# Web Frontend Engineer - Company: [Takealotgroup]() - Location: Cape Town - Team: Mr D Engineering - Posted: March 6, 2026 ## Job description [**Mr D**](https://www.mrd.com/), 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. * **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.* ## Apply [Apply on Takealotgroup]() Canonical job page: