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*This is a sole\-ownership role, not a task\-execution role.*

**Why this role exists**

Our product is a live, multi\-tenant B2B SaaS that turns research and meeting evidence into sales and marketing assets: a Product Playbook, a Discovery Call Guide, a Deal Room, and a Content Plan. It runs on a patent\-pending evidence\-anchoring architecture so that every claim it generates can be traced back to a verbatim source. The product is in live alpha with real paying\-track users.

The app has been built and operated through an AI\-assisted development workflow. We now need a single, accountable human engineer to take full ownership: make it genuinely production\-ready on an urgent timeline, put proper engineering and support practices in place, and own the architecture, cost, and roadmap from here. You will be the technical owner of the product. If something breaks at 9pm, it is yours. If the architecture needs to change to make the roadmap affordable, that call is yours to make and defend.

This suits someone who wants to own a real product end to end, not slot into a large team. You will have unusual autonomy and unusual responsibility.

**What You Will Own**

**Production\-readiness and QA.**

* Stand up a proper staging environment. Today every change ships to production with no staging buffer. Fixing this is one of your first jobs.
* Own continuous integration and deployment. There is a CI pipeline (tests, linting, custom guards) to extend, and a publish process to make safe and repeatable.
* Build out the automated test suite (unit, integration, and end\-to\-end) and a manual QA process for what cannot be automated. Establish a regression suite so fixes stay fixed.
* Stand up observability and error tracking (error monitoring is scaffolded but not yet active), define what "healthy" looks like, and act on it.

**Architecture and cost.**

* Own the cloud architecture and keep it cost\-effective while enabling the roadmap. The current stack spans a managed backend platform, an AI provider, a payments provider, and a low\-code build\-and\-deploy tool. You will assess each, decide what to keep, and decide where to bring the stack fully in\-house under standard infrastructure\-as\-code and CI/CD.
* Own and optimise AI spend. The product makes heavy use of large\-language\-model calls; model selection, prompt\-caching, batching, and pipeline design materially affect the monthly bill. This is a real and ongoing cost lever.
* Decompose and harden the core generation service, which is currently a single large edge function, into a maintainable, testable architecture.

**Security and data privacy.**

* Maintain strict multi\-tenant data isolation. The product relies on row\-level security across every table; you must be fluent in this and able to verify it at runtime, not just on paper.
* Own compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and, for international users, GDPR. The product already implements user deletion, data export, consent records, and audit tombstones; you will maintain, formalise, and extend these, and keep us defensible.
* Run regular security reviews, manage secrets properly, and own the response if something goes wrong.

**UI and UX.**

* Clean up and raise the standard of the interface. Recent audits surfaced consistency debt (an inconsistent type scale, non\-semantic colour usage, responsive gaps) alongside good bones. You will drive a design\-system pass and keep the experience coherent as the product grows.
* Bring product sense, not just execution. You should be able to look at a screen and know when it is confusing a user.

**User support and support workflow.**

* Provide hands\-on user support during alpha, and design the support function that outlasts the alpha: intake, triage, response targets, a feedback loop into the roadmap, and the lightweight on\-call discipline a small SaaS needs.

**Roadmap and process.**

* Lay out, cost, and maintain the product roadmap with the CEO, and turn it into shipped software.
* Replace the AI\-orchestrated development model with proper human\-owned engineering practices: branching, review, release management, documentation, and runbooks.

**The Stack You Will Inherit**

* Frontend: React, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind, shadcn/ui (Radix), TanStack Query, React Router. Vitest for tests, ESLint, GitHub Actions CI.
* Backend: Supabase (PostgreSQL with row\-level security, Auth, Storage, and Deno/TypeScript Edge Functions). Scheduled jobs via Postgres cron for generation and email queues. Secrets in Vault.
* AI: Anthropic Claude, invoked through a multi\-stage, tool\-use pipeline with content\-addressed evidence anchoring (patent pending).
* Payments: Stripe (webhooks with idempotency).
* Current build and deploy: a low\-code platform (Lovable) currently manages the Supabase project and publishes the frontend; source lives in GitHub. Deciding the long\-term future of this layer is part of the role.

You do not need prior experience with every item, but you must be able to own all of it within your first months.

**You Are a Strong Fit if You Have**

* 5\+ years of professional full\-stack engineering, with real seniority: you have owned systems, not just tickets.
* Deep TypeScript, and strong modern React.
* Strong PostgreSQL, including row\-level security or equivalent multi\-tenant data\-isolation experience. This is non\-negotiable; the product's security model depends on it.
* Production experience with Supabase, or with a comparable serverless\-plus\-Postgres or Firebase\-style stack you operated yourself.
* Real cloud architecture and cost\-management experience (any of Supabase, AWS, GCP, Vercel, Cloudflare). You can reason about what a design will cost at scale, not just whether it works.
* Practical data\-privacy experience: POPIA, GDPR, or equivalent, applied in a real product (not just awareness).
* A track record of taking a product to and through production: CI/CD, testing discipline, observability, incident response.
* The temperament to be the sole or lead engineer: decisive, self\-directed, comfortable owning the whole thing, and able to talk to users directly.
* Based in Cape Town, or able to work core hours in South African Standard Time.

**Bonus points for:**

* Building or operating LLM\-powered products: Anthropic or OpenAI APIs, tool use, retrieval, prompt engineering, and evaluations.
* Experience replacing a low\-code or AI\-builder platform with a hand\-owned stack without downtime.
* Stripe billing integrations.
* Deno and edge\-function experience.
* A genuine eye for design and UX.
* Awareness of software patents and how implementation choices interact with filedclaims.

**Why Join Us?**

At Blacfox, we value our people and we value our business. We create a space where individuals can be authentic, grow in confidence, and build strong working relationships. We work hard, but we also make room for enjoyment—because when people feel safe, supported, and inspired, they do their best work.

**How to Apply**

Send a CV and a short note covering: a production system you have personally owned (what it did, your role, what you were accountable for when it broke), your experience with PostgreSQL row\-level security or multi\-tenant isolation, and one example of a cost or architecture decision you made and why. Links to shipped work welcome.

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Century City, Western Cape

Senior Full-Stack Engineer and Technical Owner

**Store Manager \- UCOOK \- Cavendish**

  


**ROLE SUMMARY**

  

An opportunity has become available for a Store Manager at UCOOK. We are looking for a capable, dynamic and experienced store manager for our new UCOOK concept store in Cape Town. Our ideal candidate has strong leadership skills and a passion for excellent customer service. They will have experience in food retail management with abilities in store operations, merchandising, inventory control, food production and people management.

 **RESPONSIBILITIES**

 **Sales and Customer Service:**


* Ensure that customers receive outstanding service by offering a friendly environment, including excellent product knowledge and all aspects of UCOOK.
* Maximise store sales targets while working with team members to model successful sales techniques and customer service standards.
* Drive multiple sales by increasing average customer purchase (ACP) as well as increasing average items purchase (AIP) while monitoring footfall and conversion rates.
* Ensure compliance with all policies and procedures through regular walk\-throughs and audits.
* Monitor local market conditions and business trends by assessing mall standings and competitors in order to maximise sales and meet or exceed set goals.
* Monitor sales performance through analysis of productivity and sales reports and suggest new strategies to supervisors and staff.
* Identify and recognise where problems/issues exist. Inform Management when the solution is outside own area of responsibility or influence.
* Minimise risk by seeking expert advice and/or collaborating with colleagues as required.

  


**Administration:**


* Day to day management of the store operations including all admin required to ensure smooth operations.
* Maintenance \& filing of daily store documentation is according to company policy and procedure regarding banking procedures, disbursements policy, staff attendance registers and manual stock counts.
* Manage and control of daily store requirements are always available i.e. stationery, till floats, change, staff coverage \& brand image standards are upheld professionally.
* Submission/reporting of: store managers audits, sales figures (as \& when required), monthly staff scheduling for approval, out\-of\-line expenses are controlled and investigated, i.e. over/under banks, data usage, maintenance requirements, attendance registers, HR/employment documentation \& stock take discrepancies etc.

  


**Merchandising and Stock management:**


* Ensure that the store looks great at all times. Food should be appetising and fresh and retail items neat and tidy.
* Ensure the merchandise guidelines laid out by H/O are implemented immediately according to store profile, following merchandise principles \& food safety \& housekeeping disciplines are continuously maintained. Implement signage \&/or pricing instructions according to promotional activities.
* Assemble \& style food and follow the recipe work instructions provided by head office.
* Manage shrinkage ratios to not exceed company requirement, maintain a benchmark of 95% stock accuracy by: regular manual units counts are performed accurately and efficiently with team members, thereafter reported to H/O. Planning and preparation of stock take process timeously according to company policy. Implementation of security measures to avoid stock losses \& system Integrity is accurately maintained through POS checks of all stock administration.
* Management of stock \- receiving, counts, stock takes \- managing inventory \& ordering supplies. Maintain inventory of stock \- communicate when stock is required.
* Manage damage ratios so they do not exceed company acceptance: implement procedures to guard against internal stock waste \& damages.
* Daily waste management and reporting. Monthly signoffs of damaged merchandise.
* Manage and communicate over/under\-stocked lines with regards to sales opportunities.
* Manage IBT’s and store stock transfers accurately.
* Sell by date management of product to be managed effectively, before product reaches expiry.

  


**People Management:**


* Recruitment \& selection of staff required. Providing induction, training and development needs of team members \& succession planning of potential candidates for future growth.
* Performance Management Processes.
* Communication/Negotiation skills where difficult situations arise.
* Initiate a self\-motivated sense of urgency within the team, build \& maintain robust relationships.
* Management \& Delegation of: tasks, skills transfer between team, motivation of staff morale, influence buy\-in to company objectives/goals in order to achieve brand expectations, encourage an environment of mutual respect, responsibility, ownership \& self\-management.
* Lead by example, maintain a professional demeanor in both attitude and attire at all times and provide staff with a strong leadership role model in all work related activities.
* Act as a liaison between store staff and Head Office Personnel to ensure the successful understanding and implementation of all store related information.
* Ensure that Food Safety and Health \& Safety regulations are in place and communicated to all team members.
* Ensure that all employee files maintained and up to date.
* Ensure timely and accurate processing of all EFT and payroll information through the system.
* Focus on team objectives and encourage other members to achieve team objectives.

  


**Food Safety and Health and Safety**


* Ensure both Food Safety and Health \& Safety compliance are, enforcing the standards within the store and ensuring the standards are met.
* Make sure that all certifications are in order and that regular services are done.
* Ensure that procedures are followed and standards maintained to ensure customer satisfaction. Including but not limited to deep cleans, pest control, chemicals and colour coding etc.

  


**REQUIREMENTS**


* 2 \- 5 years retail experience, or in a similar retail environment, with prior management responsibilities.
* A Tertiary qualification or certificate in Retail or Sales would be advantageous.
* Dynamic team player, with good attention to detail and a can do attitude.
* Ability to communicate with customers and store team members.
* Strong arithmetic \& numeracy skills.
* A commitment to customer service excellence, coupled with superior visual presentation abilities.
* Ability to demonstrate leadership skills with minimum immediate supervision.
* A proven aptitude for administration and the professional exercising of discretion at all times and under all circumstances.
* Proven effectiveness in time management skills with ability to manage competing priorities.
* Ability to work varied hours/days as required in a retail environment.
* Passion for food. Culinary knowledge advantageous \- understanding of food, allergens, etc.
* Knowledge of health and safety regulations, food safety standards, and legal compliance.
* Skilled in ensuring the quality and consistency of food, as well as maintaining excellent presentation.
* Business Ethics \& Integrity.
* Reliable transport.

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