Mr D Software Engineer (Android)

Cape Town - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Mr D a division of the Takealot Group is seeking a highly talented Software Engineer (Android) to join our team in Cape Town and craft the ultimate mobile experience for our thousands of daily active users. Be part of our mission to revolutionise the mobile eCommerce and food delivery landscape in South Africa.

Think youve 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: and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Heres your chance.

Whos who in the tech space:

This position reports to an Engineering Manager.

Your mission should you choose to accept it:

Take ownership build and maintain our bleeding edge mobile eCommerce Android application.
Design develop and test code written in Java/Kotlin.
Apply best practice and ensure stability and security of the applications.
Monitor and profile application performance.
Take part in daily standup; manage your time and workload effectively.
Collaborate with creative content and engineering teams to design and develop a world-class Android application.
Publish applications to the Google Play Store.

The skills we need:

Strong Computer Science and programming fundamentals.
Experience architecting developing testing and maintaining Android mobile applications.
Experience with network requests to RESTful APIs (JSON) using best practice.
Full understanding of the Android application activity and fragment life-cycles.
Appreciation of Android-specific asynchronous processing techniques.
Knowledge and appreciation of Android user experience design patterns.
Experience using GIT Jira and Confluence.
Experience developing in an Agile team environment.
Be accountable engaging and inventive.
Work alongside a QA engineer regarding testing and product finalisation.

Qualifications & Experience:

Bachelors Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science Engineering or related field with a minimum of 3 years experience in a software development the absence of a degree or diploma a minimum of 6 years of equivalent experience in a software development role is required.
Preferred experience: Familiarity with Figma and Photoshop as well as Google Maps Firebase and Braze.

Lets 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 arent fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like High five collab and make something great.
Remote working: Love water cooler chatsandworking from home We offer a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
Mentorship programme: We arent kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Nows 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 to learn Up-skill 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 youll 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 Python Kotlin Swift AWS Kafka Redis Docker Kubernetes IOT 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 anExtraordinary Mind.Apply today!!

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

Required Experience:

Mr D a division of the Takealot Group is seeking a highly talented Software Engineer (Android) to join our team in Cape Town and craft the ultimate mobile experience for our thousands of daily active users. Be part of our mission to revolutionise the mobile eCommerce and food delivery landscape in S...

Think youve 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: and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Heres your chance.

Whos who in the tech space:

This position reports to an Engineering Manager.

Your mission should you choose to accept it:

Take ownership build and maintain our bleeding edge mobile eCommerce Android application.
Design develop and test code written in Java/Kotlin.
Apply best practice and ensure stability and security of the applications.
Monitor and profile application performance.
Take part in daily standup; manage your time and workload effectively.
Collaborate with creative content and engineering teams to design and develop a world-class Android application.
Publish applications to the Google Play Store.

The skills we need:

Strong Computer Science and programming fundamentals.
Experience architecting developing testing and maintaining Android mobile applications.
Experience with network requests to RESTful APIs (JSON) using best practice.
Full understanding of the Android application activity and fragment life-cycles.
Appreciation of Android-specific asynchronous processing techniques.
Knowledge and appreciation of Android user experience design patterns.
Experience using GIT Jira and Confluence.
Experience developing in an Agile team environment.
Be accountable engaging and inventive.
Work alongside a QA engineer regarding testing and product finalisation.

Qualifications & Experience:

Bachelors Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science Engineering or related field with a minimum of 3 years experience in a software development the absence of a degree or diploma a minimum of 6 years of equivalent experience in a software development role is required.
Preferred experience: Familiarity with Figma and Photoshop as well as Google Maps Firebase and Braze.

Lets 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 arent fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like High five collab and make something great.
Remote working: Love water cooler chatsandworking from home We offer a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
Mentorship programme: We arent kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Nows 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 to learn Up-skill 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 youll 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 Python Kotlin Swift AWS Kafka Redis Docker Kubernetes IOT 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 anExtraordinary Mind.Apply today!!

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

Required Experience:

Key Skills

Laboratory Experience
Vendor Management
Design Controls
C/C++
FDA Regulations
Intellectual Property Law
ISO 13485
Research Experience
SolidWorks
Research & Development
Internet Of Things
Product Development

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About Company

Takealot.com

South Africa's leading online store. Fast, reliable delivery to your door. Many ways to pay. Shop anything you can imagine: TVs, laptops, cellphones, kitchen appliances, toys, books, beauty & more. Shop the mobile app anytime, anywhere.

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