and seek unparalleled opportunities for growth, your journey starts here.
Compliance
As a fintech company, we prioritize data security, confidentiality, regulatory and compliance. Due to the sensitive nature of our work, we require individuals with a high level of integrity and trustworthiness to ensure adherence to financial regulations and industry standards. Given the sensitive nature of our work, all employees are expected to demonstrate professionalism, accountability, and a commitment to ethical conduct in line with financial regulations and industry standards
Ready to be exceptional? Apply now!
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Interested in joining our rocket ship?
To find out more about life at Ozow, head over to our Careers Page here!
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Software Engineer (Python)
Takealot.com, South Africa’s leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Software Engineer (Python) to join our team. We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!
Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!
- Scale: Over 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Show them what you can do.
- Learn: We work with the best of the best. Code alongside industry leaders and up-skill in record time.
- Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.
Who’s who in the tech space
This position reports to the respective team's manager.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
As a Software Engineer, you will be someone whose expertise directly translates into developing robust software in the e-commerce domain. You will have the opportunity to implement best practices to improve existing software and participate in the development of new features. While we don't promote after-hours work as part of the regular workday, we run a 24/7 business with the need to keep systems up and running. Software Engineers are expected to provide after-hours support on a rotational basis to resolve critical system issues if needed.
- Design and build solutions to assist our business users and improve customer experience
- Architect and design solutions with your team
- Develop code, making major improvements to non-functional areas
- 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
- Design solutions for complex problems with difficult decision trade-offs, typically system or domain-wide
- Participate in and collaborate on architecture proposals across engineering
- Support alignment of architecture across the organisation
- Respond to and resolve bugs in production for systems in your division
- Respond to alerts and support incident response within your division
- Investigate and drive the resolution of issues that impact multiple teams
- Support, challenge existing, and define new engineering processes and directives
- Review and contribute fixes and content to internal documentation
- React to technology trends, identifying risks and opportunities for your division's technologies, systems, and domains
- Share knowledge through blog posts, tech talks, and workshops across engineering
- Contribute to discussions and decisions in the division
- Challenge others to always produce work of the highest quality
- 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.
The skills we need:
- Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude, and high energy
- Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions
- Ability to dis-aggregate and structure solutions to ambiguous problems
- Solid quantitative skills
- Capability to present ideas succinctly, in writing and verbally
- Versatile and with the appetite to learn by doing
Qualifications & Experience:
- 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
- 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
Experience in the following will be advantageous:
- 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
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package that 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: Enjoy the flexibility of working from home while having the option for in-office interactions. Takealot.com provides a fully remote setup with the choice to visit the office to relish in those water cooler moments when desired.
- 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 at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
- Staff discount: Takealotmore subscriptions and millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Right tools, right job: Mac or Linux, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech, off the latest tech.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support, and financial guidance, anytime, anywhere.
- Tech stack (for days): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes, 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!!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Takealot Group
Software Engineer (Python)
Takealot.com, South Africa’s leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Software Engineer (Python) to join our team. We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!
Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!
- Scale: Over 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Show them what you can do.
- Learn: We work with the best of the best. Code alongside industry leaders and up-skill in record time.
- Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.
Who’s who in the tech space
This position reports to the respective team's manager.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
As a Software Engineer, you will be someone whose expertise directly translates into developing robust software in the e-commerce domain. You will have the opportunity to implement best practices to improve existing software and participate in the development of new features. While we don't promote after-hours work as part of the regular workday, we run a 24/7 business with the need to keep systems up and running. Software Engineers are expected to provide after-hours support on a rotational basis to resolve critical system issues if needed.
- Design and build solutions to assist our business users and improve customer experience
- Architect and design solutions with your team
- Develop code, making major improvements to non-functional areas
- 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
- Design solutions for complex problems with difficult decision trade-offs, typically system or domain-wide
- Participate in and collaborate on architecture proposals across engineering
- Support alignment of architecture across the organisation
- Respond to and resolve bugs in production for systems in your division
- Respond to alerts and support incident response within your division
- Investigate and drive the resolution of issues that impact multiple teams
- Support, challenge existing, and define new engineering processes and directives
- Review and contribute fixes and content to internal documentation
- React to technology trends, identifying risks and opportunities for your division's technologies, systems, and domains
- Share knowledge through blog posts, tech talks, and workshops across engineering
- Contribute to discussions and decisions in the division
- Challenge others to always produce work of the highest quality
- 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.
The skills we need:
- Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude, and high energy
- Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions
- Ability to dis-aggregate and structure solutions to ambiguous problems
- Solid quantitative skills
- Capability to present ideas succinctly, in writing and verbally
- Versatile and with the appetite to learn by doing
Qualifications & Experience:
- 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
- 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
Experience in the following will be advantageous:
- 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
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package that 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: Enjoy the flexibility of working from home while having the option for in-office interactions. Takealot.com provides a fully remote setup with the choice to visit the office to relish in those water cooler moments when desired.
- 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 at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
- Staff discount: Takealotmore subscriptions and millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Right tools, right job: Mac or Linux, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech, off the latest tech.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support, and financial guidance, anytime, anywhere.
- Tech stack (for days): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes, 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!!
Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
Ready to apply?
Apply to takealot.com
Mid-level User Experience Designer
Takealot.com, South Africa’s leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented User Experience (UX) Designer with strong interests and capabilities in the research, design, and data analysis of engaging user experiences for Takealot sellers to join our Merchant team. We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!
Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!
- Scale: Over 4.5 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Show them what you can do.
- Learn: We work with the best of the best.
- 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.
The ideal candidate will thrive in a work environment that requires strong problem-solving skills and independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for team collaboration and open communication. This individual excels at providing both highly analytical and highly creative ideas for a design project. The candidate will also have extensive experience in a fast-paced and innovative development environment. A thorough understanding of user-centered design methodologies is a must.
This position is part of the Takealot UX Team but is dedicated to Merchant design work. The successful candidate will report to the Head of Experience Design and the Head of Merchant.
Your responsibilities:
- Work closely with the Head of Merchant, product managers & business stakeholders to confirm business objectives and define user objectives & flows.
- Measure the effectiveness of each initiative & refine it.
- Research interaction design trends.
- Conduct research independently.
- Run surveys in a timely and accurate manner.
- Collect survey data, analyze data, and capture and collate data results.
- Interpret the analyzed data.
- Build high-fidelity wireframes and working prototypes.
- Collaborate with technical leads in order to design innovative & engaging user experiences within platform constraints and technical limitations.
- Facilitate user testing and evaluate user feedback to further improve the concept or existing products.
- Work closely with the development & QA teams to ensure successful implementation of the specified designs.
- Propose further research, testing, and designs based on user needs.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications required or equivalent experience
- You should have a minimum of 5 years of experience in design research, conducting surveys and interviews, and performing data analysis.
- You have at least 5 years of experience working with data sets, and you are comfortable doing data analysis and reporting based on data.
- Experience designing interfaces in a customer and user-centric manner.
- Experience with standard UCD methodologies.
- Experience with marketplace design & UI design would be beneficial.
The skills we need:
Design skills:
- Information architecture & information design
- Tables and portal design
- Interaction design
- Persona creation
- User-centered design
- UI design (low fidelity)
- Wireframing & prototyping
- Copywriting
Research skills:
- Data analysis
- Surveying
- Interviewing
- Task analysis
- Market research
- Usability testing
- A/B testing
- Web analytics
- User research
- Meticulous attention to data analysis (qualitatively and quantitatively), a high level of proven accuracy
Business Skills:
- Business analysis
- Communication skills (written, verbal & visual)
- Chairing workshops & meetings
- Project & people management
- Collaboration
Tools:
Strong working knowledge of the following web design tools
- Wireframing tools (e.g., Axure, Sketch, Figma, etc.)
- Process flow tools
- Survey tools
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package that 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? Takealot.com offers 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? Upskill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and more.
- Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
- Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech, off the latest tech.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counseling, legal support, and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
- Tech stack (for days): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes, 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!!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference
Ready to apply?
Apply to Takealot Group
Mid-level User Experience Designer
Takealot.com, South Africa’s leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented User Experience (UX) Designer with strong interests and capabilities in the research, design, and data analysis of engaging user experiences for Takealot sellers to join our Merchant team. We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!
Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!
- Scale: Over 4.5 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Show them what you can do.
- Learn: We work with the best of the best.
- 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.
The ideal candidate will thrive in a work environment that requires strong problem-solving skills and independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for team collaboration and open communication. This individual excels at providing both highly analytical and highly creative ideas for a design project. The candidate will also have extensive experience in a fast-paced and innovative development environment. A thorough understanding of user-centered design methodologies is a must.
This position is part of the Takealot UX Team but is dedicated to Merchant design work. The successful candidate will report to the Head of Experience Design and the Head of Merchant.
Your responsibilities:
- Work closely with the Head of Merchant, product managers & business stakeholders to confirm business objectives and define user objectives & flows.
- Measure the effectiveness of each initiative & refine it.
- Research interaction design trends.
- Conduct research independently.
- Run surveys in a timely and accurate manner.
- Collect survey data, analyze data, and capture and collate data results.
- Interpret the analyzed data.
- Build high-fidelity wireframes and working prototypes.
- Collaborate with technical leads in order to design innovative & engaging user experiences within platform constraints and technical limitations.
- Facilitate user testing and evaluate user feedback to further improve the concept or existing products.
- Work closely with the development & QA teams to ensure successful implementation of the specified designs.
- Propose further research, testing, and designs based on user needs.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications required or equivalent experience
- You should have a minimum of 5 years of experience in design research, conducting surveys and interviews, and performing data analysis.
- You have at least 5 years of experience working with data sets, and you are comfortable doing data analysis and reporting based on data.
- Experience designing interfaces in a customer and user-centric manner.
- Experience with standard UCD methodologies.
- Experience with marketplace design & UI design would be beneficial.
The skills we need:
Design skills:
- Information architecture & information design
- Tables and portal design
- Interaction design
- Persona creation
- User-centered design
- UI design (low fidelity)
- Wireframing & prototyping
- Copywriting
Research skills:
- Data analysis
- Surveying
- Interviewing
- Task analysis
- Market research
- Usability testing
- A/B testing
- Web analytics
- User research
- Meticulous attention to data analysis (qualitatively and quantitatively), a high level of proven accuracy
Business Skills:
- Business analysis
- Communication skills (written, verbal & visual)
- Chairing workshops & meetings
- Project & people management
- Collaboration
Tools:
Strong working knowledge of the following web design tools
- Wireframing tools (e.g., Axure, Sketch, Figma, etc.)
- Process flow tools
- Survey tools
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package that 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? Takealot.com offers 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? Upskill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and more.
- Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
- Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech, off the latest tech.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counseling, legal support, and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
- Tech stack (for days): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes, 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!!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference
Ready to apply?
Apply to takealot.com
Product Data Lead
About impact.com
impact.com is the world’s leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products—Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral)—unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most. Today, over 5,000 global brands, including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oréal, and Fanatics, rely on impact.com to power more than 225,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.
About the Role
We're seeking a Senior Data Scientist specializing in Fraud and Risk to join our Cape Town Data Science team. In this role, you'll be at the forefront of protecting our affiliate marketing ecosystem by researching, developing, and deploying ML models that detect and prevent fraud across attribution, lead quality, and partner compliance. You'll work on high-impact problems spanning traditional fraud patterns and emerging threats—from attribution manipulation to browser extension abuse—while building production systems that scale. This is an opportunity to combine rigorous analytical work with tangible business impact in a fast-moving, adversarial domain.
Core Responsibilities
Research & model development
- Conduct R&D on fraud detection and risk monitoring across the digital advertising ecosystem, including attribution fraud, lead fraud, click injection, browser extension abuse (e.g., Honey-style coupon hijacking), brand safety violations, and creator authenticity verification.
- Design, prototype, and validate ML models and rule-based systems for fraud detection, partner risk scoring, compliance monitoring, and trust & safety workflows.
- Research and apply graph-based fraud detection techniques (community detection, link analysis, behavioral clustering) and explore graph database applications for modeling relationships between users, devices, transactions, and partners to uncover coordinated fraud rings and suspicious network patterns.
- Stay ahead of emerging fraud patterns through continuous learning—monitoring industry trends, reviewing academic literature, exploring data for novel anomalies, and collaborating closely with Product, Compliance, and Trust & Safety teams.
Production deployment & iteration
- Deploy Fraud and Risk ML models to production; own the end-to-end delivery from ETL, feature engineering, model training, deployment, to monitoring.
- Iterate on live models by adding new features, improving performance (precision/recall/F1), and reducing false positives.
- Partner with MLOps and Engineering to ensure models are robust, scalable, and production-ready (testing, alerts, drift monitoring, retraining pipelines).
Data analytics & insights
- Perform deep-dive analyses on fraud trends, partner behavior, and risk patterns to inform model strategy and business decisions.
- Translate analytical findings into actionable recommendations for Product, Marketing, and Finance stakeholders.
- Build dashboards and reports to communicate model performance, fraud impact, and risk metrics to leadership.
Cross-functional collaboration
- Work closely with Product, Engineering, Compliance, and Finance to scope requirements, prioritize work, and align on success metrics.
- Communicate technical work clearly to non-technical audiences; present findings and tradeoffs in planning forums and reviews.
- Contribute to a culture of experimentation, documentation, and knowledge sharing within the Data Science team.
Requirements
Essential
- Experience: 5+ years in data science, ML, or advanced analytics, with at least 2+ years focused on fraud detection, risk modeling, or anomaly detection in production environments.
- Fraud & risk domain expertise: Demonstrated experience building and deploying fraud or risk models (classification, anomaly detection, time-series analysis, graph-based methods).
- Technical skills:
- Strong Python and SQL; proficiency with ML libraries (scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, or similar).
- Experience with feature engineering, model evaluation (ROC/AUC, precision-recall, cost-sensitive learning), and handling imbalanced datasets.
- Familiarity with production ML workflows (versioning, monitoring, A/B testing, model retraining).
- Analytical rigor: Strong foundation in statistics and ML; ability to design experiments, validate models, and interpret results with business context.
- Communication: Ability to translate complex technical work into clear insights for stakeholders; experience presenting to cross-functional teams.
- Education: Bachelor's in a quantitative field (CS, Statistics, Math, Engineering, or similar); Master's/PhD preferred.
Preferred / Nice to have
- Experience in affiliate marketing, ad tech, or e-commerce fraud (attribution fraud, click fraud, lead validation, coupon abuse).
- Familiarity with browser extension detection, fingerprinting, or device/user identity resolution.
- Experience with graph analytics or network-based fraud detection (community detection, link analysis, behavioral clustering).
- Knowledge of privacy-preserving ML techniques or working with privacy-constrained data.
- Experience with real-time or near-real-time scoring and low-latency deployment (e.g., REST APIs, streaming pipelines).
- Familiarity with GCP tools (BigQuery, Vertex AI, Cloud Run) and/or Databricks/Spark for large-scale data processing.
- Exposure to rule engines, decision trees, or hybrid rule-ML systems for compliance and risk workflows.
What sets you apart
- Adversarial thinking: You understand how fraudsters operate and can anticipate evasion tactics and evolving attack vectors.
- Pragmatic delivery: You balance rigor with speed, prioritizing MVPs and iterative improvement over perfection.
- Business impact orientation: You focus on measurable outcomes (fraud loss reduction, false positive rates, operational efficiency) and communicate ROI clearly.
- Comfort with ambiguity: You thrive in evolving problem spaces, defining your own roadmap when fraud patterns shift or new threats emerge.
- Collaboration and influence: You build trust across teams and can drive adoption of your models through enablement, documentation, and clear storytelling.
Benefits and Perks:
At impact.com, we believe that when you’re happy and fulfilled, you do your best work. That’s why we’ve built a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.
- Flexible Working: Our Responsible PTO policy means you can take the time off you need to rest and recharge. We're committed to a positive work-life balance and provide a flexible environment that allows you to be happy and fulfilled in both your career and your personal life.
- Health and Wellness: Your well-being is a priority. Our mental health and wellness benefit includes up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year, with additional dependent coverage. We also offer a monthly gym reimbursement policy to support your physical health.
- A Stake in Our Growth: We offer Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of our total compensation, giving you a stake in the company's growth with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval.
- Investing in Your Growth: We’re committed to your continuous learning. Take advantage of our free Coursera subscription and our PXA courses.
- Parental Support: We offer a generous parental leave policy, 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver.
- Technology Financial Support: We provide a technology stipend to help you set up your home office and a monthly allowance to cover your internet expenses
impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Impact.com
Mr D - Software Engineer (Android)
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
Ready to apply?
Apply to Takealot Group
Mr D - Software Engineer (Android)
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
Ready to apply?
Apply to takealot.com
Data Analyst - Marketing
takealot.com a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Data Analyst to join our team in Cape Town.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative and hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market-related total remuneration package, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
This role will report to the Senior Data Analyst.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Fetching data from internal data sources (using SQL) & preparing it for analysis (using Python & Google Sheets).
- Analysing datasets to answer questions posed by the Marketing Team: Ranging from deep dives into our data to brief analytical questions around our customers and brands.
- Preparing presentations for completed projects.
- Presenting weekly campaign analysis insights for Marketing activities.
- Delivering accurate analysis within tight deadlines.
- Creating, improving and automating marketing reports to assist managers with tracking performance.
- Collecting and analysing customer, marketing, and behavioural data.
- Analysing key metrics, and identifying opportunities to increase campaign performance.
- Developing and presenting learnings from your analyses, including actionable insights and recommendations.
- Assisting with the development and implementation of key marketing KPIs for budgets and plans
- Creating data visualisations and campaign performance reports.
- Monitoring and analysing digital media and marketing trends.
- Turning business questions into functional analyses to test theories.
- Develop, test & deploy Machine Learning models as required by the Marketing analytics Team.
- Conduct analytical support (Analysis requests for marketing and related teams) to generate valuable insight in understanding campaigns and performance
- Prepare and automate reports for analysis
- Assist with data project automation
- Work on forecast model improvements
- Budget / Plan assistance
Attributes required:
- Analytical and data-driven with a demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and tactically.
- Application of strong commercial insights in order to interpret, simulate and model customer behaviour.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and ability to weave a coherent, compelling narrative around the available data.
- Experience presenting to Senior Management.
- Self-guided learner, self-starter, and curious and passionate about data. You immerse yourself in it and are excited to develop and enhance your marketing analytics skills.
- Ability to work independently, productively, proactively and follow through on all responsibilities to bring projects to a successful conclusion.
- Ability to translate business needs and goals into analytic approach and response
- Ability to work on and prioritise multiple projects that will impact the business at various levels.
- A high-energy with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Solutions-oriented with a can-do attitude
- Highly organised and efficient, with an ability to work towards and meet tight deadlines
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Passion for the brand and customers
Qualifications and Experience:
- Relevant Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering or Business Science
- 5+ years work experience in an analytics environment.
- Extensive experience working with the Python & SQL programming languages.
- Experience using machine learning algorithms and building predictive models ( i.e. k-means clustering, logistic regression, linear regression) is advantageous
- Practical experience using Excel, Google Sheets for data analysis.
- 2+ years of experience using Looker [advantageous]
- 2+ years of experience using Big Query [advantageous]
- Experience using Google Analytics is advantageous
- Experience in Retail or e-commerce environment is advantageous.
- A grounding in marketing and communication principles
The Environment
- Takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
- 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 improve.
- We are short on ego and high on output.
- We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all.
- We love what we do and what we are creating
- 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
- 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 takealot.com.
- thinks like an owner of the business.
- is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Takealot Group
Data Analyst - Marketing
takealot.com a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Data Analyst to join our team in Cape Town.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative and hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market-related total remuneration package, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
This role will report to the Senior Data Analyst.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Fetching data from internal data sources (using SQL) & preparing it for analysis (using Python & Google Sheets).
- Analysing datasets to answer questions posed by the Marketing Team: Ranging from deep dives into our data to brief analytical questions around our customers and brands.
- Preparing presentations for completed projects.
- Presenting weekly campaign analysis insights for Marketing activities.
- Delivering accurate analysis within tight deadlines.
- Creating, improving and automating marketing reports to assist managers with tracking performance.
- Collecting and analysing customer, marketing, and behavioural data.
- Analysing key metrics, and identifying opportunities to increase campaign performance.
- Developing and presenting learnings from your analyses, including actionable insights and recommendations.
- Assisting with the development and implementation of key marketing KPIs for budgets and plans
- Creating data visualisations and campaign performance reports.
- Monitoring and analysing digital media and marketing trends.
- Turning business questions into functional analyses to test theories.
- Develop, test & deploy Machine Learning models as required by the Marketing analytics Team.
- Conduct analytical support (Analysis requests for marketing and related teams) to generate valuable insight in understanding campaigns and performance
- Prepare and automate reports for analysis
- Assist with data project automation
- Work on forecast model improvements
- Budget / Plan assistance
Attributes required:
- Analytical and data-driven with a demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and tactically.
- Application of strong commercial insights in order to interpret, simulate and model customer behaviour.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and ability to weave a coherent, compelling narrative around the available data.
- Experience presenting to Senior Management.
- Self-guided learner, self-starter, and curious and passionate about data. You immerse yourself in it and are excited to develop and enhance your marketing analytics skills.
- Ability to work independently, productively, proactively and follow through on all responsibilities to bring projects to a successful conclusion.
- Ability to translate business needs and goals into analytic approach and response
- Ability to work on and prioritise multiple projects that will impact the business at various levels.
- A high-energy with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Solutions-oriented with a can-do attitude
- Highly organised and efficient, with an ability to work towards and meet tight deadlines
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Passion for the brand and customers
Qualifications and Experience:
- Relevant Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering or Business Science
- 5+ years work experience in an analytics environment.
- Extensive experience working with the Python & SQL programming languages.
- Experience using machine learning algorithms and building predictive models ( i.e. k-means clustering, logistic regression, linear regression) is advantageous
- Practical experience using Excel, Google Sheets for data analysis.
- 2+ years of experience using Looker [advantageous]
- 2+ years of experience using Big Query [advantageous]
- Experience using Google Analytics is advantageous
- Experience in Retail or e-commerce environment is advantageous.
- A grounding in marketing and communication principles
The Environment
- Takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
- 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 improve.
- We are short on ego and high on output.
- We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all.
- We love what we do and what we are creating
- 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
- 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 takealot.com.
- thinks like an owner of the business.
- is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
Ready to apply?
Apply to takealot.com
Senior Analyst (TakealotMORE & Cross Group)
takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Senior Analyst to join our team in Cape Town with a specific focus on TakealotMORE & Cross Group.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment, and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
This position reports to the Group Head: Customer Insights and Engagement
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
TakealotMORE Analytics
- Own subscription growth forecasting, including detailed component-level predictions (free-to-paid conversions, reactivations, cancellations, tier migrations)
- Create and maintain dashboards and reports tracking subscription KPIs, member behaviour, and service utilisation
- Collaborate with data engineering teams to improve subscription attribution measurement and reporting
- Conduct root-cause analyses of subscription metric variances and performance changes
- Analyse subscription customer lifetime value, retention patterns, and churn drivers
- Develop data-driven recommendations for subscriber growth strategies and retention initiatives
- Build predictive models to identify at-risk subscribers and growth opportunities
- Design and analyse A/B tests to optimise subscription experience and conversion funnels
Cross Group Analytics
- Own cross-platform growth forecasting, including detailed component-level predictions
- Develop and maintain attribution frameworks for cross-platform customer journeys and acquisition paths
- Create and maintain dashboards and reports tracking cross-platform rates, attribution and customer behaviour across cohorts.
- Investigate cross-platform performance issues and variances through root-cause analysis
- Conduct cohort analyses, tracking customer behaviour and value creation across the ecosystem
- Map customer interactions across Takealot and Mr D to identify cross-selling and migration opportunities
- Create actionable customer segmentation strategies for targeted marketing and product initiatives
TakealotMORE & Cross Group Marketing Performance
- Measure and optimise marketing campaign performance across the full funnel for TakealotMORE and cross-platform initiatives
- Drive ROAS (Return on Ad Spend) optimisation recommendations for marketing investments
- Establish marketing performance accountability frameworks with measurable growth targets
- Conduct comprehensive new subscriber and customer acquisition analytics, including acquisition cost and performance optimisation
- Track and optimise cross-platform marketing attribution and impact
- Develop marketing attribution frameworks to track customer acquisition and conversion across subscription marketing channels
- Create marketing performance dashboards tracking campaign-driven subscription metrics and acquisition patterns
- Conduct competitive intelligence analysis to inform cross-group marketing strategies and positioning
- Develop and maintain marketing budget allocation frameworks and ROI measurement standards
- Lead marketing performance reviews and accountability reporting across the group
Strategic Analysis & Collaboration
- Collaborate with data engineering and analysts in the business units to ensure data quality, accessibility and correct attribution measurement
- Partner with Marketing, Product, and Technology teams on cross-platform growth and marketing optimisation
- Prioritise and manage analytics/BI requests and backlog; produce executive reports for marketing and growth performance
- Document analytical methods, technical specifications and processes; drive process improvement and knowledge management
- Lead analytical strategy and methodology development across TakealotMORE and Cross Group initiatives
- Present findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders, including marketing leadership and C-suite
Qualifications and Experience:
- Relevant postgraduate qualification in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, or a related quantitative field
- 5-7 years of analytical experience in commercial analytics, management consulting, market research, or similar roles
- Experience with growth target setting and performance accountability reporting
- Experience handling large datasets and building business models
- Experience with subscriptions and/or cross-platform businesses
- Experience developing marketing performance frameworks and accountability systems
- Retail/e-commerce or data science exposure is beneficial
- Experience in cross-functional collaboration with marketing, product, and technology teams
- Marketing analytics experience, including campaign performance, attribution modelling, and ROAS optimisation
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities Required:
Core Technical Skills
- Advanced SQL and R or Python
- Experience working with Google BigQuery (GBQ) and Looker (or similar platforms)
- Google Analytics expertise and certification advantageous
- Advanced statistical methods, hypothesis testing, experimental design, and research methodology
- Machine learning techniques, forecasting model development, and advanced modelling techniques
Marketing & Analytics Expertise
- Marketing attribution modelling and cross-channel attribution
- Customer journey analytics, LTV modelling, cohort analysis, segmentation
- A/B testing design and analysis for both product and marketing initiatives
- ROAS analysis and marketing performance measurement
- Marketing automation platforms and MarTech stack management
- Brand tracking and market research methodologies
- Marketing performance framework development and accountability system design
- Budget optimisation and allocation modelling
- Customer acquisition cost modelling and optimisation
Business & Presentation
- Advanced presentation skills with Google Workspace (Sheets, Slides)
- Executive dashboard development and visual storytelling
- Strong data extraction/manipulation and technical documentation
- Marketing technology integration and process optimisation
- Ability to manage multiple analytical projects and stakeholder requests simultaneously
- Deep understanding of digital commerce KPIs, conversion funnels, and customer acquisition
Attributes Required:
- Advanced problem-solving abilities with strong diagnostic skills for root-cause analysis and hypothesis-driven investigation
- Deep understanding of e-commerce, subscription, and marketplace business models
- Marketing performance accountability expertise with framework development capabilities
- Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders
- Cross-functional leadership capabilities with strong stakeholder management and consensus-building skills
- Strong documentation mindset with focus on process improvement, automation, and knowledge management
- Ability to connect analytical insights to business strategy and drive data-driven decision making
- Self-guided learner with strong prioritisation skills, attention to detail under pressure, and a deadline-driven approach
- Can-do attitude with high energy, bias toward action, and passion for brand and customers
The Environment:
- takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.
- 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 improve.
- We are short on ego and high on output.
- We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all.
- We love what we do and what we are creating.
- We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking.
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!
Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Takealot Group
Senior Analyst (TakealotMORE & Cross Group)
takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Senior Analyst to join our team in Cape Town with a specific focus on TakealotMORE & Cross Group.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment, and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
This position reports to the Group Head: Customer Insights and Engagement
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
TakealotMORE Analytics
- Own subscription growth forecasting, including detailed component-level predictions (free-to-paid conversions, reactivations, cancellations, tier migrations)
- Create and maintain dashboards and reports tracking subscription KPIs, member behaviour, and service utilisation
- Collaborate with data engineering teams to improve subscription attribution measurement and reporting
- Conduct root-cause analyses of subscription metric variances and performance changes
- Analyse subscription customer lifetime value, retention patterns, and churn drivers
- Develop data-driven recommendations for subscriber growth strategies and retention initiatives
- Build predictive models to identify at-risk subscribers and growth opportunities
- Design and analyse A/B tests to optimise subscription experience and conversion funnels
Cross Group Analytics
- Own cross-platform growth forecasting, including detailed component-level predictions
- Develop and maintain attribution frameworks for cross-platform customer journeys and acquisition paths
- Create and maintain dashboards and reports tracking cross-platform rates, attribution and customer behaviour across cohorts.
- Investigate cross-platform performance issues and variances through root-cause analysis
- Conduct cohort analyses, tracking customer behaviour and value creation across the ecosystem
- Map customer interactions across Takealot and Mr D to identify cross-selling and migration opportunities
- Create actionable customer segmentation strategies for targeted marketing and product initiatives
TakealotMORE & Cross Group Marketing Performance
- Measure and optimise marketing campaign performance across the full funnel for TakealotMORE and cross-platform initiatives
- Drive ROAS (Return on Ad Spend) optimisation recommendations for marketing investments
- Establish marketing performance accountability frameworks with measurable growth targets
- Conduct comprehensive new subscriber and customer acquisition analytics, including acquisition cost and performance optimisation
- Track and optimise cross-platform marketing attribution and impact
- Develop marketing attribution frameworks to track customer acquisition and conversion across subscription marketing channels
- Create marketing performance dashboards tracking campaign-driven subscription metrics and acquisition patterns
- Conduct competitive intelligence analysis to inform cross-group marketing strategies and positioning
- Develop and maintain marketing budget allocation frameworks and ROI measurement standards
- Lead marketing performance reviews and accountability reporting across the group
Strategic Analysis & Collaboration
- Collaborate with data engineering and analysts in the business units to ensure data quality, accessibility and correct attribution measurement
- Partner with Marketing, Product, and Technology teams on cross-platform growth and marketing optimisation
- Prioritise and manage analytics/BI requests and backlog; produce executive reports for marketing and growth performance
- Document analytical methods, technical specifications and processes; drive process improvement and knowledge management
- Lead analytical strategy and methodology development across TakealotMORE and Cross Group initiatives
- Present findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders, including marketing leadership and C-suite
Qualifications and Experience:
- Relevant postgraduate qualification in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, or a related quantitative field
- 5-7 years of analytical experience in commercial analytics, management consulting, market research, or similar roles
- Experience with growth target setting and performance accountability reporting
- Experience handling large datasets and building business models
- Experience with subscriptions and/or cross-platform businesses
- Experience developing marketing performance frameworks and accountability systems
- Retail/e-commerce or data science exposure is beneficial
- Experience in cross-functional collaboration with marketing, product, and technology teams
- Marketing analytics experience, including campaign performance, attribution modelling, and ROAS optimisation
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities Required:
Core Technical Skills
- Advanced SQL and R or Python
- Experience working with Google BigQuery (GBQ) and Looker (or similar platforms)
- Google Analytics expertise and certification advantageous
- Advanced statistical methods, hypothesis testing, experimental design, and research methodology
- Machine learning techniques, forecasting model development, and advanced modelling techniques
Marketing & Analytics Expertise
- Marketing attribution modelling and cross-channel attribution
- Customer journey analytics, LTV modelling, cohort analysis, segmentation
- A/B testing design and analysis for both product and marketing initiatives
- ROAS analysis and marketing performance measurement
- Marketing automation platforms and MarTech stack management
- Brand tracking and market research methodologies
- Marketing performance framework development and accountability system design
- Budget optimisation and allocation modelling
- Customer acquisition cost modelling and optimisation
Business & Presentation
- Advanced presentation skills with Google Workspace (Sheets, Slides)
- Executive dashboard development and visual storytelling
- Strong data extraction/manipulation and technical documentation
- Marketing technology integration and process optimisation
- Ability to manage multiple analytical projects and stakeholder requests simultaneously
- Deep understanding of digital commerce KPIs, conversion funnels, and customer acquisition
Attributes Required:
- Advanced problem-solving abilities with strong diagnostic skills for root-cause analysis and hypothesis-driven investigation
- Deep understanding of e-commerce, subscription, and marketplace business models
- Marketing performance accountability expertise with framework development capabilities
- Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders
- Cross-functional leadership capabilities with strong stakeholder management and consensus-building skills
- Strong documentation mindset with focus on process improvement, automation, and knowledge management
- Ability to connect analytical insights to business strategy and drive data-driven decision making
- Self-guided learner with strong prioritisation skills, attention to detail under pressure, and a deadline-driven approach
- Can-do attitude with high energy, bias toward action, and passion for brand and customers
The Environment:
- takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.
- 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 improve.
- We are short on ego and high on output.
- We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all.
- We love what we do and what we are creating.
- We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking.
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!
Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.
Ready to apply?
Apply to takealot.com
Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - Cape Town, South Africa
The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.
Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.
Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.
Overview
We're looking to hire for our Data side of our AI team at Speechify. This role is responsible for all aspects of data collection to support our model training operations. We are able to build high-quality datasets at petabyte-scale and low cost through a tight integration of infrastructure, engineering, and research work. We are looking for a skilled Software Engineer to join us.
What You’ll Do
- Be scrappy to find new sources of audio data and bring it into our ingestion pipeline
- Operate and extend the cloud infrastructure for our ingestion pipeline, currently running on GCP and managed with Terraform.
- Collaborate closely with our Scientists to shift the cost/throughput/quality frontier, delivering richer data at bigger scale and lower cost to power our next-generation models.
- Collaborate with others on the AI Team and Speechify Leadership to craft the AI Team’s dataset roadmap to power Speechify’s next-generation consumer and enterprise products.
An Ideal Candidate Should Have
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
- 5+ years of industry experience in software development.
- Proficiency with bash/Python scripting in Linux environments
- Proficiency in Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and professional experience with at least one major Cloud Provider (we use GCP)
- Experience with web crawlers, large-scale data processing workflows is a plus
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
What we offer
- A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
- An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
- A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.
- An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
- Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
- Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.
- Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
- Work in one of the fastest-growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.
Think you’re a good fit for this job?
Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role when you apply.
And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.
Not looking but know someone who would make a great fit?
Refer them!
Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Speechify
KnowBe4 is the global leader in Human Risk Management, trusted by over 70,000 organizations worldwide to secure their employees and AI agents for over 15 years. We're pioneering a new era of security. AI-powered since 2016. And market-leading since day one.
Our HRM+ combines continuous risk intelligence, advanced technical defenses, and personalized training to help organizations build strong security cultures. We help organizations understand, measure, and reduce human risk across their entire workforce, defending against, deepfakes, and emerging AI-powered threats.
We believe that protecting organizations from cyberthreats and creating a positive environmental impact go hand in hand. True resilience is collective, it requires us to protect our people, our data, and our planet.
Please submit your resume in English.
To learn more about our team and office culture in Cape Town, South Africa visit the following links.
Careers Page: https://www.knowbe4.com/careers/locations/cape-town
Glassdoor: https://www.glassdoor.com/Location/KnowBe4-Cape-Town-Location-EI_IE969384.0,7_IL.8,17_IC2653748.htm
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/knowbe4/life/southafrica/
We are looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to help scale the industrialization of our ML lifecycle. This is a Builder’s Role - you will be responsible for the high-scale architecture that allows our models to survive production. You’ll be a key contributor to our MLOps ecosystem, moving beyond experimentation to build high-throughput, distributed systems that serve as the backbone of our intelligence products.
Machine Learning Engineers help us extract value from our data. They are involved in all the processes from data collection, cleaning, and preprocessing, to training models and deploying them to production. This position will assess, analyze, and organize data, execute tests, and optimize the learning process to develop high-performance machine learning models.
Responsibilities:
- Develops software using the KnowBe4 Software Development Lifecycle and Agile Methodologies
- Designs, develops, and researches Machine Learning systems
- Transforms data science prototypes by applying appropriate Machine Learning algorithms and tools
- Performs statistical analysis and using results to improve models
- Inference Engineering: Drive the deployment and optimization of both standard predictive models and LLM architectures, balancing trade-offs between low latency, high throughput, and cost-efficiency
- Platform Hardening: Transition research prototypes into resilient, production-ready microservices that can handle massive traffic
- Lifecycle Orchestration: Execute automated pipelines for data and model versioning, validation, and retraining
- Observability: Implement advanced monitoring for model drift, data integrity, and system health to ensure production reliability
- Collaborative Standards: Uphold clean code practices, thorough documentation, and participate in rigorous code reviews across the ML and Engineering teams
Requirements:
- BS or equivalent plus 3 years experience
- MS/Ph.D. or equivalent plus no experience
- Training in secure coding practices (preferred)
- AI/ML and Core: Python (production-grade), PyTorch
- Data and Features: Apache Spark for distributed processing; experience with Feature Stores or automated feature engineering is a plus
- Infrastructure: AWS (SageMaker, Lambda), Docker, and Terraform/IaC for environment reproducibility
- Specialized Tooling: Experience with custom inference optimization (Python-based); orchestration via lean, custom AWS and Python-based solutions using Lambda and MLflow
- Additional: C# and JavaScript (beneficial)
- Familiarity with secure coding practices
The Reality Check:
While the title says pure ML, the day-to-day is data heavy and is also focused on the AI and ML Platform Engineering around our services. Expect a roughly 90/10 split - the vast majority of your impact will come from hardening data pipelines, refining CI/CD for ML, and building world-class observability, with the remaining portion dedicated to model building, implementation and tuning.
Our Fantastic Benefits
Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.
Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation.
No recruitment agencies, please.
Ready to apply?
Apply to KnowBe4
Mr D - Web Frontend Engineer
Mr D, a division of takealot.com, is looking for highly talented Web Frontend Engineers to join our team. Senior (1 opening) | Intermediate (1 opening) | Remote Position, provided you are based 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 and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here's your chance.
This position reports to the Web Development Manager (20+ years of web development experience).
Your Role:
- Join our web development team responsible for maintaining and developing multiple production applications using modern Angular and SvelteKit
- Write performant, optimized code that scales with our growing user base
- Contribute to automated testing efforts to reduce regression bugs and improve coverage
- Participate in (and invite!) code reviews to maintain high code quality standards
- Collaborate with Project Managers, UX Designers, and QA teams on feature delivery
- Debug complex issues across the frontend/backend boundary
- Deploy features through our CI/CD pipeline (QA → Pre-Production → Production)
- Leverage AI tools (LLMs, GitHub Copilot, custom agents) to accelerate development and help shape our shift toward AI-assisted workflows
- Help establish development processes that stick - particularly around code review
- Provide accurate estimates and deliver on commitments
Skills we need:
Experience:
- Intermediate: 3-4 years of focused, continuous experience in JavaScript or similar languages
- Senior: 5+ years of focused, continuous experience in JavaScript or similar languages
Core Technical Skills:
- JavaScript fundamentals - Strong grasp of modern JavaScript (ES6+)
- TypeScript - Adding well-defined types; understanding that well-typed code helps everyone who works with it later
- Node.js - Backend experience (we use it in all our websites)
- CSS mastery - Understanding how CSS works, using defined selectors appropriately, and avoiding unnecessary classes
- DOM understanding - How events traverse, how the browser works
- API integration - Understanding CORS, debugging failed requests, and identifying whether issues are frontend or backend
- Testing philosophy - Understanding why to write tests, what to test, and which type of test to write
- Git proficiency - Making decisions that avoid difficult conflicts, understanding branching strategies like Gitflow
- Performance optimization - Writing optimized, performant code as a default practice
- Responsive design - Understanding and implementing responsive layouts
- AI collaboration - Ability to converse effectively with LLMs and leverage AI tools in development
- Estimation skills - Understanding the importance of good estimates and the ability to provide them
Nice to have experience:
- Experience with modern Angular or SvelteKit (or genuine interest in learning them for good reasons)
- Express.js or similar Node frameworks - Experience building backend APIs
- Containerization understanding - Basic Docker concepts, understanding multi-platform builds
- Web services - Understanding how a request travels, how load balancers and reverse proxies affect HTTP requests
- Knowledge of Playwright or Selenium for E2E testing
- Team-oriented - Proactively inviting peers to review your code
- Quality-focused - Keeping overall team output in mind (speed AND quality)
- Agile/Scrum familiarity
- gRPC / Protocol Buffers
- GitHub Actions knowledge
- AWS services experience (S3, ECR, CloudFront, etc.)
- Test-Driven Development (TDD) practice
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 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? Upskill 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: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, 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, SvelteKit, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, and all things AI-assisted development. 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.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Takealot Group
Mr D - Web Frontend Engineer
Mr D, a division of takealot.com, is looking for highly talented Web Frontend Engineers to join our team. Senior (1 opening) | Intermediate (1 opening) | Remote Position, provided you are based 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 and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here's your chance.
This position reports to the Web Development Manager (20+ years of web development experience).
Your Role:
- Join our web development team responsible for maintaining and developing multiple production applications using modern Angular and SvelteKit
- Write performant, optimized code that scales with our growing user base
- Contribute to automated testing efforts to reduce regression bugs and improve coverage
- Participate in (and invite!) code reviews to maintain high code quality standards
- Collaborate with Project Managers, UX Designers, and QA teams on feature delivery
- Debug complex issues across the frontend/backend boundary
- Deploy features through our CI/CD pipeline (QA → Pre-Production → Production)
- Leverage AI tools (LLMs, GitHub Copilot, custom agents) to accelerate development and help shape our shift toward AI-assisted workflows
- Help establish development processes that stick - particularly around code review
- Provide accurate estimates and deliver on commitments
Skills we need:
Experience:
- Intermediate: 3-4 years of focused, continuous experience in JavaScript or similar languages
- Senior: 5+ years of focused, continuous experience in JavaScript or similar languages
Core Technical Skills:
- JavaScript fundamentals - Strong grasp of modern JavaScript (ES6+)
- TypeScript - Adding well-defined types; understanding that well-typed code helps everyone who works with it later
- Node.js - Backend experience (we use it in all our websites)
- CSS mastery - Understanding how CSS works, using defined selectors appropriately, and avoiding unnecessary classes
- DOM understanding - How events traverse, how the browser works
- API integration - Understanding CORS, debugging failed requests, and identifying whether issues are frontend or backend
- Testing philosophy - Understanding why to write tests, what to test, and which type of test to write
- Git proficiency - Making decisions that avoid difficult conflicts, understanding branching strategies like Gitflow
- Performance optimization - Writing optimized, performant code as a default practice
- Responsive design - Understanding and implementing responsive layouts
- AI collaboration - Ability to converse effectively with LLMs and leverage AI tools in development
- Estimation skills - Understanding the importance of good estimates and the ability to provide them
Nice to have experience:
- Experience with modern Angular or SvelteKit (or genuine interest in learning them for good reasons)
- Express.js or similar Node frameworks - Experience building backend APIs
- Containerization understanding - Basic Docker concepts, understanding multi-platform builds
- Web services - Understanding how a request travels, how load balancers and reverse proxies affect HTTP requests
- Knowledge of Playwright or Selenium for E2E testing
- Team-oriented - Proactively inviting peers to review your code
- Quality-focused - Keeping overall team output in mind (speed AND quality)
- Agile/Scrum familiarity
- gRPC / Protocol Buffers
- GitHub Actions knowledge
- AWS services experience (S3, ECR, CloudFront, etc.)
- Test-Driven Development (TDD) practice
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 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? Upskill 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: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, 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, SvelteKit, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, and all things AI-assisted development. 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.
Ready to apply?
Apply to takealot.com
Python Software Engineer
Mr D, a division of the Takealot Group is looking for a Mid-level and Senior Software Engineer to shape the Future of South African Ecommerce 🚀
Are you ready to make a real impact in one of South Africa’s most dynamic tech environments?
If you’re passionate about building scalable, reliable, and efficient systems that directly impact millions of users across the country, this is your opportunity to level up your career.
Why Engineers Choose Mr D
🎯 High-Impact Work That Matters
Work on projects that directly shape how South Africans shop, eat, and live. Our engineers tell us they love the high-impact nature of their work, you’ll see your code making a real difference in people’s daily lives, not just sitting in a corporate void.
📈 Unlimited Growth Potential
We invest in our people. With plenty of resources dedicated to professional development and genuine room to grow, you’ll have the support you need to advance your career. Whether you want to dive deeper into technical excellence or explore leadership opportunities, we’ve got your back.
🔧 Modern Tech Stack & Technical Freedom
Love Python? You’re in good company. Work with cutting-edge technologies and enjoy the freedom to choose the right tools and solutions for each challenge. Our engineers appreciate the modern tech stack and the autonomy to innovate without being boxed into outdated systems.
⚡ Lean & Efficient Culture
Say goodbye to endless meetings and bureaucratic red tape. We maintain a lean work mentality that keeps you focused on what you do best - building great software. Quick deployments, fast rollbacks, and a results-driven environment where your contributions are valued and visible.
🤝 Collaborate with Exceptional People
Join cross-skilled teams filled with smart people who are passionate about their craft. Our engineers highlight the quality of collaboration and the supportive, politics free work culture built on honesty and integrity.
🏠 Flexible Work, Balanced Life
Enjoy remote working options, flexible hours, and hybrid arrangements that fit your lifestyle. With on-call that’s not 24/7 and perks like birthday leave, Takealot staff discounts, and free Mr D delivery, we make sure work enhances rather than dominates your life.
What You’ll Be Building
As a Senior Software Engineer at Mr D, you’ll architect and develop systems that handle millions of transactions and solve complex technical challenges at scale. You’ll work on everything that fuels the Mr D experience with the freedom to explore new technologies and interesting patterns.
You’ll be designing and maintaining secure, scalable APIs, developing distributed backend systems with stateless architectures, and working with event streaming technologies. From containerized microservices to cloud-native solutions, you’ll be at the forefront of modern software engineering.
What We’re Looking For
🎓 Technical Foundation
We need someone with a thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, object-oriented concepts, data structures, and algorithms.
Your Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) should be backed by 5+ years of hands-on Software Development experience.
💻 Core Technical Skills
- Python & *nix expertise - You’re comfortable in Unix/Linux environments and passionate about Python development
- Distributed Systems - Experience developing distributed backend systems and stateless architectures
- API Design - Proven ability to design and maintain secure and scalable APIs
- Data & Streaming - Hands-on experience with event streaming, relational & non-relational datastores
- Cloud & Containers - Experience with containerization and cloud service providers
⭐ Nice-to-Have Experience
- AWS Cloud technologies for scalable, cloud-native solutions
- Version Control with GIT for collaborative development
- Database Technologies: PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Elastic, Redis
- Event Streaming: Kafka for real-time data processing
- Orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes for container management
🚀 The Mr D Mindset
Most importantly, we’re looking for someone with a passion for learning new skills and an appreciation for inventing and simplifying. You should love solving complex problems and have the drive to continuously improve both your craft and our systems.
Ready to Make Your Mark?
Join a company where leadership transparency flows from the CEO down, where your professional environment supports your growth, and where you’ll have plenty of interesting work to sink your teeth into.
Mr D isn’t just another tech job - it’s where senior developers come to do their best work, grow their careers, and build systems that matter.
Ready to take the next step in your engineering journey? Let’s talk. Mr D - Delivering more than just food. Delivering careers that matter.
Mr D is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference
Ready to apply?
Apply to Takealot Group
Python Software Engineer
Mr D, a division of the Takealot Group is looking for a Mid level and Senior Software Engineer to shape the Future of South African Ecommerce 🚀
Are you ready to make a real impact in one of South Africa’s most dynamic tech environments?
If you’re passionate about building scalable, reliable, and efficient systems that directly impact millions of users across the country, this is your opportunity to level up your career.
Why Engineers Choose Mr D
🎯 High-Impact Work That Matters
Work on projects that directly shape how South Africans shop, eat, and live. Our engineers tell us they love the high-impact nature of their work, you’ll see your code making a real difference in people’s daily lives, not just sitting in a corporate void.
📈 Unlimited Growth Potential
We invest in our people. With plenty of resources dedicated to professional development and genuine room to grow, you’ll have the support you need to advance your career. Whether you want to dive deeper into technical excellence or explore leadership opportunities, we’ve got your back.
🔧 Modern Tech Stack & Technical Freedom
Love Python? You’re in good company. Work with cutting-edge technologies and enjoy the freedom to choose the right tools and solutions for each challenge. Our engineers appreciate the modern tech stack and the autonomy to innovate without being boxed into outdated systems.
⚡ Lean & Efficient Culture
Say goodbye to endless meetings and bureaucratic red tape. We maintain a lean work mentality that keeps you focused on what you do best - building great software. Quick deployments, fast rollbacks, and a results-driven environment where your contributions are valued and visible.
🤝 Collaborate with Exceptional People
Join cross-skilled teams filled with smart people who are passionate about their craft. Our engineers highlight the quality of collaboration and the supportive, politics free work culture built on honesty and integrity.
🏠 Flexible Work, Balanced Life
Enjoy remote working options, flexible hours, and hybrid arrangements that fit your lifestyle. With on-call that’s not 24/7 and perks like birthday leave, Takealot staff discounts, and free Mr D delivery, we make sure work enhances rather than dominates your life.
What You’ll Be Building
As a Senior Software Engineer at Mr D, you’ll architect and develop systems that handle millions of transactions and solve complex technical challenges at scale. You’ll work on everything that fuels the Mr D experience with the freedom to explore new technologies and interesting patterns.
You’ll be designing and maintaining secure, scalable APIs, developing distributed backend systems with stateless architectures, and working with event streaming technologies. From containerized microservices to cloud-native solutions, you’ll be at the forefront of modern software engineering.
What We’re Looking For
🎓 Technical Foundation
We need someone with a thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, object-oriented concepts, data structures, and algorithms.
Your Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) should be backed by 5+ years of hands-on Software Development experience.
💻 Core Technical Skills
- Python & *nix expertise - You’re comfortable in Unix/Linux environments and passionate about Python development
- Distributed Systems - Experience developing distributed backend systems and stateless architectures
- API Design - Proven ability to design and maintain secure and scalable APIs
- Data & Streaming - Hands-on experience with event streaming, relational & non-relational datastores
- Cloud & Containers - Experience with containerization and cloud service providers
⭐ Nice-to-Have Experience
- AWS Cloud technologies for scalable, cloud-native solutions
- Version Control with GIT for collaborative development
- Database Technologies: PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Elastic, Redis
- Event Streaming: Kafka for real-time data processing
- Orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes for container management
🚀 The Mr D Mindset
Most importantly, we’re looking for someone with a passion for learning new skills and an appreciation for inventing and simplifying. You should love solving complex problems and have the drive to continuously improve both your craft and our systems.
Ready to Make Your Mark?
Join a company where leadership transparency flows from the CEO down, where your professional environment supports your growth, and where you’ll have plenty of interesting work to sink your teeth into.
Mr D isn’t just another tech job - it’s where senior developers come to do their best work, grow their careers, and build systems that matter.
Ready to take the next step in your engineering journey? Let’s talk. Mr D - Delivering more than just food. Delivering careers that matter.
Mr D is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference
Ready to apply?
Apply to takealot.com
Promotions Manager_TakealotMORE
takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Promotions Manager _TakealotMORE to join our Group Customer Services & Insights team in Cape Town.
We are seeking a strategic and innovative Promotions Manager to own and drive the promotional strategy for TakealotMORE subscriptions across Takealot and Mr D. This individual will be responsible for curating and managing member promotions including MORE deals, ensuring they deliver value to members while driving business objectives. The role requires a balance of strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and data-driven decision-making to build a world-class subscription experience.
This position reports to the Head of TakealotMORE
Your responsibilities will include:
- Develop and own the promotional strategy for TakealotMORE subscriptions on Takealot and Mr D, ensuring alignment with overall business goals and broader promotions strategy for each business.
- Define and maintain the rules and guidelines for member-exclusive promotions, including deal selection criteria, discount thresholds, and funding models.
- Benchmark against global players to identify best practices and innovative approaches to subscription promotions.
- Use data and analytics to select deals and evaluate performance, identifying trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Establish and manage the promotional budget, ensuring efficient deal selection to maximise ROI and meet targets for GMV, rate of sale, member acquisition, and retention.
- Collaborate with the Promotions team to screen and load deals, ensuring they meet strategic objectives.
- Spearhead personalisation initiatives to tailor promotions to subscriber preferences, leveraging data and insights.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams (Retail, Marketplace, Promotions, Mr D Sales, Marketing, Retail Media, Finance, Supply Chain and other stakeholders).
- Source funding for promotions by engaging with internal stakeholders and external partners.
- Track and report on the financial performance of promotions, ensuring they meet budgetary and revenue targets.
- Present promotional plans and results to senior leadership, highlighting their impact on subscriber growth, retention and GMV.
- Develop and maintain dashboards to track key metrics, such as subscriber acquisition, retention, and engagement.
- Stay ahead of industry trends and competitor activities, identifying opportunities to differentiate TakealotMORE.
- Work with Product and Engineering teams to develop the tech roadmap for TakealotMORE promotions and launch new features. Experiment with new promotional formats and strategies, testing their effectiveness and scaling successful initiatives.
Qualification & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Data Analytics, or a related field is required.
- An Advanced degree is advantageous.
- Advanced proficiency in data analysis tools such as Excel, SQL, or BI platforms (e.g., Looker, Big Query, Tableau, Power BI).
- Experience using KNIME, R, or Python for data analysis and modelling is advantageous.
- 5+ years of experience in e-commerce, retail, or subscription-based businesses, with a focus on promotions
- Proven track record of developing and executing successful promotional strategies.
- Budget management experience, with a focus on maximising ROI.
- Proven track record of analysing data to drive business decisions.
Attributes Required:
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and make data-driven decisions.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to work with large datasets.
- Results-driven mindset with a focus on achieving commercial targets.
- Familiarity with personalisation tools and techniques, including segmentation and targeting, is advantageous
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience working cross-functionally.
The Environment:
- takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.
- 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 improve.
- We are short on ego and high on output.
- We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.
- We love what we do and what we are creating.
- We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking.
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!
Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.
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Senior Data Engineer (South Africa)
At 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission – to eliminate the back row in education – and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class digital education at scale. As the parent company of edX, the world’s leading online learning platform, 2U powers more than 4,000 online higher education offerings – from free courses to full degrees. Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are helping to unlock human potential.
What We’re Looking For:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Data Engineer III to serve as a key individual contributor responsible for architecting, implementing, and maintaining robust Data Technology Systems across the entire Modern Data Stack (Data Integration, Storage, Transformation, and Governance). This role demands deep technical proficiency and architectural foresight, requiring the candidate to be hands-on, capable of diving deep into any part of the stack, and executing complex technical work efficiently.
As a senior member of the team, you will spearhead technical and infrastructure innovation, mature our code base and development processes, and provide essential technical guidance and mentorship to Junior and Intermediate Data Engineers. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Analytics Engineers and Product Managers, to ensure the delivery of optimized data pipelines and reliable, high-impact data products.
Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:
- Technical
- Design and build robust, scalable, and high-performance ETL/ELT data pipelines
- Develop and implement solutions using advanced programming languages (e.g., Python, SQL, DBT)
- Optimize and performance-tune complex data workflows and queries to handle massive data volumes and ensure minimal latency
- Assist with the design and implementation of data models for Data Warehouses (Snowflake etc.)
- Implement data quality frameworks (validation, monitoring, and testing) to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and completeness
- Establish comprehensive error logging and alerting systems for pipeline health and failure remediation
- Apply DevOps practices to data infrastructure, often involving Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform)
- Management
- Effectively leverage knowledge, expertise and experience to lead and deliver projects
- Effectively support and mentor data engineers
- Business
- Stakeholder management throughout all business departments
- Collaborate with other engineers and analysts to execute projects
- Personal
- Perform research and constantly stays on top of the industry’s trends
- Engage and proactively seek opportunities for improvement through ongoing learning
Things That Should Be In Your Background:
- 5+ years experience in the Data industry
- 4+ years experience in a Data Engineering role
- Expert in SQL to then implement where needed in Data Warehousing systems and Data Pipelines
- PostgreSQL / MySQL / Python / R / Redshift / Snowflake experience
- Experience in database design and database management
- A sound understanding of data management principles, including data quality assurance and data governance
- Experience in source code and version control systems
- Experience with infrastructure automation (Terraform)
- Familiarity working with containerized services (Docker and Kubernetes)
- Experience in the shipment of data using various methods, such as ETL/ELT, within tools such as Airflow (MWAA), Argo, dbt
- Experience using services within the AWS ecosystem (e.g, RDS, EC2, Redshift, EKS)
- Understanding or knowledge of Linux commands (bash scripting)
- Manages multiple projects, resolves challenges swiftly, delivers adaptable approaches, and values diverse opinions.
- Takes ownership, anticipates new problems, tests solutions, and mentors on effective problem-solving techniques.
- Sets quarterly goals aligned with team objectives, tracks progress in Workday, and communicates barriers to the manager. Takes personal responsibility for quality and timeliness of work, correcting mistakes and learning from them.
- Demonstrates expert understanding, introduces new tools/methodologies, and provides team training to enhance productivity.
- Tailors messages for audience understanding, engages respectfully in team meetings, synthesizes thoughts effectively, presents confidently, and actively listens to stakeholders.
- Consistently builds and maintains key stakeholder relationships, perceived as a trusted partner, offers sound guidance, and navigates challenging relationships effectively.
Other Attributes That Will Help You In This Role:
- A degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Engineering preferred
Benefits & Culture
Our global employee base is a diverse collection of innovators, dreamers, and doers working together to transform lives through higher education. We believe that every employee can advance our shared purpose, and that life at 2U should be fun and meaningful. If you’re excited by the opportunity to provide over 40 million learners and counting with access to world-class online higher education, then join us – and do work that makes a difference. #NoBackRow
We offer comprehensive benefits (unique per country) and excellent work/life balance.
Full-time, ZA benefits include:
- 2 complimentary Getsmarter short courses per year
- Subsidised medical aid with Discovery Health Medical Scheme
- 4% 2U contribution towards Discovery Life Pension Fund and Group Risk Benefit
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Generous leave policy including time off to volunteer for non-profit organization, study leave, sports leave and a company-wide festive season break
2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement
At 2U, we are committed to building and sustaining a culture of belonging, respect, and inclusion. We are proud of the steps we’ve taken to bring together an employee base that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by what makes us different, as well as by how we are alike.
2U is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodations, please reach out to us at: recruitingaccommodations@2u.com.
About 2U
For more than a decade, 2U has been the digital transformation partner of choice to great non-profit colleges and universities delivering high-quality online education at scale. As the parent company of edX, a leading global online learning platform, 2U provides over 45 million learners with access to world-class education in partnership with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporations. Our people and technology are powering more than 4,000 digital education offerings — from free courses to full degrees — and helping unlock human potential. To learn more: visit 2U.com.
About edX
edX is the education movement for restless learners and a leading global online learning platform from 2U. Together with the majority of the world’s top-ranked universities and industry-leading companies, we bring our community of over 45 million learners world-class education to support them at every stage of their lives and careers, from free courses to full degrees. And we're not stopping there — we're relentlessly pursuing our vision of a world where every learner can access education to unlock their potential, without the barriers of cost or location. Learn more at edX.org.
Learn more at https://2u.com/careers/
#NoBackRow
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
2U is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against applicants or employees and ensures equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship, military or veterans’ status, or any other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 2U’s equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, job benefits and pay.
2U is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. 2U requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.
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DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management, to secure infrastructure, software, devices, messages, AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100,000 organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, choose DigiCert to stop today’s threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future at www.digicert.com
Job summary
The Trust Operations Analyst will help advance the security operations of DigiCert by identifying potential risks, and threats by performing real-time log analysis. The Trust Operations Analyst will make use of analyses and understanding of exploits and vulnerabilities to maintain and improve DigiCert’s security posture and hygiene. This position will work on security incidents as they arise with the team.
What you will do
- Provide analysis of security threats and problems.
- Management and evaluation of security alerts and detections
- Work through tickets and resolve tickets per defined SLAs
- Participate in Security Incident Response and analysis of incidents
- Assist in the configuration, management, and maintenance of various security related software and systems
- Be able to effectively work within a team, and self-sufficient/self-motivated when assigned solo work
- Willingness to stay current on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, audit framework updates, etc to help protect DigiCert’s systems
- Willingness to evaluate new tools to improve efficiencies in operational processes
- Actively participate in ongoing training and knowledge transfer with team members
- Provide metrics and statistics to management
- Critically assess current practices and provide feedback to management on improvement opportunities
- Understand policies and standards and be capable of conveying those requirements to end users
- Set clear expectations and provide timely follow-up as appropriate
- Provide audit support for Compliance
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned
- Willing to work incident response as necessary and work with other groups when this occurs
What you will have
- 3+ years of experience in Information Technology or related technical discipline
- Good experience in Network Traffic
- Advanced level of knowledge of Information Security design concepts and principles
- Must have strong written and verbal communication skills
- Customer Service background and good interpersonal and organizational skills
- Ability to perform in depth log analysis
- Ability to work incidents, experience responding to security incidents in the past
- Ability to look at logs and understand the systems that could be affected
- Willingness and ability to obtain CISSP certification if not already completed
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in a technical discipline
- 2+ years of experience in Information Security
- 2+ years of experience with SIEM technologies (preferably Splunk)
- Experience with cloud-based identity providers, SSO, SAML, etc
- Experience with zScaler products
- Experience with Web Application Firewall and DDoS protection
- Experience with web application security technologies
- Experience with vulnerability management software (preferably Tenable)
- Experience with endpoint detection and response software (CrowdStrike preferred)
- Experience with scripting languages (Python, Go, PHP, Powershell, Bash, etc)
- Experience with Help Desk
- Knowledge of penetration testing practices and principles
- Certified Information Security Professional (CISSP)
Benefits
- Provident Fund
- Medical Aid + Gap Cover
- Employee Assistance Program
- Gym Reimbursement
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
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Senior Software Engineer (Java)
Takealot Fufilment Solutions (TFS), is a new servicing offering which has been spun off from Takealot.com - South Africa’s leading online retailer. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to become part of our newly established Fulfilment Engineering team.
We are an energetic team that is fully responsible for all the systems required to support the Takealot Fulfilment Solutions capabilities as well as the unique challenges that come with orchestrating order fulfilment across distribution centers and logistics operations. We have adopted a microservices architecture to both isolate our logic and to enable scale. We follow REST architecture primarily but do use event-driven architecture where applicable.
Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!
- Scale: 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Client facing as we facilitate deliveries for multiple businesses.
- 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, Mr D, & Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS). Help us build out our new B2C and C2C Systems. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.
Who’s who in the tech space
This position reports to the Software Engineering Manager of the Fulfilment Orchestration Team.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
- Developing and optimizing systems to manage order fulfilment throughout South Africa
- Working with business to improve processes to allow for more efficient deliveries, operations, and improved customer experience.
- Researching and defining solutions across the fulfilment 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
Our Tech Stack:
- Java
- Spring Framework
- Angular & React
- Postgres
- Google Pubsub
- Google Cloud
- Graphite and Grafana
- Git
- Google Big Query
- Flyway
Qualifications & Experience:
- Degree in Computer Science or a similar qualification
- At least 5 years of experience in writing robust, efficient production code
- Must have experience with SQL database systems.
- Nice to have experience with Kubernetes systems ideally in GCP.
- Experience with development in a Linux environment
- Proficient in languages such as Java, Scala, Angular, React, Python, or C# - we are keen to help you learn through the gaps.
- Open to diversifying language skill set
- In the event that you do not have a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma, an equivalent experience requirement must be met
- Solid understanding of RESTful API design and integration is preferred
- Nice to have familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- 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? Takealot.com offers 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 at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
- Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
- Tech stack (for days): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes 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!!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Takealot Group
Senior Software Engineer (Java)
Takealot Fufilment Solutions (TFS), is a new servicing offering which has been spun off from Takealot.com - South Africa’s leading online retailer. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to become part of our newly established Fulfilment Engineering team.
We are an energetic team that is fully responsible for all the systems required to support the Takealot Fulfilment Solutions capabilities as well as the unique challenges that come with orchestrating order fulfilment across distribution centers and logistics operations. We have adopted a microservices architecture to both isolate our logic and to enable scale. We follow REST architecture primarily but do use event-driven architecture where applicable.
Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!
- Scale: 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Client facing as we facilitate deliveries for multiple businesses.
- 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, Mr D, & Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS). Help us build out our new B2C and C2C Systems. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.
Who’s who in the tech space
This position reports to the Software Engineering Manager of the Fulfilment Orchestration Team.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
- Developing and optimizing systems to manage order fulfilment throughout South Africa
- Working with business to improve processes to allow for more efficient deliveries, operations, and improved customer experience.
- Researching and defining solutions across the fulfilment 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
Our Tech Stack:
- Java
- Spring Framework
- Angular & React
- Postgres
- Google Pubsub
- Google Cloud
- Graphite and Grafana
- Git
- Google Big Query
- Flyway
Qualifications & Experience:
- Degree in Computer Science or a similar qualification
- At least 5 years of experience in writing robust, efficient production code
- Must have experience with SQL database systems
- Nice to have experience with Kubernetes systems ideally in GCP
- Experience with development in a Linux environment
- Proficient in languages such as Java, Scala, Angular, React, Python, or C# - we are keen to help you learn through the gaps
- Open to diversifying language skill set
- In the event that you do not have a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma, an equivalent experience requirement must be met
- Solid understanding of RESTful API design and integration is preferred
- Nice to have familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- 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? Takealot.com offers 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 at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
- Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
- Tech stack (for days): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes 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!!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
Ready to apply?
Apply to takealot.com
About us:
We believe the next generation of financial services will be powered by stablecoins.
Founded in 2021, our mission at BVNK is to accelerate global money movement.
We’re building stablecoin-native infrastructure so businesses can move value instantly across borders and networks. With global licenses and T1 bank partnerships, we facilitate billions in transactions for enterprise clients like Worldpay, Deel, LianLian Global, and Rapyd.
Our technology is transforming how businesses operate globally by eliminating payment delays, reducing costs, and unlocking trapped capital.
We’re a diverse team spread across EMEA, North America, and APAC, with a shared belief that stablecoins are the new infrastructure layer for financial services, and that BVNK is at the forefront of this shift.
In 2025, we secured strategic investment from Visa, following our $50 million Series B with Haun Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Scribble Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Avenir, and Tiger Global. With the backing of these leading investors, we’re accelerating our growth – and we're looking for smart, ambitious people to help us build the future of financial services.
We're incredibly honored to have made Newsweek's list of The Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces three years running (most recently in 2025) and to have been recognised by LinkedIn as one of the Top 20 Startups in the UK in 2024
About this role in the team:
We are looking for a QA Engineer who views AI as their primary leverage. At BVNK, we aren't just looking for someone to maintain scripts; we want an engineer who views manual, repetitive testing as a problem to be solved with intelligent agents.
You will join a team of Quality Assurance experts responsible for the end-to-end integrity of our Fiat and Crypto products. Your mission is to evolve our testing from "automated" to "autonomous." You will build intelligent testing systems that predict failures, self-heal scripts, and utilize LLMs to bridge the gap between complex financial requirements and bulletproof code.
Key Areas of Responsibilities:
- AI-First Framework Evolution: Architect and maintain automation frameworks that prioritize AI-powered solutions for test generation, execution, and self-healing.
- Autonomous Quality Gates: Implement AI-driven gates in our CI/CD pipeline to predict regression risks before code is even merged.
- Synthetic Data Strategy: Leverage Generative AI to create complex, high-integrity test data sets for diverse global payment scenarios.
- Intelligent Observability: Use AI to analyze logs and system behavior, providing insights that traditional testing tools miss.
- Mentorship & AI Evangelism: Act as the subject matter expert on emerging AI tools (Claude Code, LangChain) to upskill the broader QA team.
What we need from you:
- AI-Native Mindset: You are an early adopter of LLMs and agentic workflows. You don't just use AI to write snippets; you use it to architect solutions.
- Technical Core: Expert-level proficiency in Python (our primary language) and the ability to navigate Java environments.
- Modern Tooling: Hands-on experience with PyTest, Playwright, and K6.
- Engineering for AI: Demonstrated experience implementing AI solutions for test case generation and automated bug triaging.
- Infrastructure Fluency: Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and desire to understand the integration of AI-driven testing into the deployment lifecycle.
- Precision & Speed: Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to move fast in a rapidly evolving FinTech environment.
- Bonus: LLM Integration: Experience building custom GPTs or using LangChain/LangSmith/LangGraf to evaluate LLM-based product features.
- Bonus: FinTech & Crypto: Previous experience in payments, stablecoins, or blockchain technology.
- Bonus: Agentic Testing: Experience experimenting with autonomous agents for exploratory testing.
What you can expect from us:
- Fair and competitive salary at every stage of your growth
- Meaningful ownership in the business through our employee option scheme
- Flexible working hours, with hybrid working at its heart
- A culture built on passionate growth-minded people
- A flexible approach to holiday
- Opportunities to travel to our offices around the world
- An open and creative environment where you can help us define the future of BVNK, its culture, and its opportunity sets
At BVNK, we are focused on building a diverse and inclusive team. While you may not meet all of our requirements, we’d encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of our expectations. You may be a great fit for this role or another role in our team.
Ready to apply?
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Software Engineer (Logistics)
Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS), a division of Takealot Online (RF) (Pty) Ltd, is looking for a highly talented Software Engineer to join our Logistics team based in South Africa.
Join Our Mission at Takealot Fulfilment Solutions | We Are TFS
Revolutionising e-commerce logistics in South Africa with cutting-edge technology and operational excellence. We deliver 30+ million orders annually, empowering businesses and driving economic growth.
Who We're Looking For:
Innovative, ambitious individuals ready to shape the future of e-commerce logistics. At TFS, "Uniquely You" meets "Powerfully Us", where your individuality strengthens our collective mission.
Why Join TFS:
- Purpose-driven impact: Transform lives through logistics innovation
- Advanced technology: Work with cutting-edge systems in a fast-paced environment
- Career growth: Thrive in an agile space that champions continuous improvement
- Inclusive culture: Your unique perspective drives extraordinary results
- A culture that celebrates individual uniqueness while championing the strength of togetherness.
- Be part of creating sustainable, scalable solutions that make a difference across South Africa's e-commerce landscape.
At TFS, your growth is our growth. You'll be joining a team powered by Takealot Group's core values.
This position reports to the Software Engineering Manager (Logistics).
We are an energetic team that is fully responsible for all the systems required to support the Takealot Group's delivery network as well as the unique challenges that come with logistics and scale. We have adopted a microservices architecture to both isolate our logic and to enable scale. We follow the event-driven architecture as well as utilize a graph database to model our delivery network. We are currently working through unique problems in the logistics space and are actively researching the usage of the actor model design pattern and graph traversal optimization.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
- 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
Our Tech Stack:
- Scala
- Play Framework
- Angular
- Postgres
- Google Pubsub
- Cassandra DB
- Amazon Web Services
- Google Cloud
- Graphite and Grafana
- Git
Qualifications & Experience:
- Degree in Computer Science or a similar qualification. In the absence of a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma, an equivalent experience requirement must be met.
- At least 5 years of experience in writing robust, efficient production code
- Experience with SQL database systems
- Experience with development in a Linux environment
- Proficient in languages such as Java, Scala, Angular, Python, or C#
- Open to diversifying language skill set
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- 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? Takealot.com offers 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 at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
- Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
- Tech stack (for days): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes 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).
Be part of the extraordinary. Be part of TFS.
Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Takealot Group
Software Engineer (Logistics)
Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS), a division of Takealot Online (RF) (Pty) Ltd, is looking for a highly talented Software Engineer to join our Logistics team based in South Africa.
Join Our Mission at Takealot Fulfilment Solutions | We Are TFS
Revolutionising e-commerce logistics in South Africa with cutting-edge technology and operational excellence. We deliver 30+ million orders annually, empowering businesses and driving economic growth.
Who We're Looking For:
Innovative, ambitious individuals ready to shape the future of e-commerce logistics. At TFS, "Uniquely You" meets "Powerfully Us", where your individuality strengthens our collective mission.
Why Join TFS:
- Purpose-driven impact: Transform lives through logistics innovation
- Advanced technology: Work with cutting-edge systems in a fast-paced environment
- Career growth: Thrive in an agile space that champions continuous improvement
- Inclusive culture: Your unique perspective drives extraordinary results
- A culture that celebrates individual uniqueness while championing the strength of togetherness.
- Be part of creating sustainable, scalable solutions that make a difference across South Africa's e-commerce landscape.
At TFS, your growth is our growth. You'll be joining a team powered by Takealot Group's core values.
This position reports to the Software Engineering Manager (Logistics).
We are an energetic team that is fully responsible for all the systems required to support the Takealot Group's delivery network as well as the unique challenges that come with logistics and scale. We have adopted a microservices architecture to both isolate our logic and to enable scale. We follow the event-driven architecture as well as utilize a graph database to model our delivery network. We are currently working through unique problems in the logistics space and are actively researching the usage of the actor model design pattern and graph traversal optimization.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
- 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
Our Tech Stack:
- Scala
- Play Framework
- Angular
- Postgres
- Google Pubsub
- Cassandra DB
- Amazon Web Services
- Google Cloud
- Graphite and Grafana
- Git
Qualifications & Experience:
- Degree in Computer Science or a similar qualification. In the absence of a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma, an equivalent experience requirement must be met.
- At least 5 years of experience in writing robust, efficient production code
- Experience with SQL database systems
- Experience with development in a Linux environment
- Proficient in languages such as Java, Scala, Angular, Python, or C#
- Open to diversifying language skill set
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- 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? Takealot.com offers 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 at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
- Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
- Tech stack (for days): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes 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).
Be part of the extraordinary. Be part of TFS.
Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
Ready to apply?
Apply to takealot.com
Supply Chain Data Analyst
Takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Supply Chain Data Analyst to join our team in Cape Town.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hardworking people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
This position reports to the Operations Analytics Manager
Purpose of the role:
Supporting the Supply Chain with a focus (but not limited to) on Inbound teams on daily operational system issues, systematic investigations and providing technical support both internal and external (i.e. 3rd party service providers like Adaptris and Oracle).
Your responsibilities will include:
Supporting the Inbound Supply Chain Operations team with:
- Providing high quality data and process analysis to the Supply Chain Operations team to identify problem areas and suggest improvements.
- Investigating system performance issues and identifying on opportunities for improvement to inbound systems
- Managing a team of Technical Support Specialists and providing technical support for both internal and external stakeholders
- Creating and maintaining operational reports on Looker, Looker Studio, DataForm, data pipelines and bespoke solutions
- Administration of inbound supply chain systems, primarily focused on managing day to day capacities for inbound delivery bookings.
- Providing User Acceptance Testing for inbound system changes and EDI integrations with external stakeholders
Attributes required:
- Analytical, strong process improvement approach and structured thinking
- Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude, self-motivated
- Ability to motivate, manage, discipline and develop team members
- Strong prioritisation, time management and project management skills
- Interpretive and probabilistic decisions
- Specialized service of analytical/ technical/ advisory nature
Qualifications & Experience:
- 3 years technical knowledge of system workflows and integrations
- 3 years’ experience as an analyst (business analyst, data analyst, system analyst) - in the Supply Chain and Retail Industry or similar advantageous
- Advanced profiency with SQL is a must
- Experience in data visualisation tools such as Looker Studio, Power BI
- Coding (preferably Python) advantageous
- NQF7 or final year
The Environment:
- takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
- 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 improve.
- We are short on ego and high on output.
- We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all.
- We love what we do and what we are creating.
We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:
- is respectful but forthright
- 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 business SMART. 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 takealot.com
- thinks like an owner of the business
- is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.
Ready to apply?
Apply to takealot.com
About us:
Luno is the crypto investment app you can rely on, enabling you to buy, store and explore crypto securely. We’re committed to putting the power of cryptocurrency in everyone's hands sensibly and responsibly.
Since 2013, we’ve helped millions of people around the world invest safely in crypto. We do this by cutting through the hype and supporting customers at every step of the way. All products and cryptocurrencies on our platform must first meet stringent legal, risk and technical security standards.
Transparency is key for us. Luno stores all crypto on a 1:1 basis and we have rigorous processes in place so you can be confident your investment is secure. We’re available in more than 40 countries around the world and we work closely with respective regulators in all of these markets to be fully compliant, as we believe this is the best way to help everyone, everywhere, invest safely.
The role in a nutshell:
You will form part of the Onboarding Operations team based in Cape Town and Kuala Lumpur, reporting to the Head of Onboarding Strategy and Customer Due Diligence Operations. Your role as a Business Optimisation Analyst (Data) will be to use your knowledge of data analysis and data processing to inform key business decisions in the Onboarding Operations team and other business areas. You will work in a fast paced environment, collaborating with other business units, including Engineering, Product, Compliance and Data teams, servicing the business on an international level together with the teams from South East Asia, Africa and Europe. You will be responsible for creating dashboards, extracting data, writing reports, and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) to determine business initiatives’ success.
Your mission will be:
- Interpret trends and patterns in data and present findings and actionable insights to senior leaders of the business
- Collaborate with data engineers to design and build any pipelines/data models needed to support analytical and reporting needs
- Structure large data sets to find usable information
- Design metrics to help assess how the onboarding teams and broader business are performing on a day-to-day basis
- Report regularly on business and team performance
- Work closely with the relevant business stakeholders to understand their data needs
- Collaborate with teams to determine, collect and analyse required data to address business needs while ensuring it is of the highest quality, reliable and trusted
- Build visually compelling dashboards that communicate insights to stakeholders (often non-technical) to allow data-informed decision making
- Use data-driven analysis to identify opportunities for improvement and automation in onboarding operations processes
- Review delivery of providers against Service Level Agreements and support negotiations from a data perspective
The ideal candidate will have:
- A qualification in Data Analysis or similar quantitative fields.
- A minimum of 1 year of experience in the data or business optimisation space
- Intermediate skills in SQL, Python and experience working with data pipelines.
- Experience working with business intelligence platforms such as Looker, Tableau, DataBricks, PowerBI or similar
- Familiar with data governance principles and best practices
- Passionate about data analytics and related disciplines
- Friendly, transparent, articulate and driven to succeed.
- Experience in a customer service / customer onboarding / KYC environment is advantageous
- Ability to lead change through entrepreneurial thinking, a strong sense of responsibility and a very high level of integrity
- Adaptable, capable and intellectually curious and have the persistence to find answers to difficult questions in fast-paced and environments
- Ability to formulate business cases, document investigation work, and contribute to technical design documents
- Ability to take ownership of own work and successfully deliver high quality projects with obscure and incomplete requirements
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to explain data concepts to non-experts in a clear, and structured manner
- Experience working with cross-functional teams using data to influence strategy, roadmaps and drive data-informed decisions
- Internet access at home and the ability to work remotely (Luno will provide successful candidates with suitable equipment to set them up for success)
Life at Luno:
- Remote but reachable work policy gives you the freedom to choose between working from home or the office.
- Plus the option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave
- Improve body and mind, with excellent private medical insurance
- Access to Learnably and our additional learning platforms for your personal and professional development
- 6 months primary care-giver leave
- Paw-ternity leave for your furry friend
- Annual Inspiration Day in addition to your annual leave which increases based on your length of service!
- A collaborative, friendly work community, with regular social events and virtual cooking, dancing, drawing and house planting classes hosted by our Lunauts
- Free lunch and snacks
- 0 fees up to a certain amount with Luno from the day you start.*
*Offer only available on Luno Instant Buy, not Luno Exchange.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Luno
Engineering Manager
Mr D, a division of the Takealot Group is looking for a highly talented Engineering Manager to join our team in Cape Town. Please note that this position is a hybrid role.
Are you ready to make a real impact in one of South Africa’s most dynamic tech environments?
You will lead a team of Software Engineers constantly striving for quality solutions that are delivered on time, within budget and scope, and drive a culture of quality and personal accountability.
You should have hands-on experience in designing and building high-performance, scalable, and distributed backend systems. With a strong development background, you should possess a solid understanding of architectural principles and best practices. As a proponent of iterative engineering methodologies, you will also bring prior experience in line management, demonstrating a proven ability to keep highly skilled developers engaged and motivated.
This is a hands-on position where you will actively lead architectural and strategic planning alongside peers and senior developers. You will also take ownership of day-to-day people management and foster the growth of a high-performing, successful team. Your role will involve contributing to and refining all stages of the software development life cycle. If you enjoy coding, rest assured that you will have opportunities to stay involved in writing code as well.
Who’s who in the tech space
This position reports to the Platform Engineering Director of Mr D.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
- Guide team development efforts towards successful delivery
- Provide technical leadership to team members through coaching and mentorship
- Enforce high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
- Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team
- Collaborate with other software developers, technical product managers, product owners, and business owners to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain business applications.
- Assist in the collection and documentation of user requirements, development of user stories, estimates, and work plans
- Prepare reports, manuals, and other documentation on the status, operation, and maintenance of software
- Ensure that the team builds applications in accordance with agreed best practices and standards around security, scalability, operations, and testing.
- Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications
- Analyze and resolve technical and application problems
- Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties
- Communicate with leadership regarding progress against plans, issues, and needs Work with other team leads to leverage targeted technologies, processes, standards, and methodologies
- Conduct regular 1:1 meetings with each assigned team member to assist with issues and provide mentoring support
- Serve as an integral part of the recruitment team for open positions within the team
- Provide performance input of assigned team members for the performance enhancement review process
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders outside of your area
- Strong driver to identify and improve key areas for engineering staff retention
- Influences team to adopt current company technology standards
- Ensure your team implements on-call rotations and manages their operations effectively
- Enables the team to reduce tech debt, automate mundane work, reduce hot desk workload, and build systems for success
The skills we need:
- A solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high-energy
- Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions
- Capability to present ideas succinctly, in writing and verbally
- Passion for learning new skills and appreciation for inventing and simplifying
- A curious thinker who understands technical topics beyond the average reader
- Comfortable with rapidly changing and/or loosely defined requirements that are refined over time
- Thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, OO concepts, data structures, and algorithms
Qualifications & Experience:
- At least 5 years 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 (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) 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)
Let’s talk about life @ Mr D
- The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package that 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.
- 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 Prosus Academy, 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
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- 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
Ready to apply?
Apply to takealot.com
Engineering Manager
Mr D, a division of the Takealot Group, is looking for a highly talented Engineering Manager to join our team in Cape Town. Please note that this position is a hybrid role.
Are you ready to make a real impact in one of South Africa’s most dynamic tech environments?
You will lead a team of Software Engineers constantly striving for quality solutions that are delivered on time, within budget and scope, and drive a culture of quality and personal accountability.
You should have hands-on experience in designing and building high-performance, scalable, and distributed backend systems. With a strong development background, you should possess a solid understanding of architectural principles and best practices. As a proponent of iterative engineering methodologies, you will also bring prior experience in line management, demonstrating a proven ability to keep highly skilled developers engaged and motivated.
This is a hands-on position where you will actively lead architectural and strategic planning alongside peers and senior developers. You will also take ownership of day-to-day people management and foster the growth of a high-performing, successful team. Your role will involve contributing to and refining all stages of the software development life cycle. If you enjoy coding, rest assured that you will have opportunities to stay involved in writing code as well.
Who’s who in the tech space
This position reports to the Platform Engineering Director of Mr D.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
- Guide team development efforts towards successful delivery
- Provide technical leadership to team members through coaching and mentorship
- Enforce high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
- Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team
- Collaborate with other software developers, technical product managers, product owners, and business owners to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain business applications.
- Assist in the collection and documentation of user requirements, development of user stories, estimates, and work plans
- Prepare reports, manuals, and other documentation on the status, operation, and maintenance of software
- Ensure that the team builds applications in accordance with agreed best practices and standards around security, scalability, operations, and testing.
- Participate in peer reviews of solution designs and related code
- Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications
- Analyze and resolve technical and application problems
- Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties
- Communicate with leadership regarding progress against plans, issues, and needs
- Work with other team leads to leverage targeted technologies, processes, standards, and methodologies
- Conduct regular 1:1 meetings with each assigned team member to assist with issues and provide mentoring support
- Serve as an integral part of the recruitment team for open positions within the team
- Provide performance input of assigned team members for the performance enhancement review process
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders outside of your area
- Strong driver to identify and improve key areas for engineering staff retention
- Influences team to adopt current company technology standards
- Ensure your team implements on-call rotations and manages their operations effectively
- Enables the team to reduce tech debt, automate mundane work, reduce hot desk workload, and build systems for success
The skills we need:
- A solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high-energy
- Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions
- Capability to present ideas succinctly, in writing and verbally
- Passion for learning new skills and appreciation for inventing and simplifying
- A curious thinker who understands technical topics beyond the average reader
- Comfortable with rapidly changing and/or loosely defined requirements that are refined over time
- Thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, OO concepts, data structures, and algorithms
Qualifications & Experience:
- At least 5 years 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 (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) new and existing systems
- Experience with stateless architecture design, microservices, and an 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)
Let’s talk about life @ Mr D
- The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package that 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.
- Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Upskill with free access to courses on Prosus Academy, 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
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- 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
Ready to apply?
Apply to Takealot Group
At 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission – to eliminate the back row in education – and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class digital education at scale. As the parent company of edX, the world’s leading online learning platform, 2U powers more than 4,000 online higher education offerings – from free courses to full degrees. Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are helping to unlock human potential.
What We’re Looking For:
As the Senior Manager of Cybersecurity Operations, you will lead and mature 2U’s global cyber defense and security operations capabilities. This role is accountable for the effective execution of threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, and operational security monitoring across a global enterprise.
You will manage and develop a team of security engineers responsible for day-to-day security operations, while also acting as the operational bridge between cybersecurity engineering, infrastructure, SRE, IT, and external partners (including managed or embedded resources). While remaining technically credible, your primary focus will be on operational excellence, incident readiness, process maturity, and ensuring consistent, high-quality execution of security operations at scale.
This role requires strong leadership, sound judgment under pressure, and the ability to translate technical security events into clear risk-based communication for senior stakeholders. You will own operational outcomes, ensure alignment to industry frameworks, and continuously improve tools, processes, and team capability to reduce risk across 2U’s most critical systems.
Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:
Cybersecurity Operations & Execution
- Own and oversee day-to-day cybersecurity operations, ensuring effective threat detection, investigation, response, and remediation across cloud, application, and infrastructure environments.
- Ensure security monitoring, alerting, and response processes are consistently executed, well-documented, and aligned to defined SLAs and severity models.
- Provide operational oversight of security tooling (e.g., SIEM, EDR, SOAR), ensuring tools are properly configured, maintained, and delivering actionable outcomes.
- Drive continuous improvement of operational runbooks, response workflows, and automation to reduce manual effort and improve response quality.
Cybersecurity Incident Management & Operational Readiness
- Own the cybersecurity incident management program, ensuring incidents are triaged, escalated, coordinated, and resolved effectively.
- Ensure clear roles, escalation paths, and communications are in place for security incidents, including coordination with SRE, Engineering, Infrastructure, IT, Legal, Privacy, and Communications teams.
- Lead post-incident reviews for security incidents, driving root cause analysis, remediation tracking, and systemic improvements.
- Ensure incident response practices align with industry standards and internal risk management expectations.
Engineering, Cloud & Application Security Alignment
- Partner with Cloud Security, Application Security, and Engineering teams to ensure security controls, detections, and response requirements are operationalised within cybersecurity operations.
- Ensure outputs from Cloud Security and Application Security initiatives (e.g., controls, detections, alerts, runbooks) are effectively integrated into security monitoring, incident response, and operational workflows.
- Act as the primary intake point for security-relevant operational signals from engineering and platform teams, ensuring they are triaged, prioritised, and actioned appropriately by cybersecurity operations.
- Collaborate with partner teams to identify gaps in detection, response coverage, and operational readiness, and drive improvements to expand and mature cybersecurity operations coverage.
- Serve as an escalation and advisory point for security-related operational issues, ensuring coordination with the appropriate domain owners (Cloud, Application, Infrastructure, SRE) while maintaining clear accountability.
Security Operations Coverage & Readiness
- Ensure cybersecurity operations maintain effective visibility and response capability across cloud, infrastructure, and application environments, aligned to defined risk and threat models.
- Oversee the integration of logging, telemetry, alerts, and response playbooks into operational tooling (e.g., SIEM, SOAR, EDR), without assuming ownership of underlying platform or application architectures.
- Partner with domain security teams to validate that new systems, services, and changes are adequately covered by operational security monitoring and incident response processes.
- Continuously assess and improve operational coverage to ensure cybersecurity operations can detect, respond to, and support incidents across the evolving technical environment.
Proactive Risk & Vulnerability Management
- Own the operational vulnerability management lifecycle, ensuring vulnerabilities are identified, prioritized, remediated, and tracked to closure.
- Use risk-based prioritization to balance remediation effort with business impact and operational realities.
- Ensure security findings and risk trends are translated into clear, actionable insights for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Team Leadership & Partner Management
- Lead, mentor, and develop cybersecurity operations engineers, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
- Provide direction and oversight to embedded or partner resources (e.g., Sonata), ensuring clear expectations, quality delivery, and alignment to 2U standards.
- Contribute to workforce planning, skills development, and operational maturity of the cybersecurity operations function.
Things That Should Be In Your Background:
- 5+ years experience in cybersecurity or security operations, with progression into technical leadership or people management.
- Experience leading or supporting security operations, incident response, or threat management in complex environments.
- Working knowledge of AWS; exposure to GCP or Azure is a plus.
- Comfortable with scripting/automation (e.g., Python, Bash) to guide and review operational improvements.
- Experience partnering on CI/CD and DevSecOps initiatives to ensure security signals feed into detection and response.
- Familiarity with cloud-native and containerised environments and their operational security risks.
- Required: Hands-on experience with SIEM and EDR platforms supporting security monitoring, investigation, and incident response.
- Beneficial: Experience with SOAR workflows and WAF technologies to support security automation and application protection.
- Strong analytical judgment, able to make risk-based decisions under pressure.
- Clear communicator with both technical teams and senior stakeholders.
Benefits & Culture
Our global employee base is a diverse collection of innovators, dreamers, and doers working together to transform lives through higher education. We believe that every employee can advance our shared purpose, and that life at 2U should be fun and meaningful. If you’re excited by the opportunity to provide over 40 million learners and counting with access to world-class online higher education, then join us – and do work that makes a difference. #NoBackRow
We offer comprehensive benefits (unique per country) and excellent work/life balance.
Full-time, ZA benefits include:
- 2 complimentary Getsmarter short courses per year
- Subsidised medical aid with Discovery Health Medical Scheme
- 4% 2U contribution towards Discovery Life Pension Fund and Group Risk Benefit
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Generous leave policy including time off to volunteer for non-profit organization, study leave, sports leave and a company-wide festive season break
2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement
At 2U, we are committed to building and sustaining a culture of belonging, respect, and inclusion. We are proud of the steps we’ve taken to bring together an employee base that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by what makes us different, as well as by how we are alike.
2U is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodations, please reach out to us at: recruitingaccommodations@2u.com.
About 2U
For more than a decade, 2U has been the digital transformation partner of choice to great non-profit colleges and universities delivering high-quality online education at scale. As the parent company of edX, a leading global online learning platform, 2U provides over 45 million learners with access to world-class education in partnership with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporations. Our people and technology are powering more than 4,000 digital education offerings — from free courses to full degrees — and helping unlock human potential. To learn more: visit 2U.com.
About edX
edX is the education movement for restless learners and a leading global online learning platform from 2U. Together with the majority of the world’s top-ranked universities and industry-leading companies, we bring our community of over 45 million learners world-class education to support them at every stage of their lives and careers, from free courses to full degrees. And we're not stopping there — we're relentlessly pursuing our vision of a world where every learner can access education to unlock their potential, without the barriers of cost or location. Learn more at edX.org.
Learn more at https://2u.com/careers/
#NoBackRow
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
2U is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against applicants or employees and ensures equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship, military or veterans’ status, or any other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 2U’s equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, job benefits and pay.
2U is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. 2U requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.
Ready to apply?
Apply to 2UAt 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission – to eliminate the back row in education – and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class digital education at scale. As the parent company of edX, the world’s leading online learning platform, 2U powers more than 4,000 online higher education offerings – from free courses to full degrees. Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are helping to unlock human potential.
What We’re Looking For:
The Data Scientist III will technically lead analytical research, machine learning and other data science initiatives across all lines of business, including degree, executive education, and open course programs. The Data Scientist III would be expected to engage with stakeholders, lead technical solution design and delivery. This is a highly quantitative role that requires analytical aptitude, strong programming skills, and intellectual curiosity. We are looking for someone who is excited about solving business problems, eager to learn and apply experimental and machine learning techniques, and motivated to develop their skills in a collaborative team environment.
Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:
- Lead statistical analysis, reporting and visualization to support business decision-making across degree, executive education, and open course lines of business.
- Lead the end to end technical delivery of Data Science projects/models over use cases that span all lines of business and functional areas, identifying high value opportunities and implementing the solution.
- Lead design and implementation of A/B tests on Data Science projects/models implemented to determine and size success of solutions.
- Collaborate with engineers and ML engineers to support productionization efforts, including code development, testing, and integration into the 2U software ecosystem.
- Partner with stakeholders and product to gain domain knowledge, understand requirements, and contribute to planning development tasks and projects.
Things That Should Be In Your Background:
- Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, mathematics, computer science, economics or other quantitative field required
- 5-10 years of experience in data science or related role
- Proven track record of delivering production-grade machine learning models and data science products that drove significant business impact
- Demonstrated experience designing and analyzing online controlled experiments (A/B testing)
- Proven experience applying analytical techniques such as classification, regression, cluster analysis, pattern recognition, and predictive modeling
- Strong proficiency in Python and other object-oriented programming languages (R, Java, Scala, or similar)
- Advanced SQL skills and experience querying relational and/or NoSQL databases
- Solid understanding of applied statistics
- Experience with data visualization and business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker, PowerBI, Domo, or similar platforms)
- Familiarity with data engineering concepts and ETL processes
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment while receiving moderate guidance and direction
Other Attributes That Will Help You In This Role:
- Graduate degree or additional coursework in quantitative fields is a plus
Benefits & Culture
Our global employee base is a diverse collection of innovators, dreamers, and doers working together to transform lives through higher education. We believe that every employee can advance our shared purpose, and that life at 2U should be fun and meaningful. If you’re excited by the opportunity to provide over 40 million learners and counting with access to world-class online higher education, then join us – and do work that makes a difference. #NoBackRow
We offer comprehensive benefits (unique per country) and excellent work/life balance.
Full-time, ZA benefits include:
- 2 complimentary Getsmarter short courses per year
- Subsidised medical aid with Discovery Health Medical Scheme
- 4% 2U contribution towards Discovery Life Pension Fund and Group Risk Benefit
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Generous leave policy including time off to volunteer for non-profit organization, study leave, sports leave and a company-wide festive season break
2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement
At 2U, we are committed to building and sustaining a culture of belonging, respect, and inclusion. We are proud of the steps we’ve taken to bring together an employee base that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by what makes us different, as well as by how we are alike.
2U is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodations, please reach out to us at: recruitingaccommodations@2u.com.
About 2U
For more than a decade, 2U has been the digital transformation partner of choice to great non-profit colleges and universities delivering high-quality online education at scale. As the parent company of edX, a leading global online learning platform, 2U provides over 45 million learners with access to world-class education in partnership with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporations. Our people and technology are powering more than 4,000 digital education offerings — from free courses to full degrees — and helping unlock human potential. To learn more: visit 2U.com.
About edX
edX is the education movement for restless learners and a leading global online learning platform from 2U. Together with the majority of the world’s top-ranked universities and industry-leading companies, we bring our community of over 45 million learners world-class education to support them at every stage of their lives and careers, from free courses to full degrees. And we're not stopping there — we're relentlessly pursuing our vision of a world where every learner can access education to unlock their potential, without the barriers of cost or location. Learn more at edX.org.
Learn more at https://2u.com/careers/
#NoBackRow
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
2U is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against applicants or employees and ensures equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship, military or veterans’ status, or any other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 2U’s equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, job benefits and pay.
2U is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. 2U requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.
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Luno is the crypto investment app you can rely on, enabling you to buy, store and explore crypto securely. We’re committed to putting the power of cryptocurrency in everyone's hands sensibly and responsibly.
Since 2013, we’ve helped millions of people around the world invest safely in crypto. We do this by cutting through the hype and supporting customers at every step of the way. All products and cryptocurrencies on our platform must first meet stringent legal, risk and technical security standards.
Transparency is key for us. Luno stores all crypto on a 1:1 basis and we have rigorous processes in place so you can be confident your investment is secure. We’re available in more than 40 countries around the world and we work closely with respective regulators in all of these markets to be fully compliant, as we believe this is the best way to help everyone, everywhere, invest safely.
The role in a nutshell:
You will form part of the Onboarding Operations team based in Cape Town and Kuala Lumpur, reporting to the Head of Onboarding Strategy and Customer Due Diligence Operations. Your role as a Business Optimisation Analyst (Data) will be to use your knowledge of data analysis and data processing to inform key business decisions in the Onboarding Operations team and other business areas. You will work in a fast paced environment, collaborating with other business units, including Engineering, Product, Compliance and Data teams, servicing the business on an international level together with the teams from South East Asia, Africa and Europe. You will be responsible for creating dashboards, extracting data, writing reports, and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) to determine business initiatives’ success.
Your mission will be:
- Interpret trends and patterns in data and present findings and actionable insights to senior leaders of the business
- Collaborate with data engineers to design and build any pipelines/data models needed to support analytical and reporting needs
- Structure large data sets to find usable information
- Design metrics to help assess how the onboarding teams and broader business are performing on a day-to-day basis
- Report regularly on business and team performance
- Work closely with the relevant business stakeholders to understand their data needs
- Collaborate with teams to determine, collect and analyse required data to address business needs while ensuring it is of the highest quality, reliable and trusted
- Build visually compelling dashboards that communicate insights to stakeholders (often non-technical) to allow data-informed decision making
- Use data-driven analysis to identify opportunities for improvement and automation in onboarding operations processes
- Review delivery of providers against Service Level Agreements and support negotiations from a data perspective
The ideal candidate will have:
- A qualification in Data Analysis or similar quantitative fields.
- A minimum of 1 year of experience in the data or business optimisation space
- Intermediate skills in SQL, Python and experience working with data pipelines.
- Experience working with business intelligence platforms such as Looker, Tableau, DataBricks, PowerBI or similar
- Familiar with data governance principles and best practices
- Passionate about data analytics and related disciplines
- Friendly, transparent, articulate and driven to succeed.
- Experience in a customer service / customer onboarding / KYC environment is advantageous
- Ability to lead change through entrepreneurial thinking, a strong sense of responsibility and a very high level of integrity
- Adaptable, capable and intellectually curious and have the persistence to find answers to difficult questions in fast-paced and environments
- Ability to formulate business cases, document investigation work, and contribute to technical design documents
- Ability to take ownership of own work and successfully deliver high quality projects with obscure and incomplete requirements
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to explain data concepts to non-experts in a clear, and structured manner
- Experience working with cross-functional teams using data to influence strategy, roadmaps and drive data-informed decisions
- Internet access at home and the ability to work remotely (Luno will provide successful candidates with suitable equipment to set them up for success)
Life at Luno:
- Remote but reachable work policy gives you the freedom to choose between working from home or the office.
- Plus the option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave
- Improve body and mind, with excellent private medical insurance
- Access to Learnably and our additional learning platforms for your personal and professional development
- 6 months primary care-giver leave
- Paw-ternity leave for your furry friend
- Annual Inspiration Day in addition to your annual leave which increases based on your length of service!
- A collaborative, friendly work community, with regular social events and virtual cooking, dancing, drawing and house planting classes hosted by our Lunauts
- Free lunch and snacks
- 0 fees up to a certain amount with Luno from the day you start.*
*Offer only available on Luno Instant Buy, not Luno Exchange.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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About Paystack
Paystack’s mission is to accelerate digital payments on the continent of Africa. Over 200,000 of some of the most renowned businesses in Nigeria, as well as a growing number of merchants in South Africa, Ghana, and Kenya use Paystack’s modern payments gateway. They include the likes of MTN, Burger King, UPS, AXA Mansard Insurance, FairMoney, PiggyVest, FilmHouse Cinemas, Smile Communications, Air Peace Airlines, Crocs, Under Armour, Richemont Lifestyle Group (RLG), and many others.
In just over 10 years, our growing team has introduced a steady cadence of innovation within the online payments landscape, such as automated recurring payments, the ability for customers to pay directly from their bank accounts, automated chargebacks, and much more.
We’re obsessed about building the best place to work on the continent while accelerating digital commerce across Africa and we need your help!
About the role
As a senior full-stack engineer, you take responsibility for delivering and supporting robust back-end and front-end applications that exposes our data and functionality to internal and external users.
Applications handling financial information need to be able to handle large data sets in a performant manner, while being highly accurate and reliable.
You’ll work with a team of talented engineers to design and build systems that support some of South Africa’s best known brands.
What we expect of you:
- Architect and Develop: Design and implement robust solutions for our platform, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and reliability.
- Product Innovation: Design and development of technical solutions to deliver on our product vision.
- Technical Problem Solving: Tackle complex technical challenges, providing innovative solutions to enhance system performance and reliability.
- System Integration: Collaborate on the refinement of the platform’s architecture, focusing on optimization and seamless integration to other systems.
- Code Review and Testing: Review specifications and code submissions and conduct thorough testing to maintain code quality.
- System support: Collaborate with other teams, both inside and outside engineering, to assist merchants and customers where necessary.
What you are good at:
- You have extensive programming experience in at least one language such as Javascript, Typescript, Java, C++, C#, Python or another major language
- Working on large, distributed systems at scale
- Understanding and working with SQL databases
- Writing solid unit testing and integration tests
- You communicate clearly and are able to collaborate in a remote environment
- Taking ownership of work assigned to you
- You have a passion for building products to help African businesses
Technology stack:
Our technology stack includes the following:
- Typescript and Javascript
- Node.js
- Frameworks: Express.js, Sails.js and Nest.js
- Frontend frameworks: React, Angular and Vue
- Redis
- MySQL and MongoDB
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- AWS
Application Instructions - Read carefully!
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Complete all the required questions
- This role is only open to candidates based in Cape Town, South Africa
Questions? Please contact careers@paystack.com.
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Senior Analyst (Customer Experience)
takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Senior Data Analyst to join our team in Cape Town with a specific focus on Customer Experience.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment, and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
This position reports to the Group Head: Customer Insights and Engagement
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
Budget modelling & financial planning
- Develop and maintain comprehensive budget models for Takealot Group Contact Centre operations across all brands
- Create annual, quarterly, and monthly financial forecasts for contact centre costs and resource requirements
- Build cost allocation models distributing shared services across Takealot.com, Sellers, Mr D, TFS etc.
- Analyse cost per contact metrics and efficiency benchmarks across brands and channels
- Support budget planning cycles with detailed financial analysis and scenario modelling
- Track budget variance analysis and provide recommendations for cost optimisation
Cross-Brand Analytics & Optimisation
- Analyse Cross-brand contact centre data, including contact volume patterns, trends, and drivers across all Group brands and channels
- Build predictive models for contact volumes incorporating seasonality, promotions, and business events
- Develop cross-brand benchmarking frameworks for performance, efficiency, and customer satisfaction
- Create unified reporting dashboards showing Group-wide contact centre performance and trends
- Analyse customer journey impacts on contact generation across different brand touchpoints
- Identify opportunities for economies of scale and shared service optimisation
Strategic forecasting & planning
- Produce long-term strategic forecasts for contact centre growth and evolution (1-3 year horizon)
- Model the impact of business initiatives, new product launches, and market expansion on contact volumes
- Analyse seasonal patterns and special events' impact across all brands for strategic planning
- Support strategic decisions on contact centre footprint, technology investments, and capability development
- Create scenario planning models for business growth, market changes, and operational scaling
- Develop capacity planning models linking customer growth projections to resource requirements
Performance Analytics & Insights
- Develop Group-wide KPI frameworks and performance measurement systems
- Analyse agent productivity, efficiency metrics, and performance trends across brands
- Build customer satisfaction analytics linking CSAT/NPS to operational performance across channels
- Create executive dashboards and reports for senior leadership and brand management
- Conduct deep-dive analyses on operational challenges and improvement opportunities
- Monitor industry benchmarks and best practices for contact centre operations
- Build customer segmentations, enabling agents to make more informed decisions
Data governance & collaboration
- Establish data standards and definitions for cross-brand contact centre analytics
- Collaborate with Senior Capacity Planner to ensure operational and strategic analytics alignment
- Partner with Finance teams on budget planning, cost allocation, and financial reporting
- Work with business unit teams to understand unique business drivers and operational requirements
- Ensure data quality and consistency across all brand contact centre systems
- Document analytical methodologies and maintain knowledge management systems
- Lead change management initiatives for cross-brand process standardisation
Qualifications and Experience:
- Postgraduate degree (Honours, Masters, or higher) in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Business Analytics or related quantitative field with a strong analytical and research methodologies foundation
- Professional certification in financial planning, business analysis, or data analytics
- Contact centre management or customer experience certification (advantageous)
- 5-7 years of experience in commercial analytics, customer experience analysis, or contact centre analytics with demonstrable impact on business outcomes
- Proven experience working with large, complex customer datasets and building predictive business models
- Background in customer service analytics, ticket analysis, contact centre performance measurement, or contact reduction initiatives
- Experience working with contact centre operations and understanding customer experience metrics
- Experience in multi-brand or complex organisational environments
- E-commerce, retail, or digital marketplace customer service environment experience strongly preferred
- Proven track record in budget variance analysis and cost optimisation delivery
- Experience with growth target setting and performance accountability reporting
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally across teams, including customer service, finance, marketing and operations
- Experience leading analytical projects and influencing senior stakeholders
- Change management experience in implementing standardisation across multiple business units
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities Required:
Financial & analytical skills:
- Advanced financial modelling and budget planning expertise
- Cost accounting and allocation methodology experience
- Forecasting and predictive modelling capabilities (time series, regression, scenario analysis)
- Advanced Excel/Google Sheets with complex financial models and macros
- Advanced statistical forecasting techniques and hypothesis testing
Data & BI skills:
- Advanced SQL and R or Python
- Experience working with Google BigQuery (GBQ) and Looker (or similar platforms)
- Data visualisation and executive dashboard development
- Experience with large datasets and data warehouse environments
Business skills:
- Strategic planning and scenario modelling with long-term business impact assessment
- Cross-brand and multi-business analysis with standardisation and optimisation focus
- Executive presentation and communication skills with senior leadership influence capability
- Process improvement and optimisation methodologies
- Project management and stakeholder coordination across complex organisational structures
- Change management and process standardisation experience in multi-brand environments
- Industry knowledge of e-commerce customer service trends and best practices
Attributes Required:
- Advanced problem-solving abilities with strong diagnostic skills for root-cause analysis and hypothesis-driven investigation
- Deep understanding of contact centre data, business models, and operational metrics
- Strategic thinking capabilities linking analytical insights to business strategy and competitive advantage
- Ability to synthesise complex, multi-source data into actionable business recommendations
- Change management skills for implementing cross-brand standardisation and process improvements
- Understanding of customer journey analytics, omnichannel experience, and e-commerce customer behaviour
- Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive decision-making
- Cross-functional leadership capabilities with strong stakeholder management and consensus-building skills
- Executive presence and ability to communicate complex analytical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Strong documentation mindset with focus on process improvement, automation, and knowledge management
- Self-guided learner with strong prioritisation skills, attention to detail under pressure, and a deadline-driven approach
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining quality and accuracy standards
- Can-do attitude with high energy, bias toward action, and passion for brand excellence and customer satisfaction
The Environment:
- takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.
- 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 improve.
- We are short on ego and high on output.
- We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all.
- We love what we do and what we are creating.
- We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking.
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!
Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.
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Senior Analyst (Customer Experience)
takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Senior Data Analyst to join our team in Cape Town with a specific focus on Customer Experience.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment, and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
This position reports to the Group Head: Customer Insights and Engagement
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
Budget modelling & financial planning
- Develop and maintain comprehensive budget models for Takealot Group Contact Centre operations across all brands
- Create annual, quarterly, and monthly financial forecasts for contact centre costs and resource requirements
- Build cost allocation models distributing shared services across Takealot.com, Sellers, Mr D, TFS etc.
- Analyse cost per contact metrics and efficiency benchmarks across brands and channels
- Support budget planning cycles with detailed financial analysis and scenario modelling
- Track budget variance analysis and provide recommendations for cost optimisation
Cross-Brand Analytics & Optimisation
- Analyse Cross-brand contact centre data, including contact volume patterns, trends, and drivers across all Group brands and channels
- Build predictive models for contact volumes incorporating seasonality, promotions, and business events
- Develop cross-brand benchmarking frameworks for performance, efficiency, and customer satisfaction
- Create unified reporting dashboards showing Group-wide contact centre performance and trends
- Analyse customer journey impacts on contact generation across different brand touchpoints
- Identify opportunities for economies of scale and shared service optimisation
Strategic forecasting & planning
- Produce long-term strategic forecasts for contact centre growth and evolution (1-3 year horizon)
- Model the impact of business initiatives, new product launches, and market expansion on contact volumes
- Analyse seasonal patterns and special events' impact across all brands for strategic planning
- Support strategic decisions on contact centre footprint, technology investments, and capability development
- Create scenario planning models for business growth, market changes, and operational scaling
- Develop capacity planning models linking customer growth projections to resource requirements
Performance Analytics & Insights
- Develop Group-wide KPI frameworks and performance measurement systems
- Analyse agent productivity, efficiency metrics, and performance trends across brands
- Build customer satisfaction analytics linking CSAT/NPS to operational performance across channels
- Create executive dashboards and reports for senior leadership and brand management
- Conduct deep-dive analyses on operational challenges and improvement opportunities
- Monitor industry benchmarks and best practices for contact centre operations
- Build customer segmentations, enabling agents to make more informed decisions
Data governance & collaboration
- Establish data standards and definitions for cross-brand contact centre analytics
- Collaborate with Senior Capacity Planner to ensure operational and strategic analytics alignment
- Partner with Finance teams on budget planning, cost allocation, and financial reporting
- Work with business unit teams to understand unique business drivers and operational requirements
- Ensure data quality and consistency across all brand contact centre systems
- Document analytical methodologies and maintain knowledge management systems
- Lead change management initiatives for cross-brand process standardisation
Qualifications and Experience:
- Postgraduate degree (Honours, Masters, or higher) in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Business Analytics or related quantitative field with a strong analytical and research methodologies foundation
- Professional certification in financial planning, business analysis, or data analytics
- Contact centre management or customer experience certification (advantageous)
- 5-7 years of experience in commercial analytics, customer experience analysis, or contact centre analytics with demonstrable impact on business outcomes
- Proven experience working with large, complex customer datasets and building predictive business models
- Background in customer service analytics, ticket analysis, contact centre performance measurement, or contact reduction initiatives
- Experience working with contact centre operations and understanding customer experience metrics
- Experience in multi-brand or complex organisational environments
- E-commerce, retail, or digital marketplace customer service environment experience strongly preferred
- Proven track record in budget variance analysis and cost optimisation delivery
- Experience with growth target setting and performance accountability reporting
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally across teams, including customer service, finance, marketing and operations
- Experience leading analytical projects and influencing senior stakeholders
- Change management experience in implementing standardisation across multiple business units
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities Required:
Financial & analytical skills:
- Advanced financial modelling and budget planning expertise
- Cost accounting and allocation methodology experience
- Forecasting and predictive modelling capabilities (time series, regression, scenario analysis)
- Advanced Excel/Google Sheets with complex financial models and macros
- Advanced statistical forecasting techniques and hypothesis testing
Data & BI skills:
- Advanced SQL and R or Python
- Experience working with Google BigQuery (GBQ) and Looker (or similar platforms)
- Data visualisation and executive dashboard development
- Experience with large datasets and data warehouse environments
Business skills:
- Strategic planning and scenario modelling with long-term business impact assessment
- Cross-brand and multi-business analysis with standardisation and optimisation focus
- Executive presentation and communication skills with senior leadership influence capability
- Process improvement and optimisation methodologies
- Project management and stakeholder coordination across complex organisational structures
- Change management and process standardisation experience in multi-brand environments
- Industry knowledge of e-commerce customer service trends and best practices
Attributes Required:
- Advanced problem-solving abilities with strong diagnostic skills for root-cause analysis and hypothesis-driven investigation
- Deep understanding of contact centre data, business models, and operational metrics
- Strategic thinking capabilities linking analytical insights to business strategy and competitive advantage
- Ability to synthesise complex, multi-source data into actionable business recommendations
- Change management skills for implementing cross-brand standardisation and process improvements
- Understanding of customer journey analytics, omnichannel experience, and e-commerce customer behaviour
- Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive decision-making
- Cross-functional leadership capabilities with strong stakeholder management and consensus-building skills
- Executive presence and ability to communicate complex analytical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Strong documentation mindset with focus on process improvement, automation, and knowledge management
- Self-guided learner with strong prioritisation skills, attention to detail under pressure, and a deadline-driven approach
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining quality and accuracy standards
- Can-do attitude with high energy, bias toward action, and passion for brand excellence and customer satisfaction
The Environment:
- takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.
- 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 improve.
- We are short on ego and high on output.
- We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all.
- We love what we do and what we are creating.
- We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking.
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!
Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.
Ready to apply?
Apply to takealot.com
Senior Data Analyst
Our Company:
At impact.com we are passionate about our people, our technology, and are obsessed with customer success. Working together enables us to grow rapidly, win, and serve the largest brands in the world. We use cutting edge technology to solve real-world problems for our clients and continue to pull ahead of the pack as the leading SaaS platform for businesses to automate their partnerships and grow their revenue like never before. We have an entrepreneurial spirit and a culture where ambition and curiosity is rewarded. If you are looking to join a team where your opinion is valued, your contributions are noticed, and enjoy working with fun and talented people from all over the world, then this is the place for you!
impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform, is transforming the way businesses manage and optimize all types of partnerships—including traditional rewards affiliates, influencers, commerce content publishers, B2B, and more. The company’s powerful, purpose-built platform makes it easy for businesses to create, manage, and scale an ecosystem of partnerships with the brands and communities that customers trust to make purchases, get information, and entertain themselves at home, at work, or on the go. To learn more about how impact.com’s technology platform and partnerships marketplace is driving revenue growth for global enterprise brands such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oreal, Fanatics and Levi’s, visit www.impact.com.
Your Role at impact.com:
Impact's analytics team is looking for a Senior Data Analyst ready to lead strategic analytical initiatives, apply rigorous decision science methods, and influence business decisions at the executive level. As the business grows, we increasingly rely on rigorous analysis, experimentation, and evidence-based recommendations to inform strategic decisions across the organisation.
As a Senior Data Analyst, you'll lead cross-functional analytical initiatives, apply structured analytical approaches to measure business impact, and translate complex findings into compelling executive narratives. You'll partner with stakeholders across product, operations, finance, and marketing to drive strategic decisions with measurable business outcomes. You'll work as part of a collaborative, globally distributed analytics team, partnering closely with Analytics Engineers, Data Platform Engineers, and stakeholders across Product, Operations, Finance, and Marketing. Our ideal candidate combines strong analytical skills with business acumen
What You'll Do:
- Lead cross-functional analytical initiatives spanning multiple business domains, delivering insights that directly influence strategic decisions.
- Conduct analysis of large, complex datasets to identify patterns, trends, correlations, and anomalies that drive business value.
- Design and apply experiments and causal inference methods to measure the impact of business changes rigorously and inform strategic decisions.
- Develop and maintain forecasting models, scenario analyses, and segmentation to support strategic planning and resource allocation.
- Design, develop, and maintain interactive dashboards and automated reports, ensuring they provide clear and actionable insights to stakeholders at all levels.
- Translate complex analytical findings into persuasive executive narratives and evidence-based recommendations with clear next steps and expected impact.
- Establish and enforce analytical standards that improve quality, rigour, and consistency across the analytics team.
- Mentor analysts across levels, building team capability and fostering a culture of analytical excellence.
- Facilitate cross-team consensus on analytical findings and methodology, navigating competing priorities and communicating trade-offs clearly.
- Define analytical requirements and validation criteria for data products; collaborate with analytics engineers to ensure production implementation meets analytical needs.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in data analysis or business intelligence
- Advanced SQL and strong Python or R programming skills
- Strong command of statistical methods including hypothesis testing, power analysis, confidence intervals, regression, and uncertainty quantification
- Experience with experimentation design, A/B testing, and causal inference methods such as difference-in-differences or propensity matching
- Strong data analysis, visualisation, and storytelling skills
- Experience with forecasting, segmentation, and analytical modelling
- Hands-on experience with data visualisation and BI tools such as Looker, Tableau, Power BI, or similar
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, or similar cloud analytics platforms
- Proven track record of influencing strategic decisions through analysis with measurable business outcomes
- Experience leading cross-functional analytical initiatives and managing analytics projects
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present to executive audiences
- Experience mentoring junior and mid-level analysts
- Proficiency with version control (Git) for reproducible, maintainable analytical work
- Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field is a plus
- Experience in the digital marketing technology industry is a plus
Benefits:
- Hybrid, Casual work environment
- Responsible PTO policy
- Take the time off that you need. We are truly committed to a positive work-life balance, recognising that it is important to be happy and fulfilled in both
- Training & Development
- Learning the advanced partnership automation products
- Medical Aid and Provident Fund
- Group schemes with Discovery & Bonitas for medical aid
- Group scheme for provident fund
- Restricted Stock Units
- 3-year vesting schedule pending Board approval
- Internet Allowance
- Fitness club fee reimbursementsTechnology stipend
- Primary Caregiver Leave
- Mental Health and Wellness Benefit - Including 12 Therapy/Coaching sessions + Dependent coverage
impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.
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Our Company:
At impact.com we are passionate about our people, our technology, and are obsessed with customer success. Working together enables us to grow rapidly, win, and serve the largest brands in the world. We use cutting edge technology to solve real-world problems for our clients and continue to pull ahead of the pack as the leading SaaS platform for businesses to automate their partnerships and grow their revenue like never before. We have an entrepreneurial spirit and a culture where ambition and curiosity is rewarded. If you are looking to join a team where your opinion is valued, your contributions are noticed, and enjoy working with fun and talented people from all over the world, then this is the place for you!
impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform, is transforming the way businesses manage and optimize all types of partnerships—including traditional rewards affiliates, influencers, commerce content publishers, B2B, and more. The company’s powerful, purpose-built platform makes it easy for businesses to create, manage, and scale an ecosystem of partnerships with the brands and communities that customers trust to make purchases, get information, and entertain themselves at home, at work, or on the go. To learn more about how impact.com’s technology platform and partnerships marketplace is driving revenue growth for global enterprise brands such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oreal, Fanatics and Levi’s, visit www.impact.com.
Your Role at impact.com:
impact.com's Analytics Data Platform processes terabyte-scale data for one of the world's leading partnership SaaS platforms, covering the full lifecycle from ingestion to governed access.
We're looking for a technical people leader to own and grow the Data Platform Engineering team, while driving the architecture, reliability, and evolution of impact.com's Analytics Data Platform. This is a senior player-coach role: you'll combine hands-on technical leadership with direct people management, building a high-performing team, owning delivery, and shaping platform strategy. Expect to spend roughly 40% hands-on and 60% on leadership, people, and delivery, shifting as the team matures. You'll be accountable for both the team's output and its people, ensuring engineers are supported, challenged, and growing.
As Team Lead for Data Platform Engineering, you'll work across the full data ecosystem (ingestion, processing, storage, orchestration, access, and governance) using technologies like Scala, Python, Google Cloud Dataproc, BigQuery, and Airflow. You'll shape the operating model for the team, establish engineering standards, and drive platform strategy. This role is levelled at Senior/Staff Engineer on the engineering management track and reports to the Director of Advanced Analytics. The position is based in Cape Town, hybrid, with one day per week in office.
Data Platform Engineering is one of four sub-teams within the Data Analytics Group (DAG). DPE owns ingestion, infrastructure, orchestration, and platform services. Analytics Engineering owns the dbt transformation layer and semantic layer. Data Analytics owns reporting and insights. Data Product Management owns product roadmaps and governance processes. You'll partner closely with all three, but won't own dbt models, reporting, or product prioritisation directly.
Our ideal candidate combines distributed systems expertise with proven people leadership. Someone who can make architecture decisions, run a team, and translate platform trade-offs into business language. This role is for someone who wants to build both a platform and a team, not just maintain what exists.
What you'll inherit:
The platform has strong foundations: Scala/Spark pipelines processing TB-scale data, 37+ Fivetran connectors, Airflow on Astronomer for orchestration, a mature dbt-based transformation layer, and BigQuery as the core analytical warehouse. Databricks is part of the current stack but is being transitioned off in favour of Dataproc and BigQuery-native patterns. What's greenfield: governance frameworks, data contracts, SLOs/SLAs, observability, cost management, and data quality monitoring. You'll build the team that delivers on these opportunities.
What you'll do:
- Build and run a team of data platform engineers: set direction, remove blockers, give honest feedback, and make sure people are growing in their careers.
- Create an environment where engineers do their best work: high trust, high standards, low friction.
- Turn platform strategy into a delivery plan the team can actually execute: sequence the work, balance new builds against keeping the lights on, and make the trade-offs visible.
- Own capacity and priorities across the team. Keep cross-team dependencies from becoming bottlenecks.
- Lead platform architecture decisions, design reviews, and cross-org technical coordination, defining and promoting architectural patterns, standards, and guidelines.
- Design and implement scalable pipelines using Scala, Python, and distributed frameworks (Spark on Dataproc) processing TB-scale data. Lead the migration off Databricks onto Dataproc and BigQuery-native patterns.
- Establish platform reliability practices: define SLOs/SLAs, build incident management and response processes, and drive systemic improvements across pipeline and infrastructure operations.
- Design and maintain core platform services (Dataproc clusters, BigQuery datasets, Cloud Storage) and optimise platform performance and cost at scale.
- Build and operationalise data governance, security, and compliance capabilities, including data contracts, access controls, and audit logging. Many of these practices are greenfield; you will be building them from scratch.
- Define and evolve team rituals, operating cadences, and engineering standards: code review norms, documentation practices, on-call fairness, and knowledge sharing.
- Represent the team to senior leadership and act as the single point of accountability for the team's commitments to cross-functional partners (analytics engineering, data analytics, product, finance).
- Own data source integrations and data quality across the platform, including third-party connectors (e.g. Fivetran), custom Scala/Spark ingestion pipelines, dbt orchestration via Airflow and Astronomer Cosmos, and quality monitoring and remediation practices.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 7+ years of experience in data platform engineering, data engineering, or distributed systems, including 2+ years leading engineering teams
- Strong programming skills in Scala and Python, including functional Scala patterns (cats-effect / Typelevel ecosystem), testing, code review, and production-grade engineering practices
- Deep hands-on experience with distributed computing frameworks: Apache Spark (Dataproc) and large-scale data processing. Databricks experience is useful for leading the migration off it
- Expert-level knowledge of cloud-native data platforms and services. Our stack runs on Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Dataproc, Cloud Storage), but equivalent depth on AWS or Azure is equally valued
- Advanced SQL skills including complex query optimisation, partitioning strategies, and performance tuning
- Experience building and scaling engineering teams, not just managing established ones: hiring, running interview loops, onboarding, and growing engineers from junior to senior
- Experience leading cross-team architecture initiatives and establishing platform-wide standards
- Experience with orchestration tools (Airflow, Astronomer, and Astronomer Cosmos for dbt orchestration) and CI/CD pipeline design
- Familiarity with legacy CI/CD tooling (e.g. Jenkins), particularly in the context of pipeline migration and modernisation
- Strong understanding of data governance, security best practices, and compliance requirements
- Experience with infrastructure as code and automated deployment practices
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical trade-offs for non-technical stakeholders and represent the team to senior leadership
- Strong people management skills: coaching, mentorship, performance management, and career development
- Experience with monitoring, alerting, observability, and on-call operations for production data systems
Nice to Have:
- Experience in the digital marketing technology or partnership/affiliate industry
- General experience with Google Cloud Platform services beyond the core required stack (e.g. Pub/Sub, BigTable, Cloud Functions); familiarity with Dataflow is a plus but not a current platform requirement (it is under future evaluation)
- Familiarity with streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka and stream processing frameworks
- Experience standing up data quality frameworks and monitoring practices from scratch
- Experience with FinOps or cloud cost management at scale
- Experience migrating off legacy platforms (e.g. Databricks, on-prem Hadoop) to cloud-native alternatives
- Experience with organisational design, team scaling, or building engineering teams from scratch
- Awareness of AI agent architectures and how they connect to data platforms (e.g. MCP, tool-use patterns)
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
Benefits:
- Hybrid, Casual work environment
- Responsible PTO policy
- Take the time off that you need. We are truly committed to a positive work-life balance, recognising that it is important to be happy and fulfilled in both
- Training & Development
- Learning the advanced partnership automation products
- Medical Aid and Provident Fund
- Group schemes with Discovery & Bonitas for medical aid
- Group scheme for provident fund
- Restricted Stock Units
- 3-year vesting schedule pending Board approval
- Internet Allowance
- Fitness club fee reimbursementsTechnology stipend
- Primary Caregiver Leave
- Mental Health and Wellness Benefit - Including 12 Therapy/Coaching sessions + Dependent coverage
impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.
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WHO WE ARE AT BASH
We are a team of leaders, bold thinkers and friends, and we’re on a mission to create remarkable omni-channel experiences for our customers.
We believe that by being Bold, Accountable, Simple and Human, our values will lead us forward, keeping us real, connected and directed.
By leveraging the power of technology and exceptional talent, we are building products that bring the physical and digital world together to create communities that prosper. This journey requires grit, ambition and teamwork as we transform SA retail for the better.
And we’re only just getting started. Now is the time to jump onboard.
As a Senior Software Engineer - GoLang | Python (OmniComm) 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 IS OMNICOMM:
The Omnicom engineering division is responsible for the customer facing experience of shopping on Bash, delivering all of the usual eCommerce functionality, as well as in store features to round out the omni-shopping customer experience:
- Surfacing our products to customers, working with our partners to deliver world class shopping experiences to surprise and delight
- Growing our customer base through promotions and customer relationship management
- The shopping and checkout journey and post purchase experiences and communications
- And much more
WHAT YOU DO:
- Collaborate 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
- Document processes and SOPs (we use Notion)
WHAT YOU HAVE:
- BSc Computer Science or equivalent is encouraged (strong work experience can fill this gap)
- 5+ years of relevant work experience
- 5+ years experience writing backend code. We primarily use Go (and Python)
- 5+ years experience designing backend for frontend services and 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 or Google Cloud Platform.
- 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.
JOINING THE BASH TEAM
We empower our people to choose where they would like to do their best work, with the tools they need to get there but we also encourage our teams to travel so we can also make magic happen face to face. Our offices are a vibe, which doesn’t hurt. They are decked out to make collaboration easy and help our team create lasting connections with each other. We bring teams together for planning, celebration, ideation and onboarding, and more.
BASH PERKS
Our perks are supercharged by our intangible benefits, like the optionality that comes with building a hyper growth business, being surrounded by the best talent in the biz and building great products that wow our customers and drive growth for our country.
Best of the Best - The wealth of talent we have will surprise + inspire you
Security within a startup - The best of both worlds. TFG's buy-in lets us invest in the people and initiatives we believe in.
Agency and Optionality - Use the ambition and collective force of our talent to drive your career in the direction you dream.
Connection and Friendship - We make sure you connect, laugh and have fun with the team. Play hard, work hard vibes.
Top $$ - The best people, in the right roles, earning at the top tier.
Your Time - We’ve got generous paid holiday, wellbeing leave and even Birthday leave for you to enjoy when you need it.
Exclusive Shopping Discount - Save when you shop across over 500 brands in-store and on bash.com.
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Senior Data Analyst
Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS), a division of Takealot Online (RF) (Pty) Ltd, is looking for a highly talented Senior Data Analyst to join our team in Cape Town.
Join Our Mission at Takealot Fulfilment Solutions | We Are TFS
Revolutionising e-commerce logistics in South Africa with cutting-edge technology and operational excellence. We deliver 30+ million orders annually, empowering businesses and driving economic growth.
Who We're Looking For:
Innovative, ambitious individuals ready to shape the future of e-commerce logistics. At TFS, "Uniquely You" meets "Powerfully Us", where your individuality strengthens our collective mission.
Why Join TFS:
- Purpose-driven impact: Transform lives through logistics innovation
- Advanced technology: Work with cutting-edge systems in a fast-paced environment
- Career growth: Thrive in an agile space that champions continuous improvement
- Inclusive culture: Your unique perspective drives extraordinary results
- A culture that celebrates individual uniqueness while championing the strength of togetherness.
- Be part of creating sustainable, scalable solutions that make a difference across South Africa's e-commerce landscape.
At TFS, your growth is our growth. You'll be joining a team powered by Takealot Group's core values.
This position reports to the Head of TFS Analytics.
Your responsibilities can include:
- Building and optimising models and reports using support tools i.e. Looker, Looker Studio, Dataform, Branch Dashboards, Weekly reports to inform operational decisions and drive improvement.
- Creating reports with focus areas for business improvement.
- Building dashboards to be used by the business for exception management.
- Identifying important variables and focus areas in the business.
- Analysing data to answer strategic and operational questions posed by the business.
- Automating data extraction and report update processes.
- Provide information to various stakeholders.
- Data Validation and integrity testing.
- Data Cleansing and data modelling.
- Provide information to various stakeholders.
- Collaborate with TFS managers and Franchise Managers to establish project plans while accounting for the trade-offs between operational practicality and overall performance.
- Provide significant support to TFS according to weekly goals and targeted metrics.
- Use weekly and monthly targets to manage day-to-day performance and inform operations for best impact.
- Regularly review and analyse key metrics in operations to identify root causes and formulate solutions to improve performance.
- Managing customer, branch, driver, and courier feedback into continuous performance improvement processes.
Technical Skills and Tools:
- Have worked with Automation and ETL software.
- Strong experience in building and optimising SQL scripts.
- Have a strong understanding of BI fundamentals.
- Implement version control using GIT.
- Implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Write technical documentation for APIs and libraries.
- Implement analytics and tracking features in applications.
- Design and implement database schemas.
- Optimize database queries and indexes for performance where needed.
- Implement error handling and logging mechanisms.
- Estimate story points and task durations for sprint planning.
- Demonstrate a willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies.
Attributes required:
- Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high energy.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions.
- Ability to identify areas of improvement in current processes.
- Ability to use logic and common sense to arrive at conclusions.
- Passion for understanding ambiguous, complex problems and driving high quality, innovative, clean solutions.
- Highly structured thinker with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Must have exceptional communication skills to help deliver insights to diverse stakeholders.
- Detail oriented, outcome and process focused.
- Willingness to learn and personal desire to keep up to date with technology and process.
- Comfortable with change and excellent team player.
Qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or Advanced Diploma in Engineering, Information Systems, BCom Computer Science or similar degree and 3 years experience in a BI, Data, Engineering role within a fast-paced, product-led, and growth-focused organisation, playing a key role in data gathering, data analysis and helping the team make data based decisions.
- In the event the candidate does not have a Bachelor’s degree or Advanced Diploma in Engineering, Information Systems, BCom Computer Science or similar then a relevant Higher Certificate and 6 years relevant experience in a BI, Data, Engineering role within a fast-paced, product-led, and growth-focused organisation, playing a key role in data gathering, data analysis and helping the team make data based decisions.
- Strong hands-on experience with SQL, ETL pipelines, Google BigQuery, AWS, Looker Studio, and Python.
- Automation - Cron Scheduling (Custom or 3rd party software scheduling).
- High level of proficiency with MS Office packages with proven advanced proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets, Docs & Slides.
- Experience with large datasets and optimisation on digital platforms.
- Retail or e-commerce and Supply Chain industry experience is beneficial.
Be part of the extraordinary. Be part of TFS.
Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
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About us:
Luno is the crypto investment app you can rely on, enabling you to buy, store and explore crypto securely. We’re committed to putting the power of cryptocurrency in everyone's hands sensibly and responsibly.
Since 2013, we’ve helped millions of people around the world invest safely in crypto. We do this by cutting through the hype and supporting customers at every step of the way. All products and cryptocurrencies on our platform must first meet stringent legal, risk and technical security standards.
Transparency is key for us. Luno stores all crypto on a 1:1 basis and we have rigorous processes in place so you can be confident your investment is secure. We’re available in more than 40 countries around the world and we work closely with respective regulators in all of these markets to be fully compliant, as we believe this is the best way to help everyone, everywhere, invest safely.
About the team:
The Cloud Security team at Luno is responsible for identifying security threats and improvement areas within our cloud hosted resources, and ensuring that we both strive to implement best practices everywhere and detect any deviations. This team works closely with engineering and IT operations to ensure the best security practices are followed in both areas of the business.
About the role:
We're looking for a AWS Cloud Security Analyst to be a force multiplier across the organisation, someone who brings deep cloud security expertise, strong architectural thinking, and the confidence to challenge assumptions when needed.You’ll work hands-on across our AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD and developer environments, surfacing risks early, designing secure patterns, automating controls, and strengthening the foundational security posture that underpins a global crypto exchange.This is a role for someone who wants to build, influence, advise, and elevate — not just run scanners.
Your mission will be:
- Continuously assess and uplift the security posture of our AWS and Kubernetes environments through automation and secure-by-design principles.
- Partner closely with Engineering, SRE, and IT Ops to deliver practical, business-enabling security solutions — not blockers.
- Analyse existing infrastructure and microservice architectures, highlight systemic risks, and define secure patterns that scale.
- Lead security input across new projects from design → delivery, ensuring resilient architectures and guardrails are in place early.
- Develop proof-of-concepts, hardening strategies, and safe rollout plans for improvements.
- Strengthen detection and response capabilities by improving security telemetry, triage, anomaly detection, and automation
- Advanced AWS expertise — ideally with Professional or Specialty certifications.
- Strong experience in Kubernetes, cluster security, and containerised workloads.
- Background in Cloud Engineering / SRE / DevOps / Systems with strong security instincts.
- Proficiency in automation and scripting (Python preferred).
- Hands-on experience with Terraform and secure IaC patterns.
- A solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and the SDLC.
- A mindset that balances pragmatic engineering with strong security judgement.
- Curiosity, ownership, and a genuine passion for learning and improving systems
Life at Luno:
- Remote but reachable work policy gives you the freedom to choose between working from home or the office.
- Plus the option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave
- Improve body and mind, with excellent private medical insurance
- Access to Learnably and our additional learning platforms for your personal and professional development
- 6 months primary care-giver leave
- Paw-ternity leave for your furry friend
- Annual Inspiration Day in addition to your annual leave which increases based on your length of service!
- A collaborative, friendly work community, with regular social events.
- 0 fees up to a certain amount with Luno from the day you start.*
*Offer only available on Luno Instant Buy, not Luno Exchange
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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Systems Analyst
About impact.com
impact.com is the world’s leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products—Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral)—unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most. Today, over 5,000 global brands, including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oréal, and Fanatics, rely on impact.com to power more than 225,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.
Your Role at impact.com:
Reporting to the Manager of Customer Operations Systems, the Systems Analyst is the operational backbone of our Customer Operations technology stack. You will own the day-to-day health, configuration, and continuous improvement of the systems that power how we work - most critically our FreshWorks implementation (FreshDesk for ticketing, FreshChat for chat), which supports Support, Success, Compliance, Renewals, Onboarding, and many other teams across impact.com.
This is not a "configure it and walk away" role. Our FreshDesk environment is large, complex, and deeply integrated into our business operations. It serves many teams with distinct workflows, automations, routing rules, SLA configurations, and reporting needs. You will own all of it - ensuring it runs cleanly, scales as the business evolves, and gets simpler over time, not more convoluted.
You will spend your time across three types of work:
- Systems administration and optimization. You own FreshDesk and FreshChat configuration end-to-end: workflows, automations, groups, fields, rules, integrations, and everything in between. You are constantly looking for ways to simplify, automate, and eliminate manual workarounds. You inherited complexity; your job is to leave behind clarity.
- Cross-functional process design. You are a business process partner. You work with stakeholders across the company to understand their operational needs, gather requirements, align competing priorities, and design solutions within our tooling. A significant portion of your time will be spent in conversations: understanding what teams actually need, translating that into system design, and getting stakeholder buy-in before you build.
- Data partnership. The data in our systems powers reporting, dashboards, and AI tools downstream. You play a critical role in ensuring that data is clean, well-structured, and reliable. You partner with our Data team to map and describe data, identify quality issues at the source, and make changes in FreshDesk that improve the integrity of everything built on top of it.
This role is for someone who is equal parts meticulous and practical. You are the person who notices that a workflow has five unnecessary steps, who asks "why do we have 47 ticket categories when we use 12 of them," and whom it bothers when a process doesn’t match the reality of how people actually work. You are deeply organized, allergic to unnecessary complexity, and energized by the satisfaction of a system that just works.
If you are that person - if you get genuine joy from turning operational chaos into clean, automated systems - this is the role for you.
What You'll Do:
- Systems Administration Expertise: Deep, hands-on administrative experience with enterprise ticketing and chat systems. You must be highly capable of managing complex rules, groups, automations, and workflows within platforms like FreshDesk. You've managed a system at scale - not a simple setup, but one with multiple teams, overlapping workflows, and constant change.
- Business Process Design: Proven ability to analyze complex operational processes, identify inefficiencies, and design streamlined solutions. You don't just configure what people ask for - you push back, simplify, and propose better approaches. You understand that the best system design starts with understanding the business problem, not the tool.
- Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management: Strong experience gathering requirements from multiple teams with competing priorities and translating them into coherent system design. You are comfortable pushing back on senior stakeholders when a request would add unnecessary complexity, and you know how to find the solution that serves multiple teams without creating a mess.
- Data Fluency: Proficiency in SQL and a strong understanding of data structures. You can look at a FreshDesk data export and immediately spot quality issues. You understand how system configuration decisions affect downstream reporting and analysis, and you design with data integrity in mind.
- Technical Fluency: Strong working knowledge of APIs (REST). You should be comfortable discussing endpoint design with vendors and internal engineering teams, understanding integration architecture, and troubleshooting data flow issues between systems. Basic scripting ability (JavaScript, Python) is a plus but not required.
- Documentation & Communication: You can clearly document system configurations, process designs, and data mappings so that your work is understandable and maintainable by others. You can explain complex system behavior to non-technical stakeholders in terms they understand.
- Operational Rigor: You are relentlessly organized. You track changes, maintain configuration documentation, and don't make changes to production systems without understanding the downstream impact. You have a healthy respect for the blast radius of a misconfigured automation rule.
What You Bring:
- Specific, deep expertise managing FreshDesk (or Zendesk) at enterprise scale with multiple teams and complex workflows.
- Experience working within a Customer Operations, Customer Success, or Support organization.
- Direct experience integrating ticketing systems with Salesforce, Jira, or product platforms.
- Familiarity with AI tools and how they interact with operational systems - you don't need to build AI, but understanding how clean data and well-designed processes feed into AI systems is increasingly important in this role.
- Experience with knowledge management tooling and processes - designing how knowledge is structured, maintained, and surfaced to teams.
- A track record of inheriting messy, complex system environments and making them simpler.
Benefits and Perks:
At impact.com, we believe that when you’re happy and fulfilled, you do your best work. That’s why we’ve built a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.
- Flexible Working: Our Responsible PTO policy means you can take the time off you need to rest and recharge. We're committed to a positive work-life balance and provide a flexible environment that allows you to be happy and fulfilled in both your career and your personal life.
- Health and Wellness: Your well-being is a priority. Our mental health and wellness benefit includes up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year, with additional dependent coverage. We also offer a monthly gym reimbursement policy to support your physical health.
- A Stake in Our Growth: We offer Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of our total compensation, giving you a stake in the company's growth with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval.
- Investing in Your Growth: We’re committed to your continuous learning. Take advantage of our free Coursera subscription and our PXA courses.
- Parental Support: We offer a generous parental leave policy, 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver.
- Technology Financial Support: We provide a technology stipend to help you set up your home office and a monthly allowance to cover your internet expenses
impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.
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About impact.com
impact.com is the world’s leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products—Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral)—unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most. Today, over 5,000 global brands, including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oréal, and Fanatics, rely on impact.com to power more than 225,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.
Your Role at impact.com:
Reporting to the Manager of Customer Operations Systems, the Internal Systems Engineer (Applied AI) is a specialized, high-impact builder role dedicated to supercharging our Customer Operations teams (Support, Success, Onboarding, Implementation).
This is a highly practical, application-focused engineering position instrumental to our AI transformation. You will spend your time across three types of work:
- Building AI-powered tools and agents. You will integrate applied AI into our workflows using modern frameworks. You will consult with business stakeholders to help explain the art of the possible, guide them in defining logic and prompts, and own building and maintaining agentic workflows and tools. Example projects include building an AI-powered QA and training tool with a RAG component for new support agents, architecting agentic workflows for our onboarding team, or building a FreshDesk integration that suggests draft responses to tickets.
- Building and maintaining a shared agent platform. This is what makes AI scale beyond our team. You will build and maintain the templates, approved patterns, and deployment infrastructure that enable people across Customer Operations to build their own agents without needing to figure out hosting, monitoring, or API connectivity themselves. When a Technical Services lead wants to build an agent that automates "pixel not firing" investigations, they should be able to do it on your platform without writing a deployment script. You own making self-serve actually work.
- Building robust internal software, integrations, and automations - such as developing custom FreshDesk widgets to support our agents. You will own the full lifecycle of these apps: building, hosting, monitoring, maintaining, and eventually retiring them when they're no longer needed.
Many job descriptions define themselves as "critical" or "pivotal." This role genuinely is. impact.com has thousands of clients, millions of partners, endless data, and complex multi-system processes. As a business, we are ensuring we are on the cutting edge - aggressively automating and scaling up what we do with AI. This role owns a substantial portion of that transformation for a critical part of our business.
A note on how you'll work with others: when someone across Customer Operations builds a pilot that proves value, you don't take it over. You partner with them to elevate it - bringing engineering rigor, production infrastructure, and scale while they maintain creative control and ongoing input. When someone has a great idea but isn't technical enough to build it themselves, your first instinct is to build it with them, growing their skills in the process. You're an accelerator, not a bottleneck.
This role is for the person who embodies the overlap of curiosity, process-obsession, and action orientation. It is for the passionate tinkerer who also gets carried away exploring custom Salesforce structures and data flows. It is for the person who has been building agentic workflows to manage their household tasks in their free time because they can't stop playing with the new tools AI offers.
If you are that person - if you are a highly motivated, thoughtful builder - and you want to leverage applied AI on a daily basis, this is the role for you.
What You'll Do:
- Software Development Foundation: Proven experience building, hosting, and maintaining applications and tools. You are comfortable writing clean, functional code (Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, etc.) to solve operational problems. You understand what it means to keep something running in production, not just get it working once.
- API & Integration Expertise: Deep experience working with REST APIs. You can easily build connectors between distinct SaaS platforms to automate data flows and trigger actions.
- Applied AI Engineering: Hands-on experience with LLM orchestration frameworks (like LangChain or LangGraph). You understand MCPs, RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, DAG vs linear flows, engineering HITL systems, and have built real-world systems using these rails.
- AI Evaluation & Quality: Experience setting up and running evals for LLM outputs. You know how to build systems that grade, evaluate, and test AI responses for accuracy and safety (e.g., LLM-as-a-judge). You understand CI/CD for AI systems and can build regression testing pipelines.
- Platform Thinking: You don't just build one-off tools - you think about how to make your work reusable. You can design templates, abstractions, and deployment patterns that other people (including non-engineers) can use to build on top of what you've created.
- Systems Thinking & Process Orientation: You don't write code in a vacuum; you map out complex operational workflows before you start building. You have a knack for seeing how different tools, teams, and data flows interact, ensuring your solutions address the actual problem without creating downstream issues.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ability to work closely with non-technical business stakeholders. You can take a process flow and prompt designs from a business leader and turn them into a functioning, hosted application. Equally important: you can teach - walking a non-technical person through building their first agent is as valuable as building it yourself.
- Autonomous Builder: You are a self-starter who thrives in an agile environment. You don't need excessive hand-holding to figure out how to host a script or deploy a small internal app.
- Relentless Tinkerer: You were the first person in your current role to start building agents. You have had personal subscriptions to Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc.
What You Bring:
- Experience building custom apps or integrations specifically for Freshdesk (or similar enterprise ticketing systems like Zendesk/Jira).
- Background working in or building tools for Customer Support, Customer Success, or Onboarding teams.
- Experience integrating with knowledge base platforms (like Gitbook or similar documentation sites).
- Proven experience taking automation projects from concept to deployment within a large, complex organization.
- Experience building internal platforms or developer tools that other teams use to self-serve.
- Experience with monitoring and observability for AI systems in production.
Benefits and Perks:
At impact.com, we believe that when you’re happy and fulfilled, you do your best work. That’s why we’ve built a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.
- Flexible Working: Our Responsible PTO policy means you can take the time off you need to rest and recharge. We're committed to a positive work-life balance and provide a flexible environment that allows you to be happy and fulfilled in both your career and your personal life.
- Health and Wellness: Your well-being is a priority. Our mental health and wellness benefit includes up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year, with additional dependent coverage. We also offer a monthly gym reimbursement policy to support your physical health.
- A Stake in Our Growth: We offer Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of our total compensation, giving you a stake in the company's growth with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval.
- Investing in Your Growth: We’re committed to your continuous learning. Take advantage of our free Coursera subscription and our PXA courses.
- Parental Support: We offer a generous parental leave policy, 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver.
- Technology Financial Support: We provide a technology stipend to help you set up your home office and a monthly allowance to cover your internet expenses
impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.
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Our Company:
At impact.com we are passionate about our people, our technology, and are obsessed with customer success. Working together enables us to grow rapidly, win, and serve the largest brands in the world. We use cutting edge technology to solve real-world problems for our clients and continue to pull ahead of the pack as the leading SaaS platform for businesses to automate their partnerships and grow their revenue like never before. We have an entrepreneurial spirit and a culture where ambition and curiosity is rewarded. If you are looking to join a team where your opinion is valued, your contributions are noticed, and enjoy working with fun and talented people from all over the world, then this is the place for you!
impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform, is transforming the way businesses manage and optimize all types of partnerships—including traditional rewards affiliates, influencers, commerce content publishers, B2B, and more. The company’s powerful, purpose-built platform makes it easy for businesses to create, manage, and scale an ecosystem of partnerships with the brands and communities that customers trust to make purchases, get information, and entertain themselves at home, at work, or on the go. To learn more about how impact.com’s technology platform and partnerships marketplace is driving revenue growth for global enterprise brands such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oreal and Fanatics visit www.impact.com.
Your Role at impact.com:
impact.com powers the partnership economy, helping brands and partners grow revenue through a modern SaaS platform used by thousands of companies globally. We're investing heavily in our data capabilities, and this role sits at the centre of how data powers our operations.We're looking for a Data Analytics Manager to build and scale our centralized analytics function. This is a senior player-coach role: you'll stay hands-on with deep analytical work while leading and developing a high-performing team of analysts. You'll shape the operating model, not just execute someone else's playbook. As Data Analytics Manager, you'll own the quality, consistency, and strategic impact of all analytical work produced by the Data Analyst team. You'll establish value-stream-aligned engagement patterns, drive Looker adoption and self-service maturity, and build analytical excellence through rigorous methodology, experimentation frameworks, and mentorship. You'll work on a modern cloud stack (BigQuery, dbt, Looker) with strong support from Analytics Engineering, who own the data platform and semantic layer. This role reports directly into senior leadership, with real visibility into how your work shapes company strategy. Our ideal candidate has deep analytical expertise, a track record of building teams, and the energy to create structure where little exists. This role is for someone who wants to build an analytics function that drives real business outcomes.
What You'll Do:
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of data analysts, establishing clear career pathways, skill development priorities, and performance expectations.
- Establish and drive a value-stream-aligned operating model, ensuring analysts are embedded with business teams and delivering consistent, high-quality insights.
- Own analytical methodology and standards: how analysts approach problems, structure analyses, document work, and communicate insights.
- Drive Looker adoption and self-service analytics across the organisation, including governance frameworks, training cadences, and enablement materials.
- Partner closely with business stakeholders across operations, finance, marketing, product, and customer success to translate strategic questions into data-driven Recommendations.
- Build and maintain analytical frameworks, templates, and repeatable patterns for KPI design, insight narratives, and measurement reporting.
- Define and govern experimentation frameworks, covering A/B testing, causal inference approaches, and impact evaluation.
- Dig into complex, large-scale datasets using SQL, BigQuery, Looker, and Python to surface patterns, trends, and strategic opportunities.
- Collaborate with Analytics Engineering and Data Platform Engineering on semantic layer design, data quality, and pipeline improvements.
- Manage analyst capacity allocation and prioritisation across value streams within agreed engagement frameworks.
What You Have:
- 7+ years of experience in data analysis, business intelligence, or analytics, including 2+ years in a team leadership or management role
- Strong hands-on technical skills in SQL, Python or R, and modern BI tools (Looker, Tableau, or Power BI)
- Proven experience building and scaling analytics teams and establishing analytical methodologies and standards
- Deep understanding of statistical methods, experimentation design, causal inference, and forecasting
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, and cloud-native analytics tools
- Strong track record of partnering with business stakeholders to translate questions into actionable recommendations
- Experience designing and driving self-service analytics and BI adoption initiatives
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex findings for both technical and executive audiences
- Experience with data visualisation best practices and dashboard design
- Strong people management skills: coaching, mentorship, performance management, and career development
- Experience delivering analytical outcomes in a scaling SaaS environment with competing priorities across multiple business functions
Nice to Have:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- Experience with product analytics concepts: cohort analysis, retention curves, user segmentation, and feature adoption measurement
- Familiarity with product analytics tooling (Amplitude, Mixpanel, or similar via SQL)
- Experience in the digital marketing technology or partnership/affiliate industry
- Comfort with ambiguity in data definitions and business logic, particularly in build-from-scratch environments
- Exposure to dbt or semantic layer tooling
Benefits:
- Hybrid, Casual work environment
- Responsible PTO policy
- Take the time off that you need. We are truly committed to a positive work-life balance, recognising that it is important to be happy and fulfilled in both
- Primary caregiver leave
- Training & Development
- Learning the advanced partnership automation products
- Medical Aid and Provident Fund
- Group schemes with Discovery & Bonitas for medical aid
- Group scheme for provident fund
- Restricted Stock Units
- 3-year vesting schedule pending Board approval
- Internet Allowance
- Fitness club fee reimbursementsTechnology stipent
- Mental Health and Wellness Benefit - Including 12 Therapy/Coaching sessions + Dependent coverage
impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.
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Luno is the crypto investment app you can rely on, enabling you to buy, store and explore crypto securely. We’re committed to putting the power of cryptocurrency in everyone's hands sensibly and responsibly.
Since 2013, we’ve helped millions of people around the world invest safely in crypto. We do this by cutting through the hype and supporting customers at every step of the way. All products and cryptocurrencies on our platform must first meet stringent legal, risk and technical security standards.
Transparency is key for us. Luno stores all crypto on a 1:1 basis and we have rigorous processes in place so you can be confident your investment is secure. We’re available in more than 40 countries around the world and we work closely with respective regulators in all of these markets to be fully compliant, as we believe this is the best way to help everyone, everywhere, invest safely.
The role in a nutshell:
As a Quantitative Software Engineer (Quant Dev) at Luno, you will design, build, and operate the high-performance systems and mathematical models that underpin our trading, pricing, and market-making capabilities.
You will sit at the intersection of quantitative research and production engineering, translating quantitative ideas, models, and strategies into robust, low-latency, production-grade systems that operate reliably in a 24/7 global market. Your work will directly impact liquidity, pricing quality, risk management, and customer outcomes.
Your mission will be:
Quantitative Strategy Engineering
- Partner closely with quantitative researchers to implement, optimise, and productionise trading and pricing models.
- Translate mathematical models, research prototypes, and proofs-of-concept into scalable, reliable production systems.
- Validate assumptions, edge cases, and numerical stability when moving models from research to live environments.
Trading & Market Systems
- Build and evolve market-making, pricing, and execution logic across crypto markets.
- Develop automated internal transfer, rebalancing, and hedging mechanisms.
- Configuration: Add and refine console parameters to optimise for volume, spread, profit, or rebalancing.
Performance, Quality & Risk
- Profile, benchmark, and optimise code paths critical to trading performance.
- Implement regression testing, simulation, and backtesting frameworks to ensure correctness and risk controls.
- Ensure strategies and systems meet governance, auditability, and compliance requirements.
Ownership & Delivery
- Own initiatives end-to-end: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
- Align technical delivery with OKRs and broader Treasury / Trading objectives.
- Work closely with Product and Engineering Managers to shape realistic priorities and timelines.
Collaboration & Coaching
- Act as a bridge between quantitative research and engineering teams.
- Mentor engineers on quantitative systems, numerical correctness, and best practices in trading system design.
- Contribute to raising the overall bar for engineering excellence within the team.
A little about you
Experience
- Proven experience as a software engineer, with exposure to or strong interest in quantitative finance, trading systems, or financial infrastructure.
- Experience working with trading models, pricing systems, or data-driven decision engines is a strong advantage.
Technical Strength
- Strong programming skills, particularly in Python, with solid foundations in data structures, algorithms, and system design.
- Experience writing production-grade, performance-sensitive systems.
- Familiarity with numerical computing, modelling, or statistical techniques is beneficial.
Quantitative Mindset
- Comfortable working with mathematical models and translating them into software.
- Able to reason about trade-offs between model sophistication, performance, and operational risk.
Don’t be put off if you don’t tick all of the boxes – they’re a guide based on what we’d love to see
What stack we work on:
- Kotlin, Swift & Angular
- Go(lang), gRPC
- Kubernetes (EKS), Docker
- CloudFlare, CloudFront, nginx
- MySQL (RDS), Redis (ElastiCache), etc
- Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Jenkins
Life at Luno:
- Remote but reachable work policy gives you the freedom to choose between working from home or the office.
- Plus the option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave
- Improve body and mind, with excellent private medical insurance
- Access to Learnably and our additional learning platforms for your personal and professional development
- 6 months primary care-giver leave
- Paw-ternity leave for your furry friend
- Annual Inspiration Day in addition to your annual leave which increases based on your length of service!
- A collaborative, friendly work community, with regular social events.
- 0 fees up to a certain amount with Luno from the day you start.*
*Offer only available on Luno Instant Buy, not Luno Exchange
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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Mr D - Senior Insights Manager
Mr D, a division of the Takealot Group, is looking for a highly talented Senior Insights Manager to join our team in Cape Town.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!
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.
- Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: Takealot.com and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.
Reporting to the Chief Marketing Officer, your responsibilities will include:
Key responsibilities / accountabilities:
- Customer Insights:
Develop and execute on Consumer Insight - drive insights that will assist with various marketing strategies and ensure that they stay aligned with the business’s overall objectives including but not limited to converting new shoppers, increasing shopper engagement, retention, reactivation etc. :
- Data analysis and reporting:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (BI & Analytics, Merchandising, Marketing, Product) to ensure alignment with customer data and insights.
- Collect and analyze customer data from various sources, including App events, transactional data, customer surveys & reviews.
- Identify trends and patterns in customer behavior and preferences.
- Segment the customer base to create targeted marketing campaigns and personalized experiences.
- Utilize data analytics tools and software (Google Big Query, Looker, Excel, Braze, Firebase) to extract actionable insights.
- Create and present regular reports (and dashboards) to senior management, highlighting key insights and recommendations.
- Develop and maintain performance marketing benchmarks to assess the effectiveness of campaigns and strategies.
- Identify opportunities & strategies focused on:
- high-value customer growth & retention
- Reactivation of dormant customers
- Activation of unconverted users
- Market Research:
- Conduct ad-hoc market research to understand industry trends, competitor activities, and customer preferences
- Monitor market conditions and provide recommendations for adapting to changes in the competitive landscape.
- Manage various ongoing brand trackers.
- Customer Insights:
- Utilize customer feedback, surveys, and behavioral data to gain insights into customer needs and preferences.
- Collaborate with customer support and marketing teams to improve the customer experience.
Qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma and 5+ years technical experience within Marketing.
- 3-4 years of experience in a marketing management position
- 5+ years experience in using BI reporting tools (e.g. Looker, QlikView, Tableau, Microsoft BI, etc.)
- Proven experience in data analysis, preferably with a focus on customers.
- SQL experience will be beneficial.
- Familiarity with performance metrics, KPIs, and digital marketing is advantageous.
- High proficiency in working with large data sets and business models
- Retail or e-commerce industry experience beneficial
Skills and abilities:
- Experience with Python, R beneficial, but not required
- Strong analytical mindset with a passion for working with data.
- Ability to derive customer need and behaviour from data
- Ability to anticipate, identify, and define problems and seek root causes
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to collaborate with other members of formal and informal groups in the pursuit of common missions, vision, values, and mutual goals.
- Excellent communication and presentation abilities
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.
- 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 Prosus Academy 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.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
- 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
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Search Software Engineer (Back-end)
Takealot.com, South Africa’s leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Software Engineer (Python) to join our team. We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!
Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!
- Scale: Over 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Show them what you can do.
- Learn: We work with the best of the best. Code alongside industry leaders and up-skill in record time.
- Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.
Who’s who in the tech space
This position reports to the respective team's manager.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
As a Software Engineer, you will be someone whose expertise directly translates into developing robust software in the e-commerce domain. You will have the opportunity to implement best practices to improve existing software and participate in the development of new features. While we don't promote after-hours work as part of the regular workday, we run a 24/7 business with the need to keep systems up and running. Software Engineers are expected to provide after-hours support on a rotational basis to resolve critical system issues if needed.
- Design and build solutions to assist our business users and improve customer experience
- Architect and design solutions with your team
- Develop code, making major improvements to non-functional areas
- 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
- Design solutions for complex problems with difficult decision trade-offs, typically system or domain-wide
- Participate in and collaborate on architecture proposals across engineering
- Support alignment of architecture across the organisation
- Respond to and resolve bugs in production for systems in your division
- Respond to alerts and support incident response within your division
- Investigate and drive the resolution of issues that impact multiple teams
- Support, challenge existing, and define new engineering processes and directives
- Review and contribute fixes and content to internal documentation
- React to technology trends, identifying risks and opportunities for your division's technologies, systems, and domains
- Share knowledge through blog posts, tech talks, and workshops across engineering
- Contribute to discussions and decisions in the division
- Challenge others to always produce work of the highest quality
- 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.
The skills we need:
- Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude, and high energy
- Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions
- Ability to dis-aggregate and structure solutions to ambiguous problems
- Solid quantitative skills
- Capability to present ideas succinctly, in writing and verbally
- Versatile and with the appetite to learn by doing
Qualifications & Experience:
- 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
- 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
Experience in the following will be advantageous:
- 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
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package that 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: Enjoy the flexibility of working from home while having the option for in-office interactions. Takealot.com provides a fully remote setup with the choice to visit the office to relish in those water cooler moments when desired.
- 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 at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
- Staff discount: Takealotmore subscriptions and millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Right tools, right job: Mac or Linux, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech, off the latest tech.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support, and financial guidance, anytime, anywhere.
- Tech stack (for days): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes, 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!!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
Ready to apply?
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Search Software Engineer (Back-end)
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!
Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!
- Scale: Over 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Show them what you can do.
- Learn: We work with the best of the best. Code alongside industry leaders and up-skill in record time.
- Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.
Who’s who in the tech space
This position reports to the respective team's manager.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
As a Software Engineer, you will be someone whose expertise directly translates into developing robust software in the e-commerce domain. You will have the opportunity to implement best practices to improve existing software and participate in the development of new features. While we don't promote after-hours work as part of the regular workday, we run a 24/7 business with the need to keep systems up and running. Software Engineers are expected to provide after-hours support on a rotational basis to resolve critical system issues if needed.
The role is focused on maintaining our search stack. We are currently in the process of transitioning from Elasticsearch to Vertex AI Search, so experience with any of those would be a bonus, but not a necessity. Experience with any kind of search technology (Solr, Algolia) is relevant. Takealot runs mostly on Python, but experience in any of the mainstream backend languages (Python, Java or Go) is a plus.
- Design and build solutions to assist our business users and improve customer experience
- Architect and design solutions with your team
- Develop code, making major improvements to non-functional areas
- 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
- Design solutions for complex problems with difficult decision trade-offs, typically system or domain-wide
- Participate in and collaborate on architecture proposals across engineering
- Support alignment of architecture across the organisation
- Respond to and resolve bugs in production for systems in your division
- Respond to alerts and support incident response within your division
- Investigate and drive the resolution of issues that impact multiple teams
- Support, challenge existing, and define new engineering processes and directives
- Review and contribute fixes and content to internal documentation
- React to technology trends, identifying risks and opportunities for your division's technologies, systems, and domains
- Share knowledge through blog posts, tech talks, and workshops across engineering
- Contribute to discussions and decisions in the division
- Challenge others to always produce work of the highest quality
- 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.
The skills we need:
- Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude, and high energy
- Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions
- Ability to dis-aggregate and structure solutions to ambiguous problems
- Solid quantitative skills
- Capability to present ideas succinctly, in writing and verbally
- Versatile and with the appetite to learn by doing
Qualifications & Experience:
- 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
Experience in the following will be advantageous:
- 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
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package that 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: Enjoy the flexibility of working from home while having the option for in-office interactions. Takealot.com provides a fully remote setup with the choice to visit the office to relish in those water cooler moments when desired.
- 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 at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
- Staff discount: Takealotmore subscriptions and millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Right tools, right job: Mac or Linux, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech, off the latest tech.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support, and financial guidance, anytime, anywhere.
- Tech stack (for days): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes, 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!!
Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
Ready to apply?
Apply to takealot.com
Principal Data Scientist, Fraud Modelling
About impact.com
impact.com is the world’s leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products—Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral)—unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most. Today, over 5,000 global brands, including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oréal, and Fanatics, rely on impact.com to power more than 225,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.
About the Role
We're seeking a Senior Data Scientist specializing in Fraud and Risk to join our Cape Town Data Science team. In this role, you'll be at the forefront of protecting our affiliate marketing ecosystem by researching, developing, and deploying ML models that detect and prevent fraud across attribution, lead quality, and partner compliance. You'll work on high-impact problems spanning traditional fraud patterns and emerging threats—from attribution manipulation to browser extension abuse—while building production systems that scale. This is an opportunity to combine rigorous analytical work with tangible business impact in a fast-moving, adversarial domain.
Core Responsibilities
Research & model development
- Conduct R&D on fraud detection and risk monitoring across the digital advertising ecosystem, including attribution fraud, lead fraud, click injection, browser extension abuse (e.g., Honey-style coupon hijacking), brand safety violations, and creator authenticity verification.
- Design, prototype, and validate ML models and rule-based systems for fraud detection, partner risk scoring, compliance monitoring, and trust & safety workflows.
- Research and apply graph-based fraud detection techniques (community detection, link analysis, behavioral clustering) and explore graph database applications for modeling relationships between users, devices, transactions, and partners to uncover coordinated fraud rings and suspicious network patterns.
- Stay ahead of emerging fraud patterns through continuous learning—monitoring industry trends, reviewing academic literature, exploring data for novel anomalies, and collaborating closely with Product, Compliance, and Trust & Safety teams.
Production deployment & iteration
- Deploy Fraud and Risk ML models to production; own the end-to-end delivery from ETL, feature engineering, model training, deployment, to monitoring.
- Iterate on live models by adding new features, improving performance (precision/recall/F1), and reducing false positives.
- Partner with MLOps and Engineering to ensure models are robust, scalable, and production-ready (testing, alerts, drift monitoring, retraining pipelines).
Data analytics & insights
- Perform deep-dive analyses on fraud trends, partner behavior, and risk patterns to inform model strategy and business decisions.
- Translate analytical findings into actionable recommendations for Product, Marketing, and Finance stakeholders.
- Build dashboards and reports to communicate model performance, fraud impact, and risk metrics to leadership.
Cross-functional collaboration
- Work closely with Product, Engineering, Compliance, and Finance to scope requirements, prioritize work, and align on success metrics.
- Communicate technical work clearly to non-technical audiences; present findings and tradeoffs in planning forums and reviews.
- Contribute to a culture of experimentation, documentation, and knowledge sharing within the Data Science team.
Qualifications
Required
- Experience: 5+ years in data science, ML, or advanced analytics, with at least 2+ years focused on fraud detection, risk modeling, or anomaly detection in production environments.
- Fraud & risk domain expertise: Demonstrated experience building and deploying fraud or risk models (classification, anomaly detection, time-series analysis, graph-based methods).
- Technical skills:
- Strong Python and SQL; proficiency with ML libraries (scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, or similar).
- Experience with feature engineering, model evaluation (ROC/AUC, precision-recall, cost-sensitive learning), and handling imbalanced datasets.
- Familiarity with production ML workflows (versioning, monitoring, A/B testing, model retraining).
- Analytical rigor: Strong foundation in statistics and ML; ability to design experiments, validate models, and interpret results with business context.
- Communication: Ability to translate complex technical work into clear insights for stakeholders; experience presenting to cross-functional teams.
- Education: Bachelor's in a quantitative field (CS, Statistics, Math, Engineering, or similar); Master's/PhD preferred.
Preferred / Nice to have
- Experience in affiliate marketing, ad tech, or e-commerce fraud (attribution fraud, click fraud, lead validation, coupon abuse).
- Familiarity with browser extension detection, fingerprinting, or device/user identity resolution.
- Experience with graph analytics or network-based fraud detection (community detection, link analysis, behavioral clustering).
- Knowledge of privacy-preserving ML techniques or working with privacy-constrained data.
- Experience with real-time or near-real-time scoring and low-latency deployment (e.g., REST APIs, streaming pipelines).
- Familiarity with GCP tools (BigQuery, Vertex AI, Cloud Run) and/or Databricks/Spark for large-scale data processing.
- Exposure to rule engines, decision trees, or hybrid rule-ML systems for compliance and risk workflows.
What sets you apart
- Adversarial thinking: You understand how fraudsters operate and can anticipate evasion tactics and evolving attack vectors.
- Pragmatic delivery: You balance rigor with speed, prioritizing MVPs and iterative improvement over perfection.
- Business impact orientation: You focus on measurable outcomes (fraud loss reduction, false positive rates, operational efficiency) and communicate ROI clearly.
- Comfort with ambiguity: You thrive in evolving problem spaces, defining your own roadmap when fraud patterns shift or new threats emerge.
- Collaboration and influence: You build trust across teams and can drive adoption of your models through enablement, documentation, and clear storytelling.
Benefits and Perks:
At impact.com, we believe that when you’re happy and fulfilled, you do your best work. That’s why we’ve built a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.
- Flexible Working: Our Responsible PTO policy means you can take the time off you need to rest and recharge. We're committed to a positive work-life balance and provide a flexible environment that allows you to be happy and fulfilled in both your career and your personal life.
- Health and Wellness: Your well-being is a priority. Our mental health and wellness benefit includes up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year, with additional dependent coverage. We also offer a monthly gym reimbursement policy to support your physical health.
- A Stake in Our Growth: We offer Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of our total compensation, giving you a stake in the company's growth with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval.
- Investing in Your Growth: We’re committed to your continuous learning. Take advantage of our free Coursera subscription and our PXA courses.
- Parental Support: We offer a generous parental leave policy, 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver.
- Technology Financial Support: We provide a technology stipend to help you set up your home office and a monthly allowance to cover your internet expenses
impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.
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Software Engineer (Scala)
Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS), a division of Takealot Online (RF) (Pty) Ltd, is looking for a highly talented Software Engineer (Scala) to join our team based in South Africa.
Join Our Mission at Takealot Fulfilment Solutions | We Are TFS
Revolutionising e-commerce logistics in South Africa with cutting-edge technology and operational excellence. We deliver 30+ million orders annually, empowering businesses and driving economic growth.
Who We're Looking For:
Innovative, ambitious individuals ready to shape the future of e-commerce logistics. At TFS, "Uniquely You" meets "Powerfully Us", where your individuality strengthens our collective mission.
Why Join TFS:
- Purpose-driven impact: Transform lives through logistics innovation
- Advanced technology: Work with cutting-edge systems in a fast-paced environment
- Career growth: Thrive in an agile space that champions continuous improvement
- Inclusive culture: Your unique perspective drives extraordinary results
- A culture that celebrates individual uniqueness while championing the strength of togetherness.
- Be part of creating sustainable, scalable solutions that make a difference across South Africa's e-commerce landscape.
At TFS, your growth is our growth. You'll be joining a team powered by Takealot Group's core values.
This position reports to the Software Engineering Manager (Logistics).
We are an energetic team that is fully responsible for all the systems required to support the Takealot Group's delivery network as well as the unique challenges that come with logistics and scale. We have adopted a microservices architecture to both isolate our logic and to enable scale. We follow the event-driven architecture as well as utilize a graph database to model our delivery network. We are currently working through unique problems in the logistics space and are actively researching the usage of the actor model design pattern and graph traversal optimization.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
- 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
- At least 3 years of 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
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- 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? Takealot.com offers 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 at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
- Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, 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): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes 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).
Be part of the extraordinary. Be part of TFS.
Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
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