Web Frontend Engineer

takealot.com; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remuneration package

Remote work

Mentorship programme

Learning resources and courses

Social events and company culture

Birthday leave

Right tools and equipment

Counselling and support services

Tech stack and AI tools exposure

Free parking

Job summary

Mr D, a division of takealot.com, is seeking highly talented Web Frontend Engineers to join our team. Join a fast-growing group where you’ll work on multiple production applications using modern Angular and SvelteKit, write performant code, and contribute to automated testing and code reviews.

You’ll collaborate with Project Managers, UX Designers, and QA, deploy through our CI/CD pipeline, and leverage AI tools to accelerate development.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years of focused, continuous experience in JavaScript or similar languages.
• Strong understanding of TypeScript and well-defined types.
• Frontend focus with Node.js backend experience and API integration.
• CSS mastery and DOM understanding for responsive, accessible UIs.
• Ability to design and implement testing strategies and CI/CD workflows.
• Proficient in Git workflows and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Join our web development team maintaining and building production apps using Angular and SvelteKit.
• Write performant, scalable frontend code and contribute to automated testing.
• Lead and participate in code reviews to maintain high quality.
• Collaborate with PMs, UX Designers, and QA for feature delivery.
• Debug complex frontend/backend boundary issues and deploy through CI/CD.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate development and shape AI-assisted workflows.
• Provide accurate estimates and deliver on commitments.

Skills

JavaScript fundamentals

TypeScript

Node.js

CSS mastery

DOM understanding

API integration

Testing philosophy

Git proficiency

Performance optimization

Responsive design

AI collaboration

Estimation skills

Tools

Angular

SvelteKit

GitHub Actions

Docker

Playwright

Selenium

AWS

Job description

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

Experience

Skills we need

• 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.