Senior Software Engineer - GoLang (Supply Chain)

Cape Town

WHO WE ARE AT BASH

We are a team of leaders, bold thinkers and friends, and we’re on a mission to create remarkable omni-channel experiences for our customers.

We believe that by being Bold, Accountable, Simple and Human, our values will lead us forward, keeping us real, connected and directed.

By leveraging the power of technology and exceptional talent, we are building products that bring the physical and digital world together to create communities that prosper. This journey requires grit, ambition and teamwork as we transform SA retail for the better.

And we’re only just getting started. Now is the time to jump onboard.

The Role

As a Senior Software Engineer - GoLang (Supply Chain) at Bash you’ll have a far-reaching impact on the commerce experience for both our customers and store staff. You’ll work in a dynamic cross-functional team closely aligned around the customer journey, with the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects and technologies.

What Supply Chain Does

The Supply Chain division is the beating heart of every ecommerce business.

• Orchestrating the order through the entire lifecycle

• Pick and Pack solutions for warehouses and hubs

• Logistics systems (including our own courier BashDelivery)

• Managing customer returns

• And much more

Who You Are

• Collaboration with the team as part of an Agile development process

• Manage your JIRA tasks, removing ambiguity from your tickets to streamline development

• Assist your team on operational tasks related to the platform

• Build relationships with developers, product managers and other colleagues

• Influence the team to build resilient, maintainable solutions

• Participate in the on-call rotation for critical system alerts

What You Have

• 5+ years of relevant work experience

• BSc Computer Science or equivalent is encouraged (strong work experience can fill this gap)

• 5+ years experience writing backend code and/or doing some frontend work on web and/or mobile applications

• We primarily use Golang for our backend services, and Retool for our frontend applications

• In-depth knowledge of databases, data structures, algorithms and an interest in distributed systems

• Experience in a scripting language

• Great problem-solving skills

• A passion for observability and monitoring of the services you build

• Experience owning the deployment process of your services and applications in Amazon Web Services and Kubernetes

• Ability to work effectively across teams to deliver results, with good verbal and written communication skills

Employment Equity

We ask a few optional demographic questions to monitor fairness in hiring and comply with South Africa’s Employment Equity requirements. Your responses are confidential — stored separately from your application and never shown to hiring panels. We review the data only in aggregate to strengthen our sourcing so pipelines are diverse and all candidates receive equitable support. You can skip any question.

Joining the Bash Team

We empower our people to choose where they would like to do their best work, with the tools they need to get there, but we also encourage our teams to travel so we can make magic happen face to face. Our offices are a vibe. They are decked out to make collaboration easy and help our team create lasting connections with each other. We bring teams together for planning, celebration, ideation and onboarding, and more.

Bash Perks

Our perks are supercharged by our intangible benefits, like the optionality that comes with building a hyper-growth business, being surrounded by the best talent in the biz and building great products that wow our customers and drive growth for our country.

• Best of the Best – The wealth of talent we have will surprise and inspire you

• Security within a startup – The best of both worlds. TFG's buy-in lets us invest in the people and initiatives we believe in

• Agency and Optionality – Use the ambition and collective force of our talent to drive your career in the direction you dream

• Connection and Friendship – We make sure you connect, laugh and have fun with the team. Play hard, work hard vibes

• Top $$ – The best people, in the right roles, earning at the top tier

• Your Time – Generous paid holiday, wellbeing leave and even Birthday leave for you to enjoy when you need it