Software Engineer (Android)

Takealot.com, South Africa’s leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Software Engineer (Android) to join our Fulfilment Mobile software engineering team.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment, and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Show them what you can do.
• Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and up-skill 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. 

Who’s who in the tech space

This position reports to the Engineering Manager (Fulfilment Mobile) 

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Help design, develop and refine new features
• Locate and resolve bugs and crashes
• Brainstorm new ideas and concepts
• Work with teammates on design, code reviews, and estimation

The skills we need:

• Be accountable
• Creative
• Solutions oriented
• Flexible
• Take pride in your work

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science or Engineering with a minimum of 3 years experience in a software development role.
• In the event that a candidate does not have a Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma (in Computer Science or Engineering), an equivalent experience requirement must be met, which equates to a minimum of 6 years experience in a software development role.
• At least 2 years of which should include professional experience in native Android (preferably using Android Studio).
• Full understanding of the Android application and activity lifecycles.
• Appreciation of Android-specific asynchronous processing techniques.
• Appreciation of Android user experience design patterns.
• Knowledge of strategies to handle issues related to platform fragmentation, differing screen sizes and multiple OS versions preferred.
• Experience working with unit test frameworks (MockK, Robolectric, etc.) preferred.
• Experience with network requests to RESTful APIs using best practice and well-known libraries (Retrofit, etc.) preferred.
• Experience working with software development tools including Git, Jira and Notion preferred.
• Experience with writing declarative UIs using Jetpack Compose (optional).
• Experience developing location-based apps with high availability requirements would be advantageous.
• Experience with Firebase products (Analytics, Crashlytics, Firestore, Remote Config, etc.) would be advantageous.

Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group

• 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? Takealot.com offers a hybrid working model for 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? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
• Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
• 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): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes and all things machine learning. 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!!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.