GET READY TO APPLY: Data Principal Engineer
Takealot Group
Apply on their own site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/takealotcom/jobs/8059414
This checklist: https://qualifyafrica.com/o/takealot-data-principal-engineer-cape-town-2026
Built only from what the listing states. Lines marked (our advice) are ours.
A long application, by our reading.

1. CHECK YOURSELF AGAINST WHAT THEY ASK
[ ] Must be able to live and work in South Africa (role based in Cape Town)
[ ] Hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Information Systems (preferred), or have equivalent demonstrated experience at this scale and seniority
[ ] Have 8 or more years in data engineering, including at least 3 years at principal or architect level in a high scale environment
[ ] Deep Google Cloud Platform expertise, particularly BigQuery and Dataform, plus stream processing frameworks

2. WHAT TO GET READY
[ ] CV or resume (One or two pages. No CV yet? Our CV starter builds a plain one from your answers.)
[ ] Cover or motivation letter (Short, written for this one: why this, what you have done that fits.)
In their words: "The employer's online form asks for uploads: Resume/CV (required), Cover Letter (optional). It has 1 required written question, starting with: Highest Qualification: What is your highest completed qualification."

3. DATES
- No closing date is stated.
- Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. (our advice)

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