CSS/ JavaScript Developer- Mr D Food at takealot.com | jobs in Cape Town,South Africa

Mr D Food, the fast growing online food delivery business within the takealot.com group, is looking for a highly talented CSS/JavaScript Developer to join our team in Cape Town. Bring your love of all things front-end and that desire to make the best experience for the customer!

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. 

Reporting to the Senior JavaScript Engineer.
 
 
Your responsibilities will include:
 

• Your primary focus will be to implement responsive front-end CSS and JavaScript coding with a focus on performance maintainability and SEO friendly code
• Give your opinion on page layout and design
• Give feedback to designers and UX specialists on what they can do to improve the look of your HTML pages
• Occasionally building responsive email templates

 
 
 Attributes required:
 
 

• You have a natural affinity for well structured HTML, CSS and JavaScript code and follow best practice to create responsive web front-ends that deliver an experience that delights our customer
• Have extensive CSS experience - 3+ years ideally
• Be completely comfortable with CSS precompilation
• Be proficient with Bootstrap or other responsive design strategies
• Be experienced in styling SPA templates
• Have created responsive email templates
• Have researched SEO and keep to its guidelines
• Have a good sense of scoping CSS to best suit large projects that make use of reusable components
• Not be dependent on jQuery when SPA libraries have alternative strategies
• You know strategies and have experience to handle issues related to browser fragmentation, different screen sizes and OS
• You have experience using a source control solution such as Git

 
Nice to have experience:
Are proficient with JavaScript and know the design patterns that accompany a well architected web app
Have tried implementing automated testing on web pages
 
 
Qualifications:

Information Technology or Science Degree
Minimum 3 years of experience
 
 
The Environment:

takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa
We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve
We are short on ego and high on output
We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all
We love what we do and what we are creating
 
 
We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:

is respectful but forthright
is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours)
is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;
is curious and challenge the status quo
is innovative and enjoys iteration
is collaborative
will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com
thinks like an owner of the business
is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

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