Senior Front End Engineer

Hyperiondev; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

SweepSouth is seeking a Front End Engineer to join our core engineering team in Cape Town. You will help scale the platform by building robust UI components and collaborating closely with product and design to translate requirements into elegant user interfaces.

Key technologies include React, Redux, and modern CSS approaches; experience with CSS-in-JS and Design Systems is a plus. A startup mindset and hands-on testing practice will help drive quality and speed.

Qualifications

• Experience building scalable front-end components with React.
• Strong understanding of state management and UI design systems.
• Familiarity with CSS-in-JS and modern CSS techniques.
• Collaborative mindset with product/design and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain core front-end components for the SweepSouth platform.
• Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to deliver features.
• Ensure UI performance, accessibility, and cross-device compatibility.
• Contribute to testing, quality standards, and design system evolution.

Skills

React

Redux

CSS-in-JS

UI/UX design

Design Systems

Frontend testing

Team collaboration

Functional programming

Tools

Styled Components

Job description

SweepSouth is in search of a new full-time team member to join our technical team of engineers. This position will be available immediately. The successful candidate will need to be based in Cape Town.We currently operate in major areas of South Africa, including Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Centurion and Pretoria; and we are rapidly expanding into new areas.We're looking for a talented Front End Engineer to join our growing SweepSouth engineering team to work on the core components of the SweepSouth platform. You'll be primarily tasked with helping us rapidly scale our products.

Requirements:

• Experience with React is essential, you will need to understand the React Lifecycle, state management and best practices.
• Experience with Redux or an equivalent is highly desirable, again it is important that you understand how to manage state efficiently in complex applications.
• Able to write CSS that is compatible across abroad range of devices, experience with CSS-in-JS frameworks such as Styled Components is a bonus.
• Experience building and debugging complex systems in a team environment.
• Experience working closely with the product team, designers, and other developers.
• A background in UX design and experience working with Design Systems.
• Experience developing native app features such as location and video.
• Experience developing testing suites for front-end and back-end services.
• Have worked in a tech startup environment.
• Functional programming background.

About company:

We provide a convenient way to book home cleaning services online from a phone, tablet or computer, connecting clients to cleaners in minutes. By bringing technology into the process, we aim to modernise the domestic cleaning services industry.The idea for SweepSouth came in December 2013 when husband and wife team Alen Ribic and Aisha R. Pandor struggled to find a part-time domestic cleaner over the holidays. The aim was to make getting your home cleaned, at short notice, a hassle-free experience. SweepSouth currently operates in most areas of Cape Town, Johannesburg, Centurion and Pretoria and will be expanding into other regions soon.SweepSouth was awarded first place in the SiMODiSA Startup South Africa pitching competition, and was the first South African company to be included in the 500 Startups Accelerator.