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Our vision is to use technology to forge social connections between humans and brands that are meaningful. Because when connections are human and authentic, real ‘magic’ happens.

We are all about connection. Our social intelligence platform is powered by advanced computational statistical analysis to help brands identify, and segment, audiences on big social media networks. More importantly, we help brands uncover what’s relevant to, and resonates with, the people they’re socially connected to.

Instead of selling products, we want to take brands on a journey that will change the way they market forever. Through the power of data, marketers can better understand humans to create connections that are valuable to both people and brands. Data empowers better understanding, and with better understanding brands can forge closer social connections that turn audiences into brand advocates, influencers and loyal customers.

Who you are

• You love writing code!
• You are interested in, and care about, web tech
• You want to be a part of a dynamic startup environment
• You know how to communicate ideas/feedback effectively
• You want freedom and support to explore new ideas

Our tech stack and tools include

• Javascript/Vue.js
• PHP/Laravel
• Python/Django and Flask
• Celery/RabbitMQ
• MySQL, OrientDB, PostgreSQL
• AWS EC2, ECS, S3, Route 53, AWS RS(Redshift)
• Docker
• Bitbucket, Trello and Slack

Requirements

What you’ll work on and what skills are required

• Ability to use a wide variety of open source technologies and cloud services (experience with AWS will be a bonus)
• Strong experience with SQL and MySQL (NoSQL experience is a plus, too, since we also use a graph DB)
• Have an interest in processing large amounts of data and optimising it in code
• Three+ years of working as a full stack engineer or a related role. You can write a query to do almost anything
• Knowledge in data mining, machine learning, natural language processing, or information retrieval as a plus
• Enough programming knowledge to clean and scrub noisy datasets
• Database tuning experience. Assist us in making our database faster by running diagnostics and doing query optimisation and other performance tuning
• Ability to work in an Agile environment. You can address bugs with QA, plan schemas with engineering, and respond quickly to other business needs
• Knowledge and know-how to troubleshoot potential issues, and experience with best practices around database operations
• Additionally, you will have the opportunity to work on all other components and aspects of the system architecture – Laravel API/Django/Flask Backend and Vue.js frontend to add features, optimise and generally improve the application

Posted on 14 Jun 08:49

Stellenbosch University

University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB)

Operations manager: Small Business Academy

(Permanent, full-time position)

(Ref. EBW04/180/0518)

Apply online at www.sun.ac.za/english/careers

The University of Stellenbosch Business School requires the services of an operations manager at its Small Business Academy (SBA), which is currently operating in the Western and Eastern Cape.

Duties:

• Academic support: Providing support for training, mentorship, continuous development and research activities; secretariat for committee meetings; providing guidance to SBA coordinators; providing support for the selection of candidates for development programmes; compiling of information for manuals and reports; capturing of marks;
• Marketing, recruitment and stakeholder liaising: Coordinating the recruitment of participants for development programmes (including marketing and open days); marketing the Growth Initiative and other activities; SBA publicity; liaising with alumni, sponsors, trainers, mentors and other stakeholders;
• Logistics and events management: Planning activities; events coordination; logistical arrangements (accommodation, flights, additional support);
• Administration: Academic records; financial administration.

Requirements:

• An appropriate Honours degree in business management;
• Three years’ experience of events management and logistics;
• Four years’ experience in stakeholder relations;
• Excellent writing abilities;
• A valid driver’s licence;
• Willingness to travel independently to Eastern Cape and other parts of Southern Africa;
• Willingness to work outside normal office hours.

Skills:

• The ability to work on several projects simultaneously and independently;
• Strong communication skills (written and stakeholder relations management skills);
• Strong planning and coordination skills;
• Administrative, supervision and time management skills;
• Energetic personality and the ability to solve problems proactively.

Recommendation:

• Three years’ experience in academic administration.

Commencement of duties: As soon as possible, but no later than 1 August 2018

Closing date: 27 June 2018

Enquiries regarding this post: Dr Marietjie Theron-Wepener on 021 918 4224, or at

az.ca.bsu@mipewm

Enquiries regarding remuneration/benefits as well as technical assistance with the electronic application process: Human Resources Client Services Centre on 021 808 2753

The University will consider all applications in terms of its Employment Equity Plan, which acknowledges the need to diversify the demographic composition of the staff corps, especially with regard to the appointment of suitable candidates from the designated groups.

The University reserves the right not to make an appointment.

Your application, comprising a comprehensive curriculum vitae (including the names and e-mail address of at least three referees), must reach the University before or on the closing date of the advertised post.

Apply online at www.sun.ac.za/english/careers

The University reserves the right to investigate qualifications and conduct background checks on all candidates.

Should no feedback be received from the University within four weeks of the closing date, kindly accept that your application did not succeed.

Posted on 14 Jun 08:22