Engineering Manager; Logistics

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, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Software Engineering Manager to join our team in South Africa.

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
  : 4 million happy shoppers shop online on  Show them 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:  and Mr
  
  D. We like to promote from within:
  Here’s your chance.

The position reports to the Senior Engineering Manager (Logistics).

• Build and retain a high-caliber engineering team
• Build relationships through regular one‑on‑one conversations
• Remove roadblocks and interruptions to help the team perform
• Be involved with architectural and strategic planning with peers and senior developers
• Work with stakeholders to gather requirements, and manage expectations
• Support and develop the careers of members of the team
• Support and give direction to innovation in the team
• Present practical input for strategic technology decisions
• Stay up to date with industry trends, and standards
• Lead the Agile processes within the team
• Manage the roadmap for the team, playing a key role in prioritization
• Successfully see new projects to completion and launch new products while maintaining the existing code base.
• Facilitate discussions in the team and ensure a good design methodology is used on projects.
• Resolve conflict in the team when necessary
• Promote the achievements of the team
• Track and ensure team productivity is healthy using a metrics‑based approach
• Track and ensure operational excellence in the team using a metrics‑based approach
• Interview candidates for technical and organizational fit
• Drive innovation, vision, and strategy

• A solutions‑oriented, can‑do attitude and high‑energy
• Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions
• Ability to interview and interact professionally with internal and external people
• Capability to present ideas succinctly, in writing and verbally
• Versatile and with the appetite to learn by doing

• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or any related area of study. In the event that you do not have a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma, equivalent experience in the related area is sufficient.
• Demonstrable experience leading and managing a team of engineers on complex software projects.
• Experience developing software in an agile, quality‑focused environment.
• Experience with a broad range of related disciplines such as Development, Cloud Infrastructure, Site Reliability, Provisioning, Configuration Management, and Managed Systems.
• Good SQL experience in a high-load environment.
• Significant technical experience and a proven track record of architectural ownership and understanding.
• Experience with Open Source Operating Systems and technologies.
• Experience with Web Architectures (e.g. SOA, REST).
• Excellent understanding of theoretical Software Engineering fundamentals, including but not limited to distributed systems, highly scalable systems, algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and programming paradigms is advantageous.
• Experience with e‑commerce‑based applications is advantageous.
• Experience working with GCP/AWS and/or other cloud platforms.

• 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?  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…