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An experiencedSoftware Engineer with solid Python skills to help power the technology behind a growing fintech and direct selling organisation. You will work across internal systems and customer-facing tools, enabling over 50 000 Sales Force members to thrive as entrepreneurs while supporting the build out of a new fintech business. This position is based in Johannesburg, offers a competitive salary, and provides the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of many.

As a Python Software Engineer, you will play an active role in building and scaling systems that support both internal operations and our expanding fintech products. You’ll work in Python and with REST APIs to enhance our chatbot experiences, extend functionality within our Odoo ERP, and support backend infrastructure for a dynamic, mobile first user base.

You will be part of a small, diverse, and motivated team where your contributions are visible and impactful. We offer a high autonomy development environment with little legacy drag that encourages creativity, ownership, and continuous improvement. You’ll collaborate with engineers, product managers, and operations teams to solve challenging technical problems that directly affect how over 50 000 people earn, learn, and grow.

ABOUT US

Asuer is a fintech company committed to making life simpler and more secure for African communities through innovative financial and technology solutions. We operate across insurance and telecommunications, with plans to expand into digital payments. Our focus is on removing barriers and helping people achieve their goals.

Born from the ongoing digital transformation of Botle Buhle Brands (BBB), one of Africa’s leading direct-selling businesses, Asuer has grown into an independent company centred on financial inclusion and accessible technology. Everything we build is guided by our core values: Impact, Innovation, and Integrity.

• Developing scalable backend solutions in Python for various fintech and ERP applications.
• Building, maintaining, and integrating REST APIs and chatbot features.
• Contributing to the customisation and optimisation of our Odoo ERP system.
• Supporting the extension of our tech stack across mobile apps, internal tools, and field operations.
• Working within an Agile team to deliver high quality code in short development cycles.
• Participating in code reviews, providing feedback, and maintaining version control using Git.
• Collaborating with cross functional teams to scope and deliver technical features aligned with business needs.
• Rapidly upskilling in Odoo and other tools as required by the business.
• Troubleshooting, debugging, and solving system and performance issues.
  

• Strong development experience in Python minimum 2 years
• Proficiency in backend programming, API development, and integration
• Hands on experience with REST API design and consumption
• Working knowledge of an ORM library
• Proficiency in using Git version control
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and working in Scrum based environments
• Experience or interest in learning Odoo ERP is an advantage

• Contribute to application design and technical documentation
• Provide technical guidance to the team
• Manage software development according to specifications and timelines
• Maintain and improve existing solutions
• Ensure software is developed to quality standards
• Conduct technical investigations
• Demonstrate high levels of analytical and problem-solving skills
• Possess exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Take ownership of the team’s output and strive for continuous improvement
• Quickly upskill in ERP systems

• At least one Python web framework (such as Django or Flask)
• An ORM library
• TDD, CI/CD implementation
• DevOps Automation
• Secure Coding (OWASP)
• Linux, Nginx, PostgreSQL
• Experience in the application of the Scrum/Agile methodology
• ERP experience an advantage

• A tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Software or Information Engineering, or a related field
• Minimum of 4 years of professional experience as a Python developer
• High levels of analytical and problem solving skills
• Fully proficient in English reading, writing, and speaking

A BIT MORE ABOUT US

At Asuer, you’ll join a mission with real meaning, where your work empowers thousands of people across Africa. You’ll collaborate with smart, curious teammates who move fast and build with purpose, without the drag of legacy systems. We offer competitive pay, a flexible environment, and the autonomy to shape systems from the ground up. This is a place for real growth, where you scale products that matter and make a tangible impact every day.

A leader in the digital payment solutions space is seeking a Senior Python Developer who will work alongside experienced engineers in an agile environment helping them build fast, secure, and reliable financial services. Their technology ensures millions of people have access to essential services and they are passionate about innovation, scale, and real-world impact.
In this role, you will play a lead role in designing, developing, documenting, testing and supporting efficient, maintainable code, whilst acting as a technical mentor and leader to fellow engineers
To work for this team transforming how communities access essential digital services 

This is what you need to land an interview:

• More than five years experience as a software engineer
• Proven experience and knowledge of Python and the Django framework
• Front-end, Back-end and database design and development experience
• Strong track record in collaboration and communication (including written)
• Full understanding of Agile Software Development and Scrum processes from a SWE POV.
• Familiarity with modern Devops practices, with experience in Github or Gitlab
• Payments, transaction or Fintech experience would be advantageous
• Experience working with the typical tools used in software development teams, such as Jira ticketing, Confluence/Wikis, and source code management tool from a documentation management point of view.

Qualification:

• Computer science degree or engineering degree with computer science, or equivalent qualifications

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Mr D , a division of takealot.com, is looking for a highly talented Python Software Engineer to join our team in Cape Town.

As a Python Software Engineer, you will help to architect, implement, support, and maintain scalable services in a heterogeneous environment. You will be able to influence both business and architectural decisions while working on end-to-end technology solutions.

Think you've been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale : Show the millions of Mr D customers 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.
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• Build scalable software systems supporting our growing business and customers.
• Work closely with other engineers, professional services teams, and product managers.
• Participate/lead architecture proposals for your division's domain
• Develop high-quality production code for work of high complexity and scale
• Champion, challenge, and iterate on best practices within engineering
• Design solutions for complex problems with difficult decision trade-offs, typically system- or domain-wide
• Analyse and understand business requirements and OKRs (Objectives and Key Results), and produce technical specifications that meet these requirements
• Assist the product teams in helping to determine priorities for technical projects
• Support, challenge existing, and define new engineering processes and directives
• Lead interviews and assess potential engineering candidates for skills and fit
• Mentor, coach, and share knowledge with your peers through blog posts, tech talks, and workshops across engineering
• Add value to the team and business.
• Continuously learn and improve your knowledge and the deliverables.
  
  

• Thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, OO concepts, data structures, and algorithms.
• Ability to design and maintain secure and scalable APIs.
• Experience in developing distributed backend systems and stateless architectures.
• Hands-on experience with *nix and Python.
• Experience with event streaming, relational & non-relational datastores, containerization, and cloud service providers.
• Passion for learning new skills and appreciation to invent and simplify.
  
  

• AWS Cloud technologies.
• GIT version control.
• PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Elastic, Redis.
• Kafka.
• Docker, Kubernetes
  
  

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• For a mid-level software engineer role, a minimum of 2 to 3 years of Software Development experience is required.
• For a senior software engineer role, a minimum of 5 years of Software Development experience is required.
  
  

• The power is in your hands : We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which 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? We offer 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 best.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Upskill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and more.
• Good times : Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the takealot group during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
• Birthday leave : Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
• Right tools, right job : A Mac laptop, two monitors, or one. Whatever your preference, you'll work on the latest tech, off the latest tech.
• Help when you need it most : Confidential counselling, legal support, and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
• Tech stack (for days): Angular, Python, Kotlin, Swift, AWS, Kafka, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, IOT, and all things machine learning. If you build it, they will come.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).
  
  

• Seniority level Director

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries Retail

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Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring a Lead Python Software Engineer who strives for the highest engineering quality, seeks improvements, continuously develops their skills, and applies them at work. This is an exciting opportunity to work with many popular software systems, integrations technologies, and exciting open source solutions.

The Commercial Systems unit is conceived as seven engineering teams that closely collaborate with other engineering and business teams at Canonical. Services designed, developed, and operated by the Commercial Systems unit are at the heart of Canonical business and Python plays an integral role in it. We are looking for Python Software Engineers for the Integrations team.

The Integrations team is responsible for the automation of SAAS user management and onboarding of new data sources to the data mesh. The team designs, develops, and operates a Python based solution to automate SAAS seat management and track spend across the application portfolio. Furthermore the team integrates internal and external data sources into the data mesh using open-source ETL solutions, enabling more data driven decisions in the organization.

Location : This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

The role entails

• Develop engineering solutions leveraging Python
• Collaborate with colleagues on technical designs and code reviews
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• Depending on your seniority, coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
• Develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
  
  

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
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• Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
• Experience with software development in Python
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
  
  

• Performance engineering and security experience
• Experience with Airbyte, Ranger, Temporal, or Trino
  
  

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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