Search Software Engineer (E‑commerce)

About the role

Takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is seeking a Search Software Engineer to strengthen its e‑commerce search stack. You will work with a fast‑growing team, building robust features that improve the shopping experience for millions of customers.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain search solutions using technologies such as Solr or Algolia.
• Architect and implement high‑quality production code for complex, high‑scale systems.
• Improve non‑functional aspects of the platform, including performance, reliability and testing.
• Provide on‑call rotational support for critical incidents and production bugs.
• Collaborate on architecture proposals and ensure alignment across engineering teams.
• Develop and maintain REST and RPC APIs in Python and create automation tests.
• Share knowledge through internal documentation, tech talks and workshops.

Required profile

• Solutions‑oriented with a can‑do attitude.
• Experience working with search technologies (e.g., Solr, Algolia).
• Comfortable participating in on‑call rotation and incident response.

Required skills

• Python programming.
• Search platforms such as Solr or Algolia.
• REST and RPC API development.
• Automation testing.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work at a hyper‑growth e‑commerce leader.
• Learning from industry experts and fast‑track skill development.
• Career growth within the Takealot Group with internal promotion pathways.