About Pick n Pay

Address

101 Rosmead Ave, Cape Town

Company Size

1000+
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
Gym
Flexible working hours
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 EC2
Amazon VPC
Ionic
PostgreSQL
Apache Cordova
Javascript
Node.js
Python
MySQL
PHP
Java
Spring Framework
Redis
RabbitMQ
HTML5
C++
Microsoft Azure
nginx
ASP.NET
MS SQL
Groovy
TypeScript
Kibana
VB.Net
Angular
Amazon Redshift
Amazon Kinesis
HIbernate
Amazon Lambda
Jetty
JUnit
Apache Spark
Amazon Cognito
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon API Gateway
Magento
OneSignal
Amazon Web Services

DevOps

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

Utilities

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

Business Tools

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