Mr D, a division of takealot.com, is looking for highly talented Web Frontend Engineers to join our team. Senior (1 opening) | Intermediate (1 opening) | Remote Position, provided you are based in South Africa.

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 (20+ years of web development experience).

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:

• Intermediate: 3-4 years of focused, continuous experience in JavaScript or similar languages
• Senior: 5+ 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).

Mr D, a division of takealot.com, is looking for highly talented Web Frontend Engineers to join our team. Senior (1 opening) | Intermediate (1 opening) | Remote Position, provided you are based in South Africa.

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 (20+ years of web development experience).

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:

• Intermediate: 3-4 years of focused, continuous experience in JavaScript or similar languages
• Senior: 5+ 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).

About impact.com

impact.com is the world’s leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products—Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral)—unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most. Today, over 5,000 global brands, including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oréal, and Fanatics, rely on impact.com to power more than 225,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.

Your Role at impact.com:

The QA Lead is responsible for defining, implementing, and overseeing quality assurance strategies to ensure the delivery of high-quality software products for the group. This role bridges technical QA execution and leadership, guiding QA engineers while collaborating closely with development, product, and DevOps teams to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle

What You'll Do:

As a QA Lead for the platform group, you will lead a critical function focused on both the technical infrastructure and the human element of Quality Assurance. Your responsibilities will include:

1. Quality Strategy & Process

• Define, track, and report on key quality metrics (e.g., defect rates, test coverage, automation stability) to drive continuous improvement.
• Define and maintain QA standards, methodologies, and best practices
• Establish test strategies for functional, regression, integration, performance, and security testing
• Ensure quality gates are integrated into CI/CD pipelines
• Drive continuous improvement of QA processes and tools
  
  
2. Leadership & Team Management
• Lead, mentor, and support QA engineers (manual and automation), fostering their professional growth and skill development.
• Plan QA resource allocation and testing schedules
• Develop onboarding materials and host internal training sessions to ensure team members have the knowledge and skills to succeed.
• Conduct reviews, provide feedback, and support skill development
• Promote a culture of quality ownership across teams within the group
  
  
3. Test Planning & Execution
• Own test plans, test cases, and test data strategy
• Oversee test execution and defect management lifecycle
• Ensure adequate test coverage and risk-based testing
• Validate acceptance criteria and release readiness
• Ensuring coverage for smoke testing post release.
  
  
4. Automation & Tooling
• Drive test automation strategy and framework selection
• Ensure effective use of automation tools and test management systems
• Collaborate with DevOps on CI/CD integration
• Monitor test execution metrics and reporting
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and advancements in test automation.
• Explore and implement AI/ML-driven testing techniques to enhance test coverage and efficiency.
  
  
5. Stakeholder Collaboration
• Partner with Product Managers to clarify requirements and acceptance criteria
• Work closely with Engineering Leads to resolve quality risks
• Communicate quality status, risks, and metrics to stakeholders
• Support release planning and go/no-go decisions
• Partner with QA platform & enablement to evaluate & implement next gen tools & technologies for the QA function.

What You Bring:

Required Qualifications

1. 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and/or Software Development Engineering in Test (SDET) roles, with a strong background in test automation and platform development.
2. Leadership experience, ideally leading QA teams for more than a year.
3. Deep expertise in various testing methodologies, tools, and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, TestRail, CI/CD integration, API testing).
4. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders across different teams.
5. A proactive and innovative mindset, always seeking ways to improve quality, efficiency, and developer experience.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience leading test framework migrations. 
2. Familiarity with OWASP guidelines and security testing tools preferred.

Benefits and Perks:

At impact.com, we believe that when you’re happy and fulfilled, you do your best work. That’s why we’ve built a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

• Flexible Working: Our Responsible PTO policy means you can take the time off you need to rest and recharge. We're committed to a positive work-life balance and provide a flexible environment that allows you to be happy and fulfilled in both your career and your personal life.
• Health and Wellness: Your well-being is a priority. Our mental health and wellness benefit includes up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year, with additional dependent coverage. We also offer a monthly gym reimbursement policy to support your physical health.
• A Stake in Our Growth: We offer Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of our total compensation, giving you a stake in the company's growth with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval.
• Investing in Your Growth: We’re committed to your continuous learning. Take advantage of our free Coursera subscription and our PXA courses.
• Parental Support: We offer a generous parental leave policy, 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver.
• Technology Financial Support: We provide a technology stipend to help you set up your home office and a monthly allowance to cover your internet expenses

impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.

Our Company:

At impact.com we are passionate about our people, our technology, and are obsessed with customer success. Working together enables us to grow rapidly, win, and serve the largest brands in the world. We use cutting edge technology to solve real-world problems for our clients and continue to pull ahead of the pack as the leading SaaS platform for businesses to automate their partnerships and grow their revenue like never before. We have an entrepreneurial spirit and a culture where ambition and curiosity is rewarded. If you are looking to join a team where your opinion is valued, your contributions are noticed, and enjoy working with fun and talented people from all over the world, then this is the place for you!

impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform, is transforming the way businesses manage and optimize all types of partnerships—including traditional rewards affiliates, influencers, commerce content publishers, B2B, and more. The company’s powerful, purpose-built platform makes it easy for businesses to create, manage, and scale an ecosystem of partnerships with the brands and communities that customers trust to make purchases, get information, and entertain themselves at home, at work, or on the go. To learn more about how impact.com’s technology platform and partnerships marketplace is driving revenue growth for global enterprise brands such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oreal and Fanatics visit www.impact.com.

 Your Role at impact.com:

As a Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Impact, your key responsibilities will carry a dual  mandate, being to deliver the highest quality software to our end users while simultaneously ensuring the persistence of the quality standard by means of automated regression. This is a rare opportunity in QA to have a direct influence on the quality of our software through every phase of the feature delivery workflow. This role will fully encompass all responsibilities associated with the Quality Assurance complement for a designated squad.

The applicant who is ultimately successful will be expected to scrutinize new features with a high attention to detail and document the methodology utilised in the form of a detailed test plan containing the respective test cases specific to the feature.  Upon successful deployment of the feature, the scenarios detailed in the test plan are then to be automated using Java and selenium webdriver.

The person filling this role will also be mandated with conducting the regression testing phase of the deployment workflow process and reporting on results timeously. The successful candidate will partner closely with software Development Engineers and Product Managers to understand product requirements as well as functionality for developing appropriate build scripts, test plans and test cases.

What You'll Do:

• Accountable for Automation Testing
• Accountable for creating, configuring and maintaining a suite of automated regressions tests & their environment
• Test Planning & Analysis of Requirements
• Sign-off on manually scripted test cases
• Review and action pull requests 
• Review product design documentation to ensure that requirements stated are correct, unambiguous, and verifiable.
• Consult with product development to evaluate system interfaces, operational requirements, and performance requirements of the overall system.
• Define test methods and create test plans for new or updated software projects to determine if the software will perform accurately and reliably according to documented requirements as well as established standards under both normal and abnormal conditions
• Recommend design improvements or corrections to engineers throughout the SDLC.
• Maintain effective communication with the project software engineers on project limitation, capability, performance requirement and hardware interface changes.
• Execute test plans and create test reports to describe program evaluation, testing, and correction.
• Testing will include functional and nonfunctional, integration, regression, system, smoke and sanity testing (minimum)
• Monitor program performance after implementation to prevent re-occurrence of program operating problems and ensure efficiency of operation.
• Conduct compatibility tests with vendor-provided programs.
• Formulate and design software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.
• Create test tools that facilitate data gathering and test method execution.
• Support manufacturing by verifying fixture software or any software used during production.
• Participate in risk management meetings.
• Scripting of test cases against manually scripted test cases / TestRail
• Run regression tests against the applications then diagnose & report all issues
• Implement automated tests using a Selenium framework
• Defect Management
• Implement scripts and server configurations for automated build and testing environments
• Provide reports and procedures on Automation runs & progress
• Reporting and tracking test metrics such as test and code coverage
• Ensure QA automated test framework is documented, with focus on continuity

 What You Have:

• Solid understanding of computer programming and software development
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment problems and perform complex system tests
• Creative thinking skills
• Detail-oriented personality
• Excellent manual dexterity
• Ability to communicate well to other members of the development team
• At least 3 years experience in SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle)
• Bachelor's Degree/BTEC or equivalent experience
• ISTQB/ISEB (Pref)
• At least 2 years of experience in developing RESTful APIs
• At least 3 years of test automation experience: Selenium, Jasmine, POM, Cucumber
• Certified in Java, Spring or AWS technologies (Pref)
• Nice to have: Affiliate & Partnerships Industry Fundamentals Certification by PXA

Benefits:

• Hybrid, Casual work environment
• Responsible PTO policy
• Take the time off that you need. We are truly committed to a positive work-life balance, recognising that it is important to be happy and fulfilled in both
• Training & Development
• Learning the advanced partnership automation products
• Medical Aid and Provident Fund 
• Group schemes with Discovery & Bonitas for medical aid
• Group scheme with Momentum for provident fund
• Restricted Stock Units
• 3-year vesting schedule pending Board approval
• Internet Allowance
• Fitness club fee reimbursements
• Technology Stipend

impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.

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