takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Senior iOS Software Engineer to join our team.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!
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 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.
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This position reports to the Mobile Engineering Manager.
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:
- Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high energy
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Proven track record of delivering high-quality work, in a fast-paced environment
- Focus on getting the job done, but have fun doing so
- Taking ownership and displaying accountability in the work required of you
- Have an interest in e-commerce, building a brand and business
- Customer-centric
- Be accountable
- Creative
- Solution-based
- Flexible
- And take pride in your work
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering and a minimum of 5 years experience in a software/technology environment is required.
- In the event that a candidate does not have a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma (in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering), an equivalent experience requirement must be met, which equates to a minimum of 8 years experience in a software/technology environment.
- 5+ years professional mobile development experience with at least 3 years experience in native iOS
- Strong Computer Science and programming fundamentals
- Experience developing applications with iOS SDK using Swift and SwiftUI for both iPad and iPhone
- Deep understanding of modern iOS UI frameworks and state management in SwiftUI, paired with strong UIKit expertise including view controller lifecycles and high-performance collection views.
- Appreciation of iOS-specific asynchronous processing techniques.
- Experience with using SwiftUI, Storyboards, Interface Builder, auto and adaptive layout for universal apps with differing screen sizes.
- Knowledge and Appreciation of iOS user experience design patterns.
Desirable Skills
- Objective C development experience
- Experience working with unit test frameworks
- Experience with network requests to RESTful APIs using best practice and well known libraries (Alamofire etc.)
- Experience developing eCommerce apps for retail
- Experience working with software development tools including GitLab, Jira and Confluence.
- Experience with writing UI Automation scripts using Robot Framework
- Any experience with Android
Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group
- The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package that 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?
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- 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 the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree or Advanced Diploma in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- At least 5 years of experience in a software or technology environment
- At least 8 years of software or technology experience if lacking the specified degree or diploma
- At least 5 years of professional mobile development experience
- At least 3 years of native iOS development experience
- Experience developing iOS applications with the iOS SDK using Swift and SwiftUI for iPad and iPhone
- Strong understanding of SwiftUI state management and modern iOS UI frameworks
- Strong UIKit expertise, including view controller lifecycles and high-performance collection views
- Experience with iOS asynchronous processing techniques
- Experience with SwiftUI, Storyboards, Interface Builder, Auto Layout, and adaptive layouts
- Knowledge of iOS user experience design patterns
- Objective-C development experience
- Experience with unit testing frameworks
- Experience integrating RESTful APIs using libraries such as Alamofire
- Experience developing e-commerce applications for retail
- Experience with GitLab, Jira, and Confluence
- Experience writing UI automation scripts with Robot Framework
- Android development experience
takealot.com Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about takealot.com and has not been reviewed or approved by takealot.com.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered aligned with qualifications in select office and tech functions. This indicates pockets where compensation matches role expectations despite broader variability.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Employee discounts and company-supported learning opportunities are available to some permanent staff. These perks add non-cash value that can help offset leaner core benefits in certain teams.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid sick leave, holidays, and flexible scheduling appear in some roles. Such time-off and flexibility elements contribute positively where offered.
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What We Do
Takealot.com is the leading eCommerce retailer in South Africa and one of the largest, most innovative eCommerce retailers on the African continent. Our mission is to be the most customer-centric online shopping destination in Africa, built around the simple concept that our customer comes first. Need help or have a question? Reach out to us via our Help Center for assistance https://www.takealot.com/help-centre Our focus is dedicated to improving the customer experience, from the moment they arrive on our website to the moment they receive their order. By aligning ourselves to this philosophy, we believe Takealot will be the #1 shopping destination across Africa.
