Software Engineer: Analytics - Takealot



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Takealot.com, South Africa’s leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Software Engineer (Analytics) 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: 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. 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: takealot.com and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance. 


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This position reports to the Engineering Manager

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

  • Work closely with stakeholders, Data Engineers and BI Analysts to turn data into critical information and knowledge that can be used to make sound business decisions.
  • Responsible for the full life-cycle development, implementation, production support, and performance tuning of the Enterprise Data Warehouse, Data Marts, and Business Intelligence Reporting environments.
  • Design and implement reporting and analytical solutions.
  • Analyses business and functional requirements and translates these requirements into robust, scalable, operable solutions.
  • Help to maintain our Kappa & Lambda event-driven architecture built on BigQuery, DataForm and Looker.
  • Ensuring that the data pipelines and general support infrastructure continue to run and operate in the most efficient manner.
  • Provide operational support, bug fixes, and performance enhancements.
  • Automating data extraction and report update processes.
  • Data validation and integrity testing.
  • Data cleansing and multidimensional data modeling.
  • Optimisation of data models.

The skills we need:

  • Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high energy
  • Excellent problem-solving skills
  • Proven track record of delivering high-quality work, in a fast-paced environment
  • Focus on getting the job done, but have fun doing so
  • Taking ownership and displaying accountability in the work required of you
  • Have an interest in e-commerce, building a brand and business
  • Customer-centric


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Qualifications & Experience:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering and a minimum of 3 years experience in a software/technology environment is required.
  • In the event that a candidate does not have a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma (in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering), an equivalent experience requirement must be met, which equates to a minimum of 6 years experience in a software/technology environment.
  • 4 - 6 years related experience
  • 1 - 2 years of coding experience in Python and JavaScript (advantageous)
  • Minimum 2 years’ experience using a BI reporting tools (e.g. QlikView, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Looker, etc.)
  • Minimum 4 years SQL experience
  • A thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms
  • A solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, including Linux and operating systems, networking
  • Experience using Looker, BigQuery and Dataform is advantageous
  • OLAP and multidimensional cube design experience
  • Familiar with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Github Actions
  • Have experience with Google Cloud, or another cloud provider (architecture, operations)
  • High proficiency in working with large data sets and business models
  • Experience with Domain Driven Design (DDD) is advantageous
  • Experience working in Scrum and Sprint Agile methodologies is advantageous
  • Retail or e-commerce industry experience beneficial



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