Mr D - Web Frontend Engineer

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

• 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.