Mr D , a division of takealot.com, is looking for highly talented Web Frontend Engineers to join our team. Senior (1 opening) | Intermediate (1 opening) | Remote Position, provided you are based in South Africa.
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 (20+ years of web development experience).
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:
- Intermediate: 3-4 years of focused, continuous experience in JavaScript or similar languages
- Senior: 5+ 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