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About Pick n Pay

Address
101 Rosmead Ave, Cape Town
Company size
1000+ employees

Summary

What we do

The Pick n Pay Group is one of Africa’s largest and most consistently successful retailers of food, general merchandise and clothing. Pick n Pay operates through multiple store formats under two brands - Pick n Pay and Boxer - and have the largest online grocery business in Africa. We have close to 2 000 stores, including Hypermarkets, Supermarkets and franchise stores and employ over 85 000 people.

Why work for us

At Pick n Pay, everything begins and ends with our team. We put people first, work and celebrate together to guarantee we’re creating exceptional experiences for one another and our customers. Pick n Pay is a much-loved brand, valued within society, built on a genuine desire to make life better for our customers and to make a positive contribution to the communities in which we live and work. Our strong and unique family values have guided the business for more than 50 years, providing a solid foundation for growth, innovation, service excellence and generosity.

We welcome people with exceptional skills who share our core values of consumer sovereignty, doing good is good business and business efficiency.

Joining Pick n Pay is more than just securing a job; it’s embarking on a career. Working here becomes a way of life.

Our approach

Our people are the foundation of our success and the key to our sustainability and productivity.

Together, we create an inclusive workplace where we hold ourselves and each other to account to demonstrate our values. Where our people are empowered to be the best they can be, contributing to exceptional business performance and sustainable outcomes. We attract, retain and develop people who want to make a real difference through the work they do.

We want our company to be something we are all proud of, inspiring other talented people to join our team. That’s why we work to create flexible, inclusive, welcoming work environments, providing opportunities for advancement and rewards for success.

Our Engineering Process

We are a fully fledged Agile shop operating a SCRUM delivery model with team collaboration being at the heart of everything we do.

Our Hiring Process

Competency based interview(s) to assess requisite skills and experience. A psychometric assessment may apply for certain roles.

Perks at Pick n Pay

Flexible working hours
Gym
Staff Restaurant
Onsite barista
Campus medical facility
Onsite Pick n Pay store
Free, secure staff parking
Facilities for differently abled
Medical aid plan
Retirement plan
Campus shower facilities

Tech Stack

application and data

Amazon S3
Amazon S3
Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2
Amazon VPC
Amazon VPC
Ionic
Ionic
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
Apache Cordova
Apache Cordova
Javascript
Javascript
Node.js
Node.js
Python
Python
MySQL
MySQL
PHP
PHP
Java
Java
Spring Framework
Spring Framework
Redis
Redis
RabbitMQ
RabbitMQ
HTML5
HTML5
C++
C++
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure
nginx
nginx
ASP.NET
ASP.NET
MS SQL
MS SQL
Groovy
Groovy
TypeScript
TypeScript
Kibana
Kibana
VB.Net
VB.Net
Angular
Angular
Amazon Redshift
Amazon Redshift
Amazon Kinesis
Amazon Kinesis
HIbernate
HIbernate
Amazon Lambda
Amazon Lambda
Jetty
Jetty
JUnit
JUnit
Apache Spark
Apache Spark
Amazon Cognito
Amazon Cognito
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon API Gateway
Amazon API Gateway
Magento
Magento
OneSignal
OneSignal
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services

utilities

Amazon Route 53
Amazon Route 53
Amazon SES
Amazon SES
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch
Google Analytics
Google Analytics
Qlik
Qlik
Tableau
Tableau
Power BI
Power BI
Zeplin
Zeplin
Hotjar
Hotjar
BrowserStack
BrowserStack

dev ops

GitHub
GitHub
Git
Git
Docker
Docker
Maven
Maven
GitLab
GitLab
Gradle
Gradle
Vagrant
Vagrant
Android Studio
Android Studio
npm
npm
Bitbucket
Bitbucket
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Terraform
Terraform
IntelliJ IDEA
IntelliJ IDEA
Prometheus
Prometheus
Bash
Bash

business tool

Google Apps
Google Apps
Slack
Slack
Trello
Trello
MailChimp
MailChimp
JIRA
JIRA
Microsoft Sharepoint
Microsoft Sharepoint
SAP
SAP
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams
Confluence
Confluence
Zoom
Zoom
Miro
Miro

Office Photos

Office photo
Office photo
Office photo
Office photo