# Web Frontend Engineer at takealot.com > South Africa · Unspecified · Frontend · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Atakealotcom%3A6149610 (read 2026-11-08). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [takealot.com](https://alderhq.app/companies/takealot-com) - Location text: Cape Town; Cape Town Office - Where it can be done from (inferred): South Africa (evidence: "Location: Cape Town; Cape Town Office") - Posted: 2024-08-05 (825 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-07 · last verified: 2026-11-07 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/takealotcom/jobs/6149610 - Skills listed (inferred): TypeScript, JavaScript, Angular, Svelte, CSS, Node.js, AWS, Docker, LLMs, Testing ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: not posted ## Description (the employer's text) 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. --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). Cite https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Atakealotcom%3A6149610 and the date you read it. Observed facts come from the employer's own listing; location reach, level, family and skills are inferences.