6 days ago
Cape Town, South AfricaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable distributed systems, high-performance APIs, and backend services.
- Build cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure.
- Engineer reliable, secure, and scalable data platforms.
- Productionise AI and machine learning solutions.
- Design resilient architectures and establish engineering standards.
- Drive technical excellence through code reviews and mentoring.
- Collaborate with data scientists, AI engineers, product managers, and global engineering teams.
- Influence the technical direction of enterprise products deployed internationally.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience.
- Strong Python or TypeScript development experience.
- Experience designing and building cloud-native applications.
- A strong commitment to engineering quality, testing, and clean architecture.
- Strong problem-solving and systems-thinking skills.
- Experience mentoring other engineers.
- Curiosity, humility, and a desire to continuously learn.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and performance incentives.
- Hybrid working based in Cape Town.
- Access to cutting-edge AI technologies and modern engineering tools.
- Exposure to global clients and international projects.
- Learning investment through Dentsu University, certifications, technical training, conferences, workshops, and mentoring.
- Opportunities to collaborate with engineers across the global dentsu network.
- Trust-based culture emphasizing ownership and innovation.
- Opportunity to shape products from concept through production.
- Full-time permanent contract.
Tech Stack
Apache SparkAzureDatabricksDockerGitHub ActionsJavaScriptKubernetesMongoDBPostgreSQLPythonSQLTerraformTypeScript
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About Dentsu
Dentsu is a global advertising and marketing services group that plans and buys media, develops creative campaigns, and builds data- and technology-led customer experiences for brands. It earns revenue from agency fees and media services across a network that includes Carat, iProspect, and Merkle. Founded in 1901 and headquartered in Tokyo, Dentsu is publicly traded in Japan and serves clients across many sectors worldwide.