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Open nowPosted 215 days ago

Web Frontend Engineer

Takealot Group25 open roles

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Cape Town
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8.1% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Takealot Group postings stay open a median of 6 days.

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  2. 3.6%3 days
  3. 8.1%7 days
  4. 15.1%14 days
  5. 34.0%30 days
This job: posted 215 days ago

Takealot Group median: 6 days open

The posting

Mr D, a division of takealot.com, is looking for highly talented Web Frontend Engineers to join our team.

Think you've been challenged before? Think again!

  • Scale: Show the millions of Mr D customers what you can do
  • Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and upskill in record time.
  • Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here's your chance.

This position reports to the Web Development Manager.

Your Role:

  • Join our web development team responsible for maintaining and developing multiple production applications using modern Angular and SvelteKit
  • Write performant, optimized code that scales with our growing user base
  • Contribute to automated testing efforts to reduce regression bugs and improve coverage
  • Participate in (and invite!) code reviews to maintain high code quality standards
  • Collaborate with Project Managers, UX Designers, and QA teams on feature delivery
  • Debug complex issues across the frontend/backend boundary
  • Deploy features through our CI/CD pipeline (QA → Pre-Production → Production)
  • Leverage AI tools (LLMs, GitHub Copilot, custom agents) to accelerate development and help shape our shift toward AI-assisted workflows
  • Help establish development processes that stick - particularly around code review
  • Provide accurate estimates and deliver on commitments

Skills we need:

Experience:

  • A minimum of 3-4 years of focused, continuous experience in JavaScript or similar languages

Core Technical Skills:

  • JavaScript fundamentals - Strong grasp of modern JavaScript (ES6+)
  • TypeScript - Adding well-defined types; understanding that well-typed code helps everyone who works with it later
  • Node.js - Backend experience (we use it in all our websites)
  • CSS mastery - Understanding how CSS works, using defined selectors appropriately, and avoiding unnecessary classes
  • DOM understanding - How events traverse, how the browser works
  • API integration - Understanding CORS, debugging failed requests, and identifying whether issues are frontend or backend
  • Testing philosophy - Understanding why to write tests, what to test, and which type of test to write
  • Git proficiency - Making decisions that avoid difficult conflicts, understanding branching strategies like Gitflow
  • Performance optimization - Writing optimized, performant code as a default practice
  • Responsive design - Understanding and implementing responsive layouts
  • AI collaboration - Ability to converse effectively with LLMs and leverage AI tools in development
  • Estimation skills - Understanding the importance of good estimates and the ability to provide them

Nice to have experience:

  • Experience with modern Angular or SvelteKit (or genuine interest in learning them for good reasons)
  • Express.js or similar Node frameworks - Experience building backend APIs
  • Containerization understanding - Basic Docker concepts, understanding multi-platform builds
  • Web services - Understanding how a request travels, how load balancers and reverse proxies affect HTTP requests
  • Knowledge of Playwright or Selenium for E2E testing
  • Team-oriented - Proactively inviting peers to review your code
  • Quality-focused - Keeping overall team output in mind (speed AND quality)
  • Agile/Scrum familiarity
  • gRPC / Protocol Buffers
  • GitHub Actions knowledge
  • AWS services experience (S3, ECR, CloudFront, etc.)
  • Test-Driven Development (TDD) practice

Let's talk about life @ Mr D:

  • The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
  • No doors: We aren't fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab, and make something great.
  • Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? We offer the best of both worlds.
  • Mentorship programme: We aren't kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now's your chance to be one of the best by learning from the best.
  • Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Upskill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and more.
  • Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the takealot group during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
  • Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
  • Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you'll work on the latest tech, off the latest tech.
  • Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
  • Tech stack (for days): Angular, SvelteKit, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, and all things AI-assisted development. If you build it, they will come.
  • Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).

Like what you see? If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Mr D is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.

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