Senior Software Engineer (Frontend JavaScript, Customer-Facing)

Takealot.com is looking for a highly talented Senior Software Engineer (Frontend JavaScript, Customer-Facing) to join their team. The role involves designing, developing, and refining new features, resolving bugs and crashes, and working with teammates on design, code reviews, and estimation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering
• Minimum of 8 years experience as a Front-End Developer writing advanced JavaScript code
• Proficient in coding plain JavaScript from scratch
• Understanding of inheritance in JavaScript and advanced JavaScript techniques
• Solid experience writing performant front-end JavaScript code based in Reac.js
• Experience with CSS pre-compilers such as Less, Sass & SCSS
• Experience producing responsive HTML designs
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling
• Knowledge and experience in cross-browser and cross-device compatible solutions including mobile
• Appreciation and understanding of object-oriented programming concepts
• Experience using a source control solution such as Git
• Experience with network requests to RESTful APIs using best practice and well-known libraries
• Experience writing front-end unit tests
• Worked within an agile development team

Benefits

• Market-related Total Remuneration Package
• Remote working
• Mentorship programme
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning
• Good times (social events and out-of-office activities)
• Staff discount (millions of products across 28 departments)
• Birthday leave
• Right tools, right job (Mac or Windows, two monitors or one)
• Help when you need it most (confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance)
• Free parking