Takealot Vacancies for Drivers – Release Engineer

Job Description:

The Release Engineering Team (RET) is a division of Takealot’s Engineering team focused on developing tools, solutions and platform which would enable developers to build and deploy software in a safe, secure and continuous manner, whilst maintaining quality. They are a dedicated team of engineers who are responsible for CI/CD solutions, test automation frameworks, cloud & on-prem environments and tools & processes related to build and deployment.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work closely with DevOps, SRE, QA, Security, Data Engineering and Development teams, to support and maintain Takealot’s software ecosystem.
• Implementing innovative CI/CD solutions and showcase its business value to the senior management and the wider Engineering audience.
• Drive tooling, culture, and automation to reduce friction for the Engineering team
• Work across multiple technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker and Helm.
• Design, develop and maintain internal libraries, tooling and systems
• Provide on-call production support for the systems and services managed by RET.
• Architect and implement CI/CD processes and solutions to drive continuous deployments with velocity

Job Requirements:

• Shows solid reasoning and decision making
• Can write code (we use Python mostly, also some GroovyLang)
• Strong knowledge on containerization and container orchestration tools.
• Is a team player, an active listener, and is able to communicate well
• Is solutions oriented, and can break down complex problems
• Is passionate about technology, keeping up to date with the industry, always learning

Qualification & Experience:

• Experience with defining a CI/CD strategy and framework for an organization.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in the software engineering domain.
• Must have strong experience with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes (running an application, using helm, etc.)
• Must have hands-on experience with minimum one build and deploy systems such as Gitlab, Jenkins, Spinnaker, etc.

Job Details:

Company: Takealot

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Functions: Retail

Job Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Application Deadline: N/A

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