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We deliver 30+ million orders annually, empowering businesses and driving economic growth.\nWho We're Looking For:\nInnovative, 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.\nWhy Join TFS:\nPurpose-driven impact: Transform lives through logistics innovation\nAdvanced technology: Work with cutting-edge systems in a fast-paced environment\nCareer growth: Thrive in an agile space that champions continuous improvement\nInclusive culture: Your unique perspective drives extraordinary results\nA culture that celebrates individual uniqueness while championing the strength of togetherness. \nBe part of creating sustainable, scalable solutions that make a difference across South Africa's e-commerce landscape.\nAt TFS, your growth is our growth. You'll be joining a team powered by Takealot Group's core values. \nThis position reports to the Software Engineering Manager (Logistics).\nWe 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.\nYour mission, should you choose to accept it:\nDeveloping and optimizing systems to manage both parcel and food delivery throughout South Africa\nWorking with business to improve processes to allow for more efficient deliveries\nResearching and defining solutions within the logistic domain\nWorking predominantly on open source platforms\nEnd-to-end ownership of solutions\nOur Tech Stack:\nScala\nPlay Framework\nJVM\nPostgres\nGoogle Pubsub\nCassandra DB\nGoogle Cloud\nGraphite and Grafana\nGit\nQualifications & Experience:\nDegree 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. \nAt least 5+ years of experience in writing robust, efficient production code\nExperience with SQL database systems\nExperience with development in a Linux environment\nProficient in languages such as Java, Scala, Angular, Python, or C#\nOpen to diversifying language skill set\nLet’s talk about life @ Takealot Group\nNo doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.\nRemote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? Takealot.com offers a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.\nMentorship 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.\nNaspers 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.\n 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).\nStaff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?\nBirthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. \nHelp when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere. \n 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.\n Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to). \nBe part of the extraordinary. Be part of TFS. \nTakealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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